Monthly Archives: November 2009

MOSS 2007 – Specifying Custom Master Page for the Specific Page Layouts

Posted on November 30, 2009 by

If you are working on the publishing portal, changing custom master pages for all the publishing pages is very easy through the browser interface. Simply change the site master page settings to the custom master page and it will apply … Continue reading →

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MOSS 2007 – Retrieving User Profile Properties from the Code

Posted on November 25, 2009 by

In many cases, there might be a situation where you want to filter the site data based on the user profiles properties. I had came across the scenario at our client where we had a user profile property – location … Continue reading →

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Adding Web Parts on the MOSS 2007 Publishing Page Layouts

Posted on November 25, 2009 by

There are multiple ways you can add web parts on the publishing content pages through the publishing page layouts. Option 1 – Add only web part zones in the page layouts and let end users to add the web parts in … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2007 Error – Please wait while scripts are loaded….

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

You may come across the annoying error on the browser status bar – “Please wait while scripts are loaded..” in the MOSS 2007 environment while viewing the pages. The reason for this cryptic error message is SharePoint having issues finding the … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2010 Public Beta Available to download and Upcoming SharePoint 2010 Certification Tracks

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

SharePoint 2010 Public Beta is available to download along with Project 2010, Visio 2010, and Office 2010 product line… http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/11/18/sharepoint-2010-public-beta-is-now-available-for-download.aspx Also, visit this page for upcoming SharePoint 2010 certification tracks available in June 2010. https://partner.microsoft.com/40121316?msp_id=sharepoint2010ready Certification Path for IT professionals … Continue reading →

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MOSS 2007 Master Page File Reference Error – The file or folder name contains characters that are not permitted. Please use a different name.

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

Just came across this error while creating the custom page layouts in the MOSS 2007 publishing portal. After deploying page layouts, while creating the new pages or updating existing pages based on the custom page layout, came across yellow screen … Continue reading →

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How to get the Modified By and Last Modified Date in the MOSS 2007 Publishing Portal?

Posted on November 16, 2009 by

In the intranet publishing portal, many times it is wonderful to show the last modified by and last modified date in multi-authoring environment to display the last modified information. In MOSS 2007 environment, it is ideally done using the custom … Continue reading →

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