Quick Launch (left navigation) Missing in Web Part Pages - Solutions

In SharePoint 2007, When we create a web part page, it doesn't come up with left navigation! SharePoint quick launch missing in web part pages!! Well, there are 3 approaches to resolve this issue. Editing the Site definition Template files - Farm level (NOT RECOMMENDED!) Editing the Ma…

DisableLoopbackCheck - 401 Unauthorized / Repeated Login Prompts and Resulted Blank Page - Host Header Issue

Problem: Couldn't Access a local SharePoint site from the server!  Today, I setup my new SharePoint 2010 development box. I made the machine as domain controller: "Crescent.com". Machine name was: SharePoint. After I installed SharePoint in port 80 I was accessing the SharePoint …

SharePoint Error: "Access to this Web site has been blocked. Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem."

While trying to get a site collection in browser, It gave me this error: "Access to this Web site has been blocked. Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem." Root cause: I understand, the site collection is being locked out! wanted to unlock by going to Central A…

"This report failed to load because session state is not turned on" - Access Services issue in SharePoint 2010

When I configured my first SharePoint 2010 sandbox, I tried creating access services and received below error: So, its telling us to enable Session state. isn't it? How to Enable Session State for SharePoint 2010: Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell Type in the following cmdlet: …

MOSS 2007 Style Breadcrumb for SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 provided a new breadcrumb feature... But for the consistency sake on internet sites we may need to go for MOSS 2007 style breadcrumb. so here I'm explaining How to get MOSS 2007 style breadcrumb on SharePoint 2010. So, Here are the steps: Open your Master page in SharePo…

SharePoint 2007 Search Issues

Error:   "The search service is currently offline. Visit the services on server page in sharepoint central administration to verify whether the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress"   Here is the Fix: Open central admin >> Operations …

Move Site Collection to Another Content Databases in SharePoint 2007

In SharePoint 2007 content databases can grow till 100 GB. What if you want to move your existing sites to a new content db? Well, Here is the manual way to move site collection to a different database in SharePoint 2007: Backup and Delete the Site Collection Set all your Content Databases&#…

Error when trying to export a Sharepoint list to Ms-Access Table

When I tried to export a SharePoint list to Access table:  I got the below error message. "You do not have the necessary permissions to use the ' {GUID}' object. Have your system administrator or the person who created this object establish the appropriate permissions for you&q…

SharePoint WSP Solutions and Features Deployment using STSADM, PowerShell

In this article I'm documenting the Deployment of WSP files using STSADM and with the PowerShell. Before we begin, Its a good idea to add STSADM's path ("C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\") to the environment variable "Path"…

Insert a custom webpart in Master page

For an Intranet SharePoint site, I had a requirement to insert a custom Search web part on the Master page, just below the Quick launch section. But we can’t add a webpart zone into Master page, So I used this trick. In master page, there is a content place holder: <asp:ContentPlaceHolder …

Limit Versioning and Delete Old Versions in SharePoint

In one of my SharePoint implementation, Defined the governance policy for versioning as: "Only 5 Major and 5 Minor versions should be kept.". So placed that in End-user self-service Portal site. But who cares? users setup up their document libraries/Lists to an unlimited number of versi…

E-Mail a Link issue in SharePoint 2007

When I use the "Send to >> E-Mail a Link" in SharePoint 2007, it gave me the wrong link!!! It created a link like this one: http://mysite%2Ecom/test/agenda.doc But it should be: http://mysite.com/test/agenda.doc. Notice how the server name is URL encoded too. The %2E's …

SharePoint Solutions - Building & Deployment Best Practices

SharePoint solution best practices: Based on my experience here are the best practices w.r.t solutions management in SharePoint . 1. Every customization must be Feature based solution . Doesn't matter if it’s a Webpart/Event Handler/InfoPath/Content Types or file system change. …

SharePoint vs Network File Share - Which is best?

Often, I get questions from end users on deciding which one would serve best: Network File share or SharePoint? My Answer to them: Definitely SharePoint offers much more collaborative features compared with Network File Shares. Such as: Versioning Control - adds the ability to see older vers…

Change SharePoint 2010 User Interface to MOSS 2007 Look and Feel

Yes, Its possible to provide MOSS 2007 User interface to the SharePoint 2010. There are two ways: If you have upgraded from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 using In-Place upgrade, then you will be able to do it by GUI. Here is where: Site Actions >> Site Settings >> site collection adm…

Cascading Drop down In SharePoint Lists using jQuery

Out-of-the-box SharePoint doesn't provide a way to cascade drop downs in list forms. Luckily, jQuery provides a way to implement cascading drop downs in SharePoint list forms. Here is the step by step implementation guide: We need to have two more lists to implement this. Let's say: L…