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personal

They're back

8:38 PM
Now it's starting to warm up again, they've slithered back into our lives. The ever repellant snakes are starting to return around the property again. So we have to be ever vigilant to avoid being bitten. Here's the latest whip snake. We found it come out from a hole under the house pad over the weekend. I went around the side of the...

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sharepoint

Did you know... generating a GUID

4:53 PM
There is a GUID generating utility bundled with Visual Studio. It is located in Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common 7/Tools/Bin/guidgen.exe. Run the tool and select the format of GUID you want generated. Click on Generate a New GUID, and then click Copy to Clipboard to transfer the GUID for pasting into your application's code. There is a GUID generating utility bundled with Visual Studio....

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personal

Mustering the troops

8:49 PM
Beeb had Muster Day today where they assigned the kids to their teams. He got assigned to the Mets, but they've since changed the training time to an absolutely stupid 4 o'clock which we can't get too. I don't know what we're going to do now. I might have to see if we can move him to another team. There's no way we...

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sharepoint

Did you know... viewing the contents of a .WSP file

11:10 AM
Change the extension on the file from .wsp to .cab, and the file will become a standard zip cabinet that will be recognized by any zip handling package. You will be able to view the packages contents and extract them. Change the extension on the file from .wsp to .cab, and the file will become a standard zip cabinet that will be recognized...

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Did you know... fixing SPUrl error

10:58 AM
Open your web.config file. Locate the compilation parameters in system.web and replace them with the block below. Note the new line referring to the SPUrl expression. Also be aware that this only works with MOSS and not WSS, as WSS does not have access to the publishing DLL. For WSS you will need to path to your image/item rather than using the dynamic...

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sharepoint

Did you know... cannot edit code in SharePoint Designer

4:36 PM
If you cannot edit code you may be working in Contributor Mode (should be visible along the top menu bar). To allow Code view in Contributor Mode, go into the Site Menu, choose Contributor Settings. Modify the Content Authors (default) profile. Click the check box that says Allow user of Code View. Click OK. You should now be able to edit your code....

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sharepoint

Did you know... adding logos to master templates

3:39 PM
Here's how to add your company logo so it is inherited across your sites.Browse to the top level of your site collection in the browser.From The Site Actions Menu, Select View All Site ContentSelect the Site Collection Images LibraryUpload your Company Logo (companylogo.gif) - If required, approve this image.Open SharePoint Designer 2007 and Select File, Open Site. Type the URL of the top...

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internet

Did you know... speeding up Firefox

10:22 AM
Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequestsNormally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.Alter the entries as follows:Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like...

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sharepoint

Did you know... how to copy an entire SharePoint site

3:46 PM
Use stsadm.exe to create a backup of the entire site.Open the command line and enter:"c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin\stsadm.exe" -o backup -url http://www-dev-19/ -filename c:\fullbackup -overwriteThe root SharePoint site at www-dev-19 is backed up in its entirety to a file on C:\ called fullbackup. The exported site generated a 411Mb file on C:\.Now go into your SharePoint Administration tool, and create a...

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internet

10 Web Design Time Savers

9:56 AM
Saw an interesting article on Digg recommending time savers for building web sites. Here's a cut down version so I can remember to use some of these awesome tools in future projects.Drop Down Menus :: All Web Menus (http://www.likno.com/allwebmenusinfo.html )Image Capture :: Gadwin Printscreen (http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/)Batch Image Resizing :: Multiple Image Resizer .NET (http://www.multipleimageresizer.net/ )Web Forms :: My Contact Form (http://www.mycontactform.com)CSS Text Boxes ::...

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sharepoint

Did you know... unblocking file types in WSS

10:54 AM
If you are getting the message “The file you are attempting to save or retrieve has been blocked from this Web site by the server administrators.", Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 prevents certain file types from being uploaded to the server. Server administrators can add or remove file types from this list, as needed. Contact your server administrator to request that the file type...

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Did you know... how to move sites

10:55 AM
Remote access into your Sharepoint server. Open command line access, and navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin.Run stsadm -o export -url http://<server name>/<server path>/<site name> -filename <path to export file> -includeusersecurity -versions 4Exports the site data to your output file. Creates a file with a .cmp extension.Then create the new site in the location you want in Sharepoint. Make a note...

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movie

The Dark Knight

11:10 PM
Wow this film was amazing. Batman Begin's was awesome, and they've just refined, continued, and expanded upon it's universe for The Dark Knight. Hopefully they'll be able to keep the same high-standard and quality up for the next film (or possibly final film if it's intended to be a trilogy). Although it's a long film, it was never boring, and when there was...

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sharepoint

Did you know... enabling Sharepoint debugging

1:43 PM
To enable debugging, open the web.config file with notepad, that is located in the volume containing your Inetpub root. Eg:c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\web.configSearch for the Callstack attribute. Change it from False to True.Then locate the CustomErrors element. Disable it.Check any web parts or controls are registered in the Safe Controls list.Finally, add a new element to the web.config file:<trace enabled="true" pageOutput="true" />Now you will receive the...

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personal

Keep your eye on the ball

7:37 AM
Beeb started little league baseball finally the other day. He had his first practice and they all were given some lessons batting, pitching, and playing the game. Some kids made some funny mistakes, running the wrong way or hitting the instructor in the groin with the ball, but overall they did well. Beeb is already trying to make new friends, and so far...

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