Actually, the title here is misleading. Let me explain: when a user clicks the X in the upper right corner of a web part (while editing the page) it does not actually delete the web part. Rather it is “closed”. There’s actually a big difference between a deleted and a closed web part. However, if […]
I ran into the problem last week where the Navigation link was missing from Site Actions, Site Settings, Look and Feel. To resolve this problem: turn on Publishing. 1. In Site collection features, you’ll want to activate SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure. 2. You will also want to turn on Publishing at the site level. In […]
In the previous post, I pointed out that in order to change the view in SharePoint 2010 permissions, you have to go into the List Settings. You can create or edit the Views there. However, sometimes the List Settings option is missing. In this case, the page is there… there’s just not a link for […]
I’ve had a few users reach out to me that they wanted to see additional columns in either of the two views (Detail and List) available to them in Permissions, People and Groups, <PermissionGroup>. We are used to seeing Modify this View in the View dropdown in document libraries. (Our client has SharePoint 2010 but […]
In SharePoint 2010, when you create an input form for a list, once the form is submitted, the user is redirected to the list. Often, you will want to redirect the user to a landing page instead thanking them for their input or perhaps sharing with them something useful that is only to be shared […]
I was performing a SharePoint 2010 assessment recently. Among a great many other things, I went over their Windows Event logs, diagnostic logging, health and usage data collection, and web analytics. I went to Google looking for best practices in these areas but was not very successful in finding succinct, solid information. So I’m going […]
A client has some of their users in limited permission groups, such as Read Only. Thus, some of their ribbon commands for this limited group are disabled (“grayed out”). The client wants for these users to not even see these grayed out ribbon commands both to cut down on the training issues and the complaining. […]
I inherited a SharePoint 2010 environment that had the PDF iFilter installed but was not showing the PDF icon for any of the PDF files. It took a lot to resolve this issue, which is crazy. It should’ve been simple. So I’m writing about my adventures to spare you all from the anguish I faced. […]
I have a client that wanted the social media functionalities to completely disappear from their SharePoint environment. I found a website that demonstrates how to do this, complete with screenshots, and some very good explanations. I have nothing to add to their fine work. Just follow their directions. Note: their site takes a while to load (at least […]
David M. Sterling has written an excellent blog entry on tuning indexing performance. I feel it’s very important and needs to be shared. [Snippet below.] There are many factors involved in the SharePoint crawling process that can impact indexing performance. There are also some steps you can take to improve that. Here are the common […]
