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Time Zone Calculator for Live Online SharePoint Saturday Europe

Original Publication Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Filed Under: Isaac Stith, Mark Miller, Toni Frankola, Workshops | 1 Comment
SharePoint User Level: General Interest
 

One of the difficulties of putting on a global virtual event is trying to keep track of the various times zones: when do things start, when are specific sessions supposed to happen, what time are the breaks.

Live Online SharePoint Saturday – Europe

Original Publication Date: Monday, October 26, 2009
Filed Under: Isaac Stith, Mark Miller, Toni Frankola, conferences | 2 Comments
SharePoint User Level: General Interest
 

If you would seriously consider spending a Saturday in front of your computer, watching the best presenters I can find from around the globe talking about SharePoint, please register for Live Online SharePoint Saturday – Europe announcement list and I’ll keep you posted as things progress.

PhoneBook Search – No code required

Original Publication Date: Friday, August 21, 2009
Filed Under: Libraries and Lists, Search, Toni Frankola, Web Parts, jquery | 20 Comments
SharePoint User Level: Site Collection Admin
 

Windows SharePoint Services already has a Contacts list feature built-in, but it only misses one thing: some form of quick search of contacts. So I made a search-as-you type functionality for WSS Contacts lists.

KPI Dashboard for WSS: Part 1 – No code required

Original Publication Date: Monday, August 3, 2009
Filed Under: Content Type, Dashboards, Data View Web Part, KPIs, Libraries and Lists, Toni Frankola, Web Parts | 29 Comments
SharePoint User Level: Site Collection Admin
 

Although implementing a KPI dashboard like this one might look complicated it is not. By using the Data View Web Part you can create your own dashboards plus extras. The solution does not do anything special (only displays colorful icons) but your managers will love it.

Configure Item Level Permissions for Document Libraries

Original Publication Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Filed Under: Libraries and Lists, Security, Toni Frankola, Workflow | 14 Comments
SharePoint User Level: Site Collection Administrator
 

Still hunting for the holy grail of a solution that ONLY allows users to view or edit documents they have created themselves.

Top Blogger Web Part – No code required

Original Publication Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009
Filed Under: Toni Frankola, Web Parts, Workflow, blog, sharepoint designer | 15 Comments
SharePoint User Level: Power User
 

Laura Rogers posted an interesting business requirement at Stump the Panel of End User SharePoint: Laura solved the problem with SPD workflow which sounds interesting. Laura, I can’t wait to see it. I took a different path and created a „non-code“ required web part to solve this.

2 Minute Video: OOTB Workflow vs Third Party WF Solutions

Original Publication Date: Monday, May 11, 2009
Filed Under: Mark Miller, Toni Frankola, Workflow | 10 Comments
SharePoint User Level: General Interest
 

Would your company be willing to implement a third party solution for a few thousand dollars and have access to a fully functioning workflow platform, or would they rather have you hack away at it for a couple weeks because, in terms of dollars, they are already paying for your time?

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