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I would really appreciate your suggestions, a method to filter a column with multiple users.

If you wish to utilize Ratings on a SharePoint list or library, you might think that you can do so by simply adding the “Rating (0-5)” site column to your existing list, library or content type. In fact, SharePoint will allow you to do that, however doing so may or may not provide the intended results.

The functionality I will describe here is the ability to convert a standard SharePoint lookup column to a cross site lookup column using javascript/jquery only

Guest Author: Mark Rackley
The SharePoint Hillbilly
Everybody dance now!
Everyone loves a good remix…  So… By far my most popular blog post is my entry Creating a SharePoint List Parent / Child Relationship – Out of the Box. I am thrilled that so many have found it useful.  However, several questions [...]

The example that follows uses a Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) however, this practice can be used in any SharePoint Web Part that allows you to Edit HTML source using the icon in the Rich Text Editor

The SPCascadeDropdowns function lets you set up cascading dropdowns on SharePoint forms. What this means is that you can enforce hierarchical relationships between column values. This is sometimes called connected dropdowns or linked dropdowns (or probably other things I haven’t run across yet).

SharePoint can be a nagging fellow, especially if you begin to stray from any “out of the box” solution. The crux of the problem is usually that you are asked to go out of the box to create columns, content types and views. A wide range of SharePoint experts will always say, “If you can do without coding or SharePoint Designer you are saving yourself possible headaches down the road.”

Sounds like a pretty reasonable suggestion and the Calendar lists NewForm.asx already sets the Start time to the current time – shouldn’t be too hard, right?

This post will show how to set up the ASP.Net drop down using a SharePoint list as it’s data source

Following on from my previous post we will now add the view of the ToDo List data. Open the site (if not already open) in SharePoint Designer.