In the first entry to this series, I demonstrated how you can use a data view web part (DVWP) to emit SharePoint® calendar events as JSON that the FullCalendar jQuery plugin can use. Although it works fairly well, there are some limitations to the solution. It doesn’t handle recurring events, it doesn’t retrieve all events,…
I’ve been using jQuery UI in a few recent projects on my department’s SharePoint® site. In order to provide a consistent user experience, I used the excellent ThemeRoller to create a custom theme that matched our branding. We have a custom master page, custom page layouts, and our own color scheme, fonts, etc. so I…
This morning I was working on a custom list item display form for a “Tags” list that I created in SharePoint (DispFormCustom.aspx). I replaced the standard display form web part with a data view web part (DVWP). For various reasons that I won’t bother explaining in this post, I needed to create a redirect on…
As part of a large department site redesign project, I wanted to implement a better calendar solution than what MOSS 2007 gives you OOTB. I remembered coming across the FullCalendar jQuery plugin a while back, so I decided to try using it with the calendar on my department’s site. I haven’t tested this in SharePoint…
I do most of my WordPress development using a test environment that I installed on a Ubuntu Virtual Machine (VM). This let’s me play around as much as I want without any risk to my production website or my computer; everything is contained within the VM, and it costs me nothing because I only use…
I just installed the Organize Series plugin for this site. Right out of the box it comes with everything needed to organize related blog posts into a “series” of posts with a specific order. I’ve seen this on a lot of other WordPress sites when people do a series of articles about a specific topic.…
The default rich text editor (RTE) in SharePoint® 2007 doesn’t quite cut it in my opinion, and here’s why: It’s based on an ActiveX control, so it only works in Internet Explorer. This alone is reason enough to replace it. When creating a multiple line of text column in a custom list, you can only…
I just got back home from SPTechCon in Boston, and I wanted to write down some of my thoughts on it while they are still fresh. This was my first in-person attendance at a SharePoint conference, and I have to say I had a great time! Location Having the conference in Boston was cool, because I…
I had my first printed article published in SharePoint Magazine’s latest issue! The article is called “Best Practices for SharePoint Groups.” I submitted the article as part of an Aspiring Authors competition. If you’re so inclined, take a moment to “Like” the article and help me out! Update 2013-09-17: SharePointMagazine.net is no longer available, but you…
In a recent project created a page that features several Data View Web Parts pulling information from multiple lists within the site to create a dashboard-like experience. The stakeholders also wanted to be able to quickly search within each list, so I decided to include a custom search box at the top of each data…