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OK, this one is a nasty one!  I recently built out a MOSS portal and leveraged site templates to build out a number of sites.  That's what they're there for, right?  Oddly, when I went to test a discussion thread on one of the new sites, things didn't work.  I clicked on a topic and expected to see the details on that ...

It's been a few days since my last post... I was working hard (with my co-authors Scott Jamison and Sue Hanley) to put the final touches on our book.  We're done!  ''Essential SharePoint 2007 - Delivering High-Impact Collaboration''.  I could go on and on about the effort associated in writing a book (I was warned!) but instead will ...

If you're just starting to get your hands around SharePoint 2007, here are two great resources to add to your learning kit.  SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit and Enterprise Content Management Starter Kit - ...

Save the date!  We just received confirmation.  Robert Holmes and I will be leading a full day MOSS 2007 Code Camp on February 24th.  Registration is now available at http://www.thedevcommunity.org/Events/EventSummary.aspx?id=3.  This should be a great session as we hope to give administrators, developers, and ...

After you drag and drop a web part onto a SharePoint site, you have the ability to modify the look and feel via the shared web part properties.  One such property is Chrome Type.  It allows you to set the appearance of a specific web part to have Title Only, Border Only, Title and Border, or None.  The default setting is Title ...

I've seen some misleading statements about functionality available with MOSS 2007.  Things like ''the InfoPath client is no longer needed''.  Well, that's right... or wrong... depending on the version of MOSS 2007 you're running.  There's Standard and there's Enterprise.  What's the difference? Full details on functionality ...

For those who use non-Internet Explorer (IE) browsers, you may have noticed that the user experience with WSS V2 or SPS 2003 was ''less than ideal''.  Functionally, things worked but the lack of context menu support made the use of SharePoint clunky.  Because WSS V2 and SPS V3 were intended primarily for internal users, non-IE support ...

The January issue of Microsoft's TechNet Magazine is online.  The cover article, “Wiki While You Work”, was written by yours truly.  The issue is available at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/01/Wiki/default.aspx. What's cooler than seeing your article on the front cover of a magazine?  How about seeing that ...

There are two new SharePoint certification exams now available in Beta format.  Check out the details at http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/12/12/announcing-the-beta-exams-for-mcts-application-development-70-542-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-70-541-for-windows-sharepoint-server-3-0.aspx.  They count toward the ...

I finished the last few pages of my portion of our MOSS 2007 book today.  Yeah!  Now, we've placed things in the hands of our very capable technical review team with the goal of getting to print in early 2007.  It has been a very educational process.  I think it may take a few months before I start to appreciate the fruits of ...