Office Zealot

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on the pros and cons of using folders in document libraries (or any SharePoint list).  I came across another BIG negative... Let's say you have a document library that is structured by folders.  As an example, let's pick Products.  Within each folder, you have documents that include metadata.  In ...

I came across a recent article in CIO Magazine entitled ''Nine Mistakes That Turn Your Corporate Intranet into a Ghost Town'' by Martin Amm.  It is a great piece to share with your business sponsors as you start to plan your MOSS-based intranet deployment.  The items are centered around common sense approaches (if you've done this ...

I recently had someone tell me that he was getting an 'Access Denied' message when trying to connect to a MOSS portal.  He was certain that he was set up as an Owner; no one else was experiencing any connection issues. I took a quick look and confirmed his assessment.  He was indeed in the user list and everything about his account ...

With SharePoint 2003, I discouraged clients from using folders in document libraries.  I thought it was a better user experience to group the documents by a metadata element so that it was easier to traverse the structure tree and see the documents (and associated counts). With SharePoint 2007, I'm on the fence... POSITIVE: I like the ...