sunil's blog

How to open Shared Folder Data through Extranet Access from SharePoint Search

unclaimed blog — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:31:00 +0000

I thought everything was running fine and that everyone was getting access to all documents (including huge data stored in a global shared folder) while searching.
Yes, they were getting all the data. However, it would not open or download from the extranet (even when I tried from the extranet, it worked. But then again, I forgot, I was accessing it using VPN ).
Thanks to Google groups and tedious searches, I found this link:

Search results file share content only available within network

The easy way is:

Add a Virtual Directory under SharePoint Portal Server. Point this to the shared folder in the network. Make this virtual directory as unmanaged path.
(At this point, I tried to add this, as a search location. I allocated all rights to the content user, but still it didn't scroll any documents. There is no need to add this in the search location).

Add the network share as a content source and then add a search server maping. It is available in Search settings, General Content Settings and Indexing Status.
Rebuild the Index.

You can now, access the contents from anywhere.

Web Part Page Maintenance

unclaimed blog — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:47:00 +0000

This tip helped me remove web part that was showing an error. Note, if any web part gets an error, then one will not be able to edit that page in FrontPage

http://weblogs.asp.net/wkriebel/archive/2004/04/12/111776.aspx

Some additions to this are that when you try to delete the maintenance page, you may get an error message: `Could not complete the operation.'

You cannot delete a shared Web Part in personal view, therefore if you have permission, switch to shared view and then delete it.

However, if you are already in shared view, add Page View=Shared&contents=1.

delete personal site programticaly, ( I lost my portal) :)

unclaimed blog — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:04:00 +0000

We have over 100 users and wanted to reset all there personal sites. So, without a second thought, I ran the bellow code. Whoosh.out went all!
My options were to either recreate entire portal (it was in my test server) or retain it from backup. When I tried one person it worked, that is why I tried the full collection:

DO NOT TRY THIS

'siteCollections.Delete("personal/uts_swarrier") ' This worked

Dim SiteCollection As New SPSite("http://" + System.Environment.MachineName + "/personal")SiteCollection.Delete()

I AM NOT JOKING, DON'T try the above

How to create Personal Site Programmaticaly..

unclaimed blog — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:53:00 +0000

Alright, I got “How to Create Personal Site Programmatically from MSDN (it was there in one sample chapter of Resource Kit)

Dim topology As New TopologyManager
Dim collection As PortalSiteCollection
Dim portal As PortalSite
portal = topology.PortalSites(New Uri(http://yoursite.yourdomain.com))
Dim context As PortalContext = PortalApplication.GetContext(portal)

'initialize user profile config manager object

Dim profileManager As New UserProfileManager(context)
Dim profile As UserProfile
For Each profile In profileManager
          Console.Write(("Creating a Personal Site for " + profile("PreferredName") + "…"))
Try
          profile.CreatePersonalSite()
          Console.Write("Success! Created :" + profile("PreferredName") + "…" + ControlChars.Lf)
   Catch
          Console.Write("Site Already Exists!" + profile("PreferredName") + ControlChars.Lf)
   End Try
Next profile

Integrate SharePoint Portal Search with Office 2003 Research Task Pane

unclaimed blog — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:35:00 +0000

Found in Westin's Technical Log

Integrate SharePoint Portal Search with Office 2003 Research Task Pane

Ok nice way to add search and get related documents from SharePoint inside office documents

New Articles on MSDN office site

unclaimed blog — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:47:00 +0000

The Definitive "Hello World" Web Part Tutorial
In this month's Office Talk column, John R. Durant shows how to create and deploy a fully-functioning Web Part for Windows SharePoint Services—from its earliest stages to being fully packaged for wide distribution. This article pulls together tips and instructions from many sources and then ties them together in a seamless, step-by-step approach. ÿÿ (July 16, Article)ÿ

Usage Event Logging in Windows SharePoint Services
Learn how to parse the log files that Windows SharePoint Services produces when logging is enabled, and explore a sample that demonstrates basics for creating a parsing tool to extract information about site usage. ÿÿ (July 16, Article)ÿ

Document Library Migration Tools XML Manifest File for SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Understand the format and structure of the XML manifest file that Spin.exe uses to process and load files into SharePoint Portal Server 2003 document libraries based on SQL Server. ÿÿ (July 16, Download)

ÿBest Practices for Developing Web Parts for SharePoint Products and Technologies
Learn techniques for creating Web Parts that perform efficiently, are easy to use, and that integrate well with other components of a Web Part Page. ÿÿ (July 2, Article)

Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta Products ( I found this links only today :))

unclaimed blog — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:39:00 +0000

Today I found Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta Products download link. Maybe it is not new, but I found it only today
I got it from Microsoft releases free editions of VS 2005 Link with funny captions.

How to create Mysite programmatically / Alternate Header again

unclaimed blog — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:56:00 +0000

Some days ago, I saw a blog with the code for generating MySite. However, I can't find that again. Any one got any idea? That was a good blog, on how to set the alternateheader. Since I had to pull my intranet into the SPS, I had to change the whole look and feel of the page header. But the alternateheader will only work with some admin pages which use _layout1033 files.

AlternateHeader magic to style your SharePoint pages. (I need to check this idea while working on header issues)

http://sharepoints.blogspot.com/2004/06/using-alternate-header-in-onetxml.html (I have received a positive response to my comment)

http://sharepoints.blogspot.com/2004/07/portal-alternate-header.html

Any new ideas on alternate header please let me know.

Microsoft Vs. Google

unclaimed blog — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:43:00 +0000

I have received a mail from one of my friend, I don't know who wrote this,
I am just adding some parts of it.

Last week, Microsoft identified the object of its latest obsession:
Google, the No. 1 Internet search page. (Google, you may recall, is
preparing for an initial stock offering with an estimated value of $25
billion. Nobody bats around numbers like that without attracting
Microsoft's attention.)
For years, Microsoft's own Web search page, MSN Search, has finished a
distant third place in the search-engine popularity wars (behind
Google and Yahoo). The company's new plan is apparently to remake MSN
Search in Google's image.
The Googlification of MSN will occur soon. The first, a
cosmetic makeover, is now complete and ready for your inspection at
www.search.msn.com. The new look consists of an empty white screen
that loads blissfully quickly, even over dial-up connections, and an
empty, neatly centered text box where you're supposed to type in what
you're looking for. The search page is ad-free and, except for the MSN
logo, even devoid of graphics. (On July 4, however, MSN added a
waving-flag graphic, an imitation of the way Google's witty artists
dress up its own logo on holidays.) In short, MSN Search couldn't look
more like Google if you photocopied it.
You can try out Microsoft's extremely early version of this new search
algorithm at techpreview.search.msn.com, but don't get your hopes up.
Microsoft emphasizes that the preview doesn't search very much of the
Web, and isn't intended to compete with Google or anyone else.
Instead, the point is to collect feedback from "Webmasters and search
enthusiasts."

Some Cool Blogs on SharePoint recently visited / Who's Online / Workflow Lite

unclaimed blog — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:01:00 +0000

Here are some very interesting blogs that can be reviewed:
Bryant Likes's Blog ( good set of work)
Extending SharePoint using Global.asax
Extending SharePoint using Global.asax – Who's Online (more here)
Jan Tielens' Bloggings
Workflow Lite for SharePoint RC1 (Finally!) (Real cool links on workflow)