This recently bit me.  I had two different site definitions.  They had two different webtemp xml files, of course. Here’s the first one: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <Templates xmlns:ows="Microsoft ...[Read More]

So here I was, late at night, banging my head against the desk trying to figure out why my a custom field’s custom property wasn’t hiding when I clearly stated Hidden=”true”.  As it turns out, you need to specify the uppercase value for that boole ...[Read More]

This post discusses lists and content types in SharePoint.  It’s an overview of the concepts from a developer’s perspective. Before getting into content types, it’s important to do a brief review of Lists.  Central to SharePoint is the concept of ...[Read More]

We just had another great Kentucky SharePoint User Group meeting (KYSPUG) tonight.  Rob Bogue came all the way down from Indianapolis and spoke to the group about the topic of governance.  He did a wonderful job sharing with the group what governa ...[Read More]