Sharepoint 2010 Art Gallery

I recently built an art gallery in Sharepoint 2010 using a sharepoint picture library as the datasource, an XML based art gallery as the home page slideshow, and shareoint 2010 search as the search engine.  I then used jquery libraries to enhance the functionality of the search results to make it more like search engines found in galleries like Moma and the Met. When you click on the image a lightbox pops up - we have plans to enhance this further with zooming capability. A jquery slideshow is used on the Slideshow tab.

To achieve the grid view I followed the last part of a very detailed 4 part series here: http://www.ableblue.com/blog/archive/2008/09/01/sharepoint-image-search-part-4/.  Many thanks to Matthew McDermott.  

How to acces to the Web Part Maintenance Page

You only have to append to the url of the page ?contents=1. I don't know the reason but it works.

"Failed to load workflow" Error - ARRRGGHH

After much searching on the internet, and failed attempts to delete the requisite c:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\yada yada yada....

I found the solution to resolve the "failed to load workflow" error...

http://jonathanpmast.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!50782F8FDA1E73DA!253.entry

"The solution, which I realized way too late, had to do with trust level found in the .NET 2.0 Configuration (the MMC snap-in, found in Administrative Tools). We go .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration > Runtime Security Policy. Choose "Adjust Zone Security". Went to Intranet, pushed the slider up to full trust. Restarted SPD, worked."

Performing Joins Between Sharepoint Lists

Yes you can! Thank you Sahil Malik!

Today - Created, or Today - Modified

Yes, it is that simple. In a sharepoint calculated column, AFTER you perform the [Today] Sharepoint trick - you can use Today - Created, or Today - Modified in a calculated column to display X days old. Don't forget to format the column as numeric with no decimal places as we are reminded here.

Employee Training Scheduling and Materials

I've been working a lot with the Employee Training Scheduling and Materials application template for Sharepoint and wouldn't have found my way through without the help of the the Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog:

• Training Site Template: Part 1: Introduction
• Training Site Template: Part 2: Workflows
• Training Site Template: Part 3: Custom Views and Forms

Sharepoint Export Event

You may want to customize the Export Event in DispForm.aspx or you may want to include Export Event as a link in a Sharepoint workflow.

Using the directions posted here: http://weblogs.asp.net/wkriebel/archive/2004/04/02/106767.aspx

I created a link in a sharepoint workflow email with mostly hard coded values of the site and the GUID of the list - but used a dynamic list item ID value using "Add Lookup to Body"

Here is an example working url to use to export a sharepoint event:

./Sites/mySiteWithEvents/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?CS=109&Cmd=Display&List={9aa84cdc-1179-4da1-ba1a-f7a579955066}&CacheControl=1&ID=97&Using=event.ics