August 2008 - Bob Mixon - Mastering SharePoint

Have you ever changed the top-level Site Title Site Column?

So have you? Not that you would ever want to admit it in public; but I hear of it all too often. Right from the browser, you can change the top-level Site Title Site Column. Doing so will change the display name of that column everywhere its used in the...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 1:52 AM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: MOSS, SharePoint, WSS, PowerShell, SPField.Title, SPField.InternalName, Site Columns, SPField

Orange County CA SharePoint User Group Meeting

Last night, Wednesday August 20th, I attended the Orange County CA SharePoint User Group. It was a good sized crowd; not sure of the count but maybe up-wards of 50 to 60 people attended. I sure do like to see this; working with community efforts like...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 1:39 AM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: SharePoint, Events, Orange County, User Group

K2 blackpoint: What is It?

Maybe you have heard of it, maybe not! In either case you may be wondering what the heck it is? Read on... Before I dive in too deep, let me give you a little background on K2; this is what I know and I am sure there is a lot more. K2 started back in...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2008 5:15 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: blackpearl, blackpoint, K2, MOSS, SharePoint, WSS, Workflow, Business Process Management, K2 blackpearl, K2 blackpoint

InfoPath 2007: Display User on a Form

I have finally begun more development in InfoPath 2007. Instead of holding all of my work close and personal, I thought I would share it. Adding the current user on a form is a very common need; and quite simple to solve using InfoPath 2007 funcions....

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 4:22 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: userName() Function, InfoPath 2007

MOSS 2007 Site Navigation - Topical Versus Organizational

I, quite often, I am asked and discuss the manner in which an Intranet Portal site should be structured. Meaning, is it best to structure sites in an organization or topical manner. More often than not, I find business units and departments want to keep...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 3:24 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: MOSS, SharePoint, Findability

PowerShell and SharePoint

During our Mastering SharePoint workshop this week, I had a couple of students who wanted additional information about how to use PowerShell to automate the usage of SharePoint. PowerShell is a fantastic utility to quickly create scripts to perform bulk...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 1:48 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: MOSS, SharePoint, WSS, Automation, Administration, PowerShell

Microsoft Announces Faceted Search for MOSS 2007

A new version, 2.5, of Faceted search for MOSS 2007 is now available. I haven't tried it yet but I am sure it is getting solid, especially since it is version 2.5 now. Click here to read the original post on Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog Click...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 9:38 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: MOSS, SharePoint, Search, Findability, Faceted Search

International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Conference 2008 - I'll be Speaking

And what exactly will I be speaking about? Give you a hint? It starts with an "S", ends with a "t" and is something I am passionate about. Yup... you guessed it right; SharePoint. The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 7:30 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: blackpoint, K2, Travel, MOSS, SharePoint, WSS, BPM, Workflow, Business Process Management, Events

Did you know that K2 blackpoint Supports a Real Development/QA/Production Environment?

One of the major draw-backs of using SharePoint Designer for workflow is the need to crack-it open in your production pnvironment; there is no MS approved way around it. Which means, if you develop an SPD workflow in a development environment, you are...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 6:28 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: blackpoint, K2, MOSS, SharePoint, WSS, BPM, Workflow, SharePoint Designer (SPD) Workflow

K2 blackpoint Video with Microsoft: Channel 9

Kirk Evans of Microsoft met with Shaun Leisegang and Sebastian Garrioch, from K2, to learn more about K2 Blackpoint. Watch the video on Channel 9. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/kirke/Looking-at-Blackpoint-with-Shaun-and-Sebastian-from-K2/

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 6:24 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: blackpearl, blackpoint, K2, MOSS, SharePoint, WSS, BPM, Workflow

K2 blackpoint: Better than I thought

You may already be aware; Mixon Consulting was announced as the K2 blackpoint training partner for North America. As a result, I have been deep in the development of K2 blackpoint training materials. This product is amazing! Just yesterday, I created...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 6:00 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: blackpoint, training, K2, MOSS, SharePoint, WSS, BPM, Business Process Management

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Available

I received a notification today that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is available for download. It looks promising! A couple of the new features I particularly like are Activities and WebSlices . In general, Activities provide you with enhanced abilities when...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2008 6:42 AM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: Internet Explorer

SharePoint Findability and your Intranet: Complete Series Registration Now Available

Once again, I would like to thank everyone who attended the first webinar in the SharePoint Findability series. As promised, the complete webinar series is now available below. If your organization is struggling with how to gain the greatest value using...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2008 2:14 PM by Bob Mixon

Filed under: MOSS, SharePoint, WSS, Social Networking, Search, Events, Findability

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