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SharePoint.Respond : The Final Team Site

So I have completed the team site look and feel. I will work on various custom Web Part pages when I have a moment, but I am really pleased, over the MOON, with how it came out. This is one of the most function, and gorgeous sites I have built – and I am really … Continue reading »... (more)

Posted by: The SharePoint Designer on 2012-05-08 23:26:58 - to our mirrored blogs

SharePoint.Respond – Almost There!

Major progress was made today. It is great because I will be adding these changes to my clients site to make theirs better. The lessons learned here are: 1. Navigation shouldn’t take up your whole screen in tablet and in Mobile ‘views’. 2. Same goes for Quick Launch. 3. On a Tablet – content can … C... (more)

Posted by: The SharePoint Designer on 2012-05-08 13:44:02 - to our mirrored blogs

SharePoint.Respond – My work so far

So a sneak peek at my SharePoint 2010 site. I am going to use this for my portfolio. I have already got a Intranet Live with HTML 5 – and from what I can tell I am one of the first people in South Africa to do so I am really proud of my progress … Continue reading »... (more)

Posted by: The SharePoint Designer on 2012-05-07 22:10:25 - to our mirrored blogs

Building Your SharePoint Site? Remember Your Audience

Someone recently took me on for putting versioning in my document names on our website. As a SharePoint professional, I know this is not good practice. However, remember who the audience is. The resources on our website are publicly available … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-05-01 10:13:32 - to our mirrored blogs

Can YOU Describe SharePoint? To a Group of 8 Year Olds? #SPSJHB

This industry of ours is full of platitudes. If you’re attending SharePoint Saturday Jhb, (or even if you’re not and you’d like to try), let’s run an exercise just for fun. Come up with 250 words of less on why … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-21 07:08:20 - to our mirrored blogs

“SharePoint” – Does It Matter How You Write the Word?

It’s been written as sharepoint, Sharepoint, share point, Share Point, Share point, Microsoft share point, Windows sharepoint server – and people often ask if it matters how you write it when communicating in public. Yes it does. If you put … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-19 06:46:46 - to our mirrored blogs

Restrict What Content Can Be Searched in SharePoint (for Business Users)

A subject that often gets raised in organisations is how secure is the data being stored. With SharePoint you could use permissions on a site level, list or library level, sub-folder level, or document level to restrict access to information. … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-18 08:26:22 - to our mirrored blogs

Meet Bruce – Lets Collaborate’s SharePoint Mascot!

You’ll be seeing a lot of this little guy. He’s going to help you solve all those pesky SharePoint challenges that come your way and generally brighten up your day. When in doubt, you can ask : “What would Bruce … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-17 22:45:54 - to our mirrored blogs

Why Business Hates IT

This is a very real scenario that occurred this week. Names and companies have been removed to protect the innocent(?); apart from that, the content posted by each party is verbatim. BUSINESS REQUIREMENT Change the design of the “Contact Us” Page : … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-16 23:50:42 - to our mirrored blogs

Give Lets Collaborate’s Intranet a New Name and Win!

Lets Collaborate is getting a major overhaul and we need a new name for our intranet which is being built on Office 365, (SharePoint in the cloud for those of you who don’t know what that is). Suggest the name … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-16 06:00:04 - to our mirrored blogs

Tasks for SharePoint Team Site Collection Administrators

Being a SharePoint Site Collection Administrator (SCA) is a very important job with plenty responsibility that requires a high level of maturity. You don’t just make anyone a SCA, you need lots of SharePoint experience and understanding. These are super … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-15 11:36:29 - to our mirrored blogs

Building a Project Management Site with SharePoint 2010 : Part 2

I am sure we can agree. When it comes to Project Management, there are a number of approaches and methadologies. Over the next few posts, I am not trying to advocate any particular approach but rather I am trying to show ideas of how to use SharePoint 2010 as a Project Portal. Hofeully these posts... (more)

Posted by: Sticky Glue on 2012-04-09 17:12:26 - to our mirrored blogs

10 Reasons Why Learning SharePoint is a Good Thing

One of the barriers to learning is fear of change. Many people don’t change jobs, relationships or locations because they’re afraid of what will happen. They will stay in those spaces indefinitely because it’s safer and it’s what they know. … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-08 13:27:01 - to our mirrored blogs

Building a Project Management Site with SharePoint 2010 : Part 1

Ove the last couple of months, I have had a number of requests for a Project Management portal within SharePoint 2010. There are some great books written on this subject by authors such as @meetdux (follow on twitter) and number of once off posts on various components. Over the next couple of weeks ... (more)

Posted by: Sticky Glue on 2012-04-04 16:22:19 - to our mirrored blogs

6 Reasons Why SharePoint Consultants Seldom Agree

It’s like getting in quotes from plumbers. Each one will give you a different story, each one will tell you they’re right. Why is that? We can’t answer for plumbers, but for SharePoint consultants : It’s because SharePoint is so … Continue reading →... (more)

Posted by: Views from Veronique on 2012-04-04 06:00:34 - to our mirrored blogs