Comments on: Customizing Your SharePoint Site? Read These 10 Concepts/Gotchas First http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/ The Latest Trends in Technical Communication Sat, 26 May 2012 05:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom Johnson http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-183016 Tom Johnson Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:29:20 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-183016 Todd, I appreciate the information you added to this post. Sorry that I came down hard on SharePoint. It is a good tool for some things. Still, customizing it is no easy task and seems to be a skill all its own. Todd, I appreciate the information you added to this post. Sorry that I came down hard on SharePoint. It is a good tool for some things. Still, customizing it is no easy task and seems to be a skill all its own.

]]> By: CTodd http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-183000 CTodd Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:52:21 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-183000 On setting up best bets... 1. You have to be at the Site Collection root site settings. 2. Under Site Collection Administration, click "Search keywords". 3. Click "Add Keyword". 4. Enter the primary Keyword Phrase that people will be entering into the search text box. 5. Enter Synonyms for the phrase (separated by semicolons). 6. Click "Add Best Bet". 7. Enter a URL, Title, and (optional) description. These will be displayed in the search results page. 8. Optionally, enter Keyword Definition, Contact, and Publishing dates. 9. Click OK. (Much) More information here: http://www.google.com/#=en&q=moss+2007+best+bet I've been working with SharePoint since 2005 (WSS 2.0/SPS 2003), and while I can commisserate a bit on SharePoint customization having a steep learning curve, reading an article like this does bristle me a bit. Especially about not being able to figure out setting up keywords/best bets. That doesn't take a lot of Google-fu to find the answer. On setting up best bets…

1. You have to be at the Site Collection root site settings.
2. Under Site Collection Administration, click “Search keywords”.
3. Click “Add Keyword”.
4. Enter the primary Keyword Phrase that people will be entering into the search text box.
5. Enter Synonyms for the phrase (separated by semicolons).
6. Click “Add Best Bet”.
7. Enter a URL, Title, and (optional) description. These will be displayed in the search results page.
8. Optionally, enter Keyword Definition, Contact, and Publishing dates.
9. Click OK.
(Much) More information here:
http://www.google.com/#=en&q=moss+2007+best+bet

I’ve been working with SharePoint since 2005 (WSS 2.0/SPS 2003), and while I can commisserate a bit on SharePoint customization having a steep learning curve, reading an article like this does bristle me a bit. Especially about not being able to figure out setting up keywords/best bets. That doesn’t take a lot of Google-fu to find the answer.

]]> By: Cortez Mayone http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-157498 Cortez Mayone Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:30:12 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-157498 Hello fantastic website everytime I come right here I am satisfied with the quality. Hello fantastic website everytime I come right here I am satisfied with the quality.

]]> By: sharepoint_consultants http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-154389 sharepoint_consultants Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:05:09 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-154389 Thank you for a very informative post. Branding is a key aspect of SharePoint adoption within corporations and is often overlooked. Stacy Converge Point Thank you for a very informative post. Branding is a key aspect of SharePoint adoption within corporations and is often overlooked.

Stacy
Converge Point

]]> By: Creating custom SharePoint MOSS 2007 & WSS 3.0 themes | Jeremy Taylor http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-148979 Creating custom SharePoint MOSS 2007 & WSS 3.0 themes | Jeremy Taylor Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:22:03 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-148979 [...] 3: http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsg... In this article, you will read 10 Concepts/Gotchas when customising SharePoint. 1. A good [...] [...] 3: http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsg… In this article, you will read 10 Concepts/Gotchas when customising SharePoint. 1. A good [...]

]]> By: Prats http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-148880 Prats Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:08:04 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-148880 great post, Iam currently working on shifting all intranet data of IMS to Sharepoint, but not getting the idea to decorate Home page great post, Iam currently working on shifting all intranet data of IMS to Sharepoint, but not getting the idea to decorate Home page

]]> By: LOVE_MOSS_NOT http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-148637 LOVE_MOSS_NOT Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:50:25 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-148637 great post, too bad customizing sharepoint 2007 is a PITA. To a designer it looks like Welcome to SharePoint, watch your steps! great post, too bad customizing sharepoint 2007 is a PITA. To a designer it looks like

Welcome to SharePoint, watch your steps!

]]> By: Stuart http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-136904 Stuart Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:55:47 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-136904 Hello, I have recently downloaded and built a sharepoint site for a school. I have all the basic functions but don't appear to have everything. i.e connecting to outlook, web parts are not all there. When i go to site features I only have 'Team Collaboration lists'. Is this due to our server licence? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Stuart Hello,

I have recently downloaded and built a sharepoint site for a school. I have all the basic functions but don’t appear to have everything. i.e connecting to outlook, web parts are not all there. When i go to site features I only have ‘Team Collaboration lists’.

Is this due to our server licence?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Stuart

]]> By: Louis-Philippe Paquette http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-135248 Louis-Philippe Paquette Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:23:29 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-135248 In Concepts/Gotchas number 6, I hope you meant ListViewXml and not listxmlview, because otherwise I'm not looking at the right place. Thanks for the post thou. In Concepts/Gotchas number 6, I hope you meant ListViewXml and not listxmlview, because otherwise I’m not looking at the right place. Thanks for the post thou.

]]> By: Peter Seale http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/comment-page-1/#comment-134337 Peter Seale Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:39:02 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1583#comment-134337 I keep getting email alerts so I can't stay away from this comment thread :) DotNetPro is being a little harsh. Yes Tom, your post had lots of inaccuracies, but I don't blame you as much as I blame the "steep learning curve." Your post represents everyone's "first/second/third/hundredth SharePoint project" vibe very well. As to simplicity, yes, there are worse Enterprise products (most of them)--but what about, you know, non-Enterprise products? At what point do you say "ah, forget it, I'm going back to static HTML pages." Or more realistic--"ah, forget it, I'm going back to straight build-it-from-the-ground-up coding." Maybe it's just me. If I could use the appendectomy metaphor, what Tom was trying to accomplish required a band-aid--an adhesive bandage, applied to the skin. What SharePoint required of him was to perform an appendectomy. DotNetPro, you've asserted that other Enterprise products are worse (which is true). But Tom just needed to apply a band-aid. Should it have been so hard? I keep getting email alerts so I can’t stay away from this comment thread :)

DotNetPro is being a little harsh. Yes Tom, your post had lots of inaccuracies, but I don’t blame you as much as I blame the “steep learning curve.” Your post represents everyone’s “first/second/third/hundredth SharePoint project” vibe very well.

As to simplicity, yes, there are worse Enterprise products (most of them)–but what about, you know, non-Enterprise products? At what point do you say “ah, forget it, I’m going back to static HTML pages.” Or more realistic–”ah, forget it, I’m going back to straight build-it-from-the-ground-up coding.” Maybe it’s just me.

If I could use the appendectomy metaphor, what Tom was trying to accomplish required a band-aid–an adhesive bandage, applied to the skin. What SharePoint required of him was to perform an appendectomy. DotNetPro, you’ve asserted that other Enterprise products are worse (which is true). But Tom just needed to apply a band-aid. Should it have been so hard?

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