Caching in MOSS 2007

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa661294.aspx

Cannot connect to the configuration database.

This might happen due to various reasons . Below are the most common reasons :
1) Check SQL DB exist and enabled
2) Application pool Identity has been added to SQL DB

SharePoint 2007 Best Practices

• Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973248.aspx
  
• Best Practices: Common Coding Issues When Using the SharePoint Object Model http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687949.aspx
  
• Dispose Checker Tool http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCheck
  
• Working with Large Lists in SharePoint Server 2007 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262813.aspx
  
• SharePoint Products and Technologies Customization Best Practices http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb861954.aspx
  
• Developing Workflow Solutions with SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows Workflow Foundation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc514224.aspx
  
• Developing SharePoint Applications:Patterns and Practices http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx
  
• Managed Path http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802766.aspx
  
• Web Services Access http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb862916.aspx

SharePoint Pattern and Practices

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx

Save as Site Template Missing

Are you trying to save a publishing site as site template and are still wondering where the "Save as Site Template " is?

Well It's hidden . Here is a nice article for you.

http://www.kwizcom.com/ContentPage.asp?PageId=1165

Cheers!!!

Improve SharePoint 2007 Website Performance

http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/11/08/how-to-make-your-moss-2007-web-site-faster-with-caching.aspx

Get Client Machine Name ASP.NET

System.Net.Dns.GetHostByAddress(Request.UserHostAddress).HostName

Preliminary System Requirement SharePoint 2010

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/07/announcing-sharepoint-server-2010-preliminary-system-requirements.aspx

ASP.NET Progress control for FREE!!!

I tried this control and i must say it's too good to be free.
http://www.essentialobjects.com/Products/EOWeb/ProgressBar.aspx

Upgrade Checker in SP2 for SharePoint 2010

AJAX ERROR : Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerTimeoutException - The server request timed out

Well if you have this error then its due to long running process as the default time out set is 90 seconds.
If you want to increase the time out value , then make change to the Script Manager attribute .
For e.g to increase it to 5 min :




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SharePoint 2007 Scalability and Performance White Paper

http://blogs.technet.com/gurmeets/archive/2008/06/18/sharepoint-server-2007-scalability-and-performance-whitepaper-now-available.aspx

Enterprise Search Training Videos

http://blogs.technet.com/gurmeets/archive/2008/04/24/18-hours-of-free-enterprise-search-training.aspx

GetListItems SharePoint WebService

http://www.sharepoint-tips.com/2007/02/how-to-use-getlistitems-web-service.html

Unknown server tag 'asp:ScriptManager' PKS

I had configured PKS (Podcasting Kit for SharePoint ) June 2009 release. Everything went smooth and even the application was working well except the encoding which i haven't yet tested .

Anyways after couple of days when i tried accessing the site the main page went KAPUT , i started getting this error "Unknown server tag 'asp"ScriptManager" .Now the question was "What might have gone wrong?" . I didn't even touched the site for 2 days and everything was working fine before (Typical sentence used by most developers -;)) .

After some search i found one article which asked to check the web.config file for some entries and it's weird those entries were gone from my web.config file. (Murphy's law in total effect ) .

Anyways as suggested i made the following entries ,In case image is not clear click on it to get better view.

I am glad website is back . Up and running .

Here is the link where i got the web.config entries .

ENJOY!!!

The template you have chosen is invalid or cannot be found. SharePoint Template Error

It's pretty hard to find the actual reason of these kind of error . But one thing is sure that template is causing issue.
The most common reason for this error is missing of dependency . for e.g. missing feature.
Best solution is to run the STPInspector tool . It will help to diagnose whether all the dependency are present in server or missing something .
You can get tool from STPINSPECTOR

ENJOY!!!

Essential SharePoint Governance Tool

Tool which you should have to administer/Develop SharePoint 2007 :

• SP Forms Designer with content types(http://sptoolbasket.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=SharePoint%20-%20SPForms%20Designer)

• SPFeature Explorer(http://sptoolbasket.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=SharePoint%20-%20SPFeature%20Explorer)

• SharePoint - List Columns Manager(http://sptoolbasket.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=SharePoint%20-%20List%20Columns%20Manager)

• Security Management Tool m(http://www.codeplex.com/sushi)

• STP Inspector ( http://stpinspector.codeplex.com/)

Aspnet_merge.exe Exited with Code 1

I got this error while building the Web deployment project . After some search it came to my notice that class names in my webcontrols were same ,due to which build started bombing while merging the assembly .

I changed the class names and Voila ! it started working.

Creating single DLL for Web User Controls in ASP.NET website project

Are you trying to create single DLL for a web user control and end up getting multiple DLL's for each user control ?

Well you are in right place . The best option is to use web deployment project which is an Add in to Visual Studio .

Install the project template from here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336619.aspx

Once installed follow this article for creating a single DLL for your web project :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479568.aspx

Microsoft New Search Engine

BING!!!!

I am impressed with the new search engine from Microsoft and i am glad it's fast.

http://www.bing.com/