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Previously, I provided a solution to help with being able to view the web part menu when it is hidden.  I recently found another way of doing this. I had a post on March 10th on this.  If you would like to review it…here’s the link: http://ashli.spoint.me/2010/03/10/unable-to-view-web-part-menu/ On the page where you are experiencing this [...]

So, I came across an interesting request from one of my users.  He wants the users to be able to respond to a survey but not actually see any of the responses.  Out-of-the-box (OTB) you can modify the settings to only allow users to able to edit and see their own responses.  IF you didn’t [...]

I just wanted to take the time to thank everyone who has visited my blog and provided excellent comments.  I do appreciate the support.  I will continue to keep topics and questions coming, as I come across things. Report This PostPowered by the SharePoint Social Network – SPoint

Does anyone know if you can add ajax to existing SharePoint lists?  Can you add the ajax code through designer and it work?  I have tried to search for information about this, but I have not found anything.  I was hoping to be able to use Ajax to add some style to my sharepoint sites.  [...]

It seems once again I have found an issue with SharePoint permissions and workflows.  I created a custom workflow using designer and the workflow works fine.  Its when users attempt to complete a task or put in information that I am collecting from them in the workflow.  SharePoint for some reason will only let those [...]

Okay, so I apparently permissions will change in SharePoint and you will not even realize it until one day a user complains about not being able to add content.  I had an issue today where a user had full control over the top level site and all content within it.  They were able to create [...]

So, I had a question posed to me by a co-worker about SharePoint permissions.  The co-worker needed to give a super user access to add their own people to a group.  But not give the super user “Full Control”. So suggested that the co-worker make the super user “owner of the group”.  Yes within the [...]

Recently I posted a question on the SPoint.me website regarding connecting SharePoint and Lotus Notes, I only received one response in how this may be accomplished. The commentor said he had used XML to create a connection between the two systems.  I have created web views of databases and put them into content editor web [...]

After looking at an internal site that uses wordpress, got me thinking about which platform is better for business users. What do you think from a functionality and user interface standpoint …what is your vote?  WordPress or SharePoint blogs and why? Report This Post

I had an issue due to our design that it does not allow me to view the web part tool menu.   So I was unable to edit the web part properties.  This menu appears on the right when you edit a page – edit web part  So as a work around…you can open edit the [...]