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Tips and best practices for SharePoint end users
- The “Big Picture”: CSS sprites in SharePoint 2010
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I wanted to share this mosaic from the official SharePoint 2010 site, as an example of how Web design techniques are making their way into SharePoint 2010.
If you are familiar with Web design, you’ll recognize a CSS sprite. The principle: multiple images used throughout the Web page are combined into a “master image”. This reduces [...]
- My slides from SharePoint Saturday EMEA
- My slide deck from the SharePoint Saturday EMEA conference is now online. You can find it on Slideshare, or get it from the download section of my Website (under KPI roll-up). The recording of the session should be available soon, watch out for updates on EndUserSharePoint.com.
SharePoint Saturday EMEA was a fantastic event, kudos to Mark [...]
- Starting a Partnership with fpweb.net
- In the past few months, I have been in talks with SharePoint hosting providers to start a partnership. I finally signed up with fpweb.net.
fpweb.net has big plans for 2010. As one can expect from the pioneer of SharePoint hosting, they are actively preparing for the SharePoint 2010 release. But what really got me excited is their data center map that [...]
- KPI roll-up: looking for feedback!
- I am still hoping to get some comments on the KPI roll-up templates I provided last week. If you have tried them out, I’d be interested in your feedback, as this will help me for my presentation at the SharePoint Saturday EMEA event on January 23rd (yes, it’s in four days!). Feel free to leave a comment on [...]
- Smart TextToHTML
- First things first: if you don’t know what I mean by “TextToHTML “, you won’t get much from this post. In this case, I recommend that you start with this introduction.
In short, the TextToHTML script has two roles:
1/ find HTML strings in a SharePoint page
2/ Convert these strings into actual HTML
Yesterday, I came across a discussion between @EUSP, @webdes03 and @ebrackley on [...]
- KPI roll-up in SharePoint (Part II)
- After reading about the scenario and watching my live demo in part I, it is now time for you to try out KPI roll-ups for yourself.
Note: You’ll need site owner permissions on your site collection to set up the demo.
I am providing all the templates needed to replicate my demo in the download section. This includes 4 [...]
- KPI roll-up in SharePoint (Part I)
- Do teams in your organization need to report on the status of their projects or action items? Are managers and executives looking for a way to aggregate and synthetize this information, to help them focus on key issues?
On January 23rd, at the SharePoint Saturday EMEA event, I’ll present a session about ”KPI roll-up in SharePoint 2007″.
Last year, I [...]
- Looking for a Partner – Web Hosting
- I am currently looking for a Web hosting provider I could partner with.
What I am looking for:
- SharePoint hosting for my demo sites (SP 2007 and SP 2010)
- Web hosting for my other sites (mainly blogs based on the WordPress platform)
What I can offer:
- act as the SharePoint evangelist for the provider’s user community
- packages based [...]
- How to get your SharePoint question answered?
- Every month, my blog receives ~100 messages, and I get many more via e-mail. My goal is to answer each of them, but it’s not an easy task. Here is how I set my priorities.
1. Issues with my tutorials
I want to make sure that readers can easily use the advice I provide. So my top priority is to respond [...]
- A Prize for the Easy Tabs
- A couple months ago, zevenseas started a non-assembly contest. The purpose was to “promote the development of small powerful SharePoint solutions that can be deployed without doing any server side coding”.
I entered the contest with three solutions:
- A tooltip for SharePoint lists and calendars, based on the jQuery Beauty Tips plugin.
- Tasks visualization: a tasks list [...]
- HTML Calculated Column and Unicode Graphics
- The number one application of the ”HTML Calculated Column” method is the display of visual indicators in SharePoint lists. You’ll find many examples on my blog:
- KPIs
- Progress bars
- Color gradients
- etc.
If you haven’t used this method yet, you’ll need to learn it to take advantage of these tutorials. For the latest information on the HTML [...]
- Path to SharePoint – On the menu in 2010
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Happy New Year!
Here is a heads up of what you can expect from Path to SharePoint in 2010.
Blogging
Like in 2008 and 2009, I’ll continue sharing my SharePoint tips and tricks. Classics like the HTML Calculated Column and the Easy Tabs will be back in 2010, but also expect some new scripts.
Looking back at my 2009 [...]
- A great workshop!
- Last Thursday, Mark Miller and I presented our last workshop of the year, dedicated to the SharePoint Gantt view.
As for previous workshops, I had prepared some customizations (7 to be precise), each packaged as a Web Part. As I was detailing them, I received some great feedback from Mark and the participants, on the usability [...]
- Explore your SharePoint network on Twitter with Mentionmap
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Well, I think the easiest way to understand this is to see it in action!
1/Go to this page:
http://apps.asterisq.com/mentionmap/#hashtag-sharepoint
2/ Watch the graph build itself and start interacting with it
and/or
3/ Enter your Twitter id in the green text box, on the top left
How it works (source Asterisq): Mentionmap loads each user’s Twitter status updates (tweets) and finds the [...]
- Path to SharePoint: what’s changing in 2010
- Ever since I started this blog, and started sharing my SharePoint end user tips, I have realized that there is a strong demand for flexible, client side solutions.
I expect this to be more and more the case. From a business user’s perspective, being given the ability to fine tune processes, workflows and user interaction, without [...]
- Gantt demos – Update
- Update [12/8/2009]: due to the recent events at EndUserSharePoint.com, we are postponing the live online workshop. The Gantt workshop is now scheduled on Thursday, December 17 at 1 pm EST.
I have updated the Gantt demos on my SharePoint site. All the featured customizations will be detailed in Thursday’s live online workshop. Each participant will get a [...]
- Live demo: dynamic time scale for the Gantt view
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After this week’s live online workshop dedicated to sparklines, next week will be the turn of the Gantt view.
I am still working to finalize the customizations, but here is a preview to show you what you can expect:
http://www.pathtosharepoint.com/Pages/GanttTimeScale.aspx
On this mockup, play with the slider to change the time scale. There are three levels: the default [...]
- Sparklines in SharePoint (part II) – A homemade bar graph
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In my last post, I introduced sparklines and their applications. Today, let’s see on an example how to build simple bar graphs in a SharePoint list.
The scenario
In my example, I am tracking customer support calls over time. For each product or service, I want to monitor:
- the number of calls (too many support calls will kill my margins).
- the [...]
- Sparklines, more information in less space
- For details on the upcoming Sparklines online workshop, see the end of this article, or click here.
Edward Tufte, who coined the term “sparklines”, describes them as “data-intense, design-simple, word-sized graphics.”
While traditional charts aggregate information from a full list, and are set off the flow of text, a sparkline pictures an individual item, and is directly embedded in [...]
- Easy Tabs: multiple tab rows
- I am falling behind in my schedule, and several posts will only be published in the beginning of next year. However, I didn’t want to postpone this one as this is by far the number one request: how to split the tabs row, on my Easy Tabs solution.
This post explains how you can tweak the Easy Tabs [...]
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6/19/2009 7:46 PM
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 The demo is an example of XML driven component (a Flash chart) in SharePoint.With the help of SharePoint designer, you can create a form and update data directly from within a SharePoint page. |
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6/19/2009 7:47 PM
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 Build your own Image Rotator that will display random images from your SharePoint picture library. You'll find the instructions under the "Image Rotator" tab. |
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6/19/2009 7:48 PM
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 The Easy Tabs Web Part allows you to add a tabbed interface to a SharePoint page.Click on the "Easy Tabs" tab for a demo and download. |
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6/19/2009 7:49 PM
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 The charts under the "Stock quotes" tab are provided by Yahoo!
They are updated every minute. |
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6/19/2009 7:50 PM
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 The cross-site menu (top right tab) and breaking news (top) are displayed on all the home pages: the Path to SharePoint home and each sub-site (Calendars, Gantt, etc.).
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2/16/2009 7:04 PM
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The list of featured customizations, on the home page, is now displayed in a scrolling view. Click on the previous/next buttons to view the announcements.
This is built from a standard SharePoint list, on top of which I have added the jQuery jCarousel lite. |
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6/19/2009 7:51 PM
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On the top right of the home page you'll find an example of two-level drop-down menu. The content is pulled from a SharePoint list, and the menu is rendered using the default SharePoint script for drop-down menus (same as for "Site Actions", etc.).
The menu has two options: large icon mode or small icon mode. |
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6/19/2009 8:18 PM
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 The "World Clock" list uses the "HTML calculated column" method. Read more details here. |
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6/15/2009 5:59 AM
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I have compiled a list of blogs dedicated to SharePoint, including links to posts of interest. Each entry points to the blog itself, as well as to relevant content from Technorati and Delicious.
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They said it couldn't be done...
Did you know that SharePoint allows you to add color coding and charts to your lists, modify the look of your calendar views, display lists in another site, etc.? All of this without SharePoint Designer or server side customizations.
Feel free to explore this site to see the live demos, then head out to my Path To SharePoint blog to read the tutorials.
Note: a few demos are still on my old site, awaiting to be transferred here.
I started working with SharePoint in 2004. In my path to SharePoint enlightenment, I came across blogs like Tariq Ayad's Tangible Thoughts and Todd Bleeker’s 60 Hive. These were eye openers and helped me understand that there was much more to SharePoint than initially met the eye.
Today it is my turn to share my tips and tricks, and contribute to the great SharePoint online community. | |
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I am a consultant in Organization and Information Systems. In the past 10 years, I have helped companies reengineer their business processes and implement systems such as ERPs and Business Intelligence.
I have been involved in SharePoint deployments since 2004. My areas of interest include collaboration, collaborative Project Management, information architecture, mashups and dashboards.
I also have a passion for teaching. Besides training/coaching users, I occasionally give lectures on Management Information Systems in MBA programs.
In a previous life (before the Internet), I was an engineer and project manager, working on aerospace and nuclear programs.
I am a French citizen and US green card holder.
Feel free to contact me: Christophe@PathToSharePoint.com
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203: Creating a SharePoint Scripting Resource Center
By Mark Miller and
Christophe Humbert
February 11
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