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I am now offering both online workshops and one-on-one online sessions.
Upcoming online workshops
The workshops are co-hosted by Mark Miller and me.
Our last series (SharePoint Calendars) ended on May 20, 2010. We're working on the schedule for next Fall.
One-on-one online sessions
- you don't want to waste time reading through the tutorial and prefer to have somebody guide you through the steps.
- the script is not working for you and you can't figure out why.
- you have specific needs that require to slightly adapt the script.
Each session includes a conference call (30 minutes or one hour), a SharePoint sandbox, and follow up e-mails.
To register via PayPal, use the form in the right pane. I'll get back to you to schedule the date and time of the session at your convenience. Feel free to contact me for additional information.
If you have other needs - like information architecture, users coaching or SharePoint customization - you're welcome to contact me directly.
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Tips and best practices for SharePoint end users
- Page Redirect
- The last addition to my SharePoint User’s Toolkit: a “Page Redirect” script. It allows you to redirect your users to the correct location, when they try to access an outdated page. Get your custom copy here: http://www.pathtosharepoint.com/sharepoint-user-toolkit/Pages/Page-Redirect.aspx The script includes several options: pop-up message, timer, inline message, and the choice to display or hide the [...]
- Easy Tabs: Even Better with Print Friendly!
- Author: Kerri Abraham, Revenue Cycle Sharepoint Coordinator, Mercy Medical Center. Several months back I was tasked with a training build for our highest turnover position. The main function of the job was a 7 screen registration process, and because of government regulation and business requirements, every field on these 7 screens needed thorough instructions. The [...]
- Easy Tabs: version 5 is out!
- Version 5.0 (beta) of the Easy Tabs is now available in the SharePoint User’s Toolkit: http://www.pathtosharepoint.com/sharepoint-user-toolkit/Pages/Easy-Tabs-v5.aspx The main improvements: - The Easy Tabs now work in both SP 2007 and SP 2010. - Stylesheets are directly included in the code; for SP 2010, the colors can be modified in the Easy Tabs builder (see above screenshot). - [...]
- Working Hard on the Easy Tabs v5
- In the past couple weeks, I have been working on the Easy Tabs v5. I have completely rewritten the script to make it more generic. The objective is to accomodate various layouts, including SP 2007 Web Part pages, SP 2010 Web Part pages, and wiki pages. I am also taking this opportunity to include some of the options [...]
- HTML Calculated Column: solutions for SP 2010 (Part IV)
- This series assumes that you are familiar with the “HTML Calculated Column” . Part I: fallback to SP 2007 Part II: edit in SharePoint Designer Part III: deal with individual Web Parts Part IV: brute force At the end of part III, we were left with this question: how do I know when I need to [...]
- HTML Calculated Column: solutions for SP 2010 (Part III)
- This series assumes that you are familiar with the “HTML Calculated Column” . Part I: fallback to SP 2007 Part II: edit in SharePoint Designer Part III: deal with individual Web Parts My current Text to HTML script, written for SharePoint 2007, works as follows: find all hyperlinks (A tags) on the page if a tag [...]
- Live demo: “Full Screen” tab
- I am considering adding two new options to the Easy Tabs: Full Screen and Print. This is the result of ongoing discussions with Kerri Abraham. The “Full Screen” option is similar to the usual overlay/lightbox solutions. Only my solution is lighter, and doesn’t require an external library like jQuery for example. Check out the live demo and let me know what [...]
- Easy Tabs: Bait them with Humor!
- When Kerri contacted me with a technical question about the Easy Tabs, a detail in the screenshot she sent immediately caught my attention: an original way to drive user adoption! I asked her to tell us more about her idea. Author: Kerri Abraham, Revenue Cycle Sharepoint Coordinator, Mercy Medical Center. I always worry that my end-user [...]
- Interactive Charts using Google Visualization API (via SharePoint JavaScripts)
- Proposed by Alexander Bautz, a client side charting solution for SharePoint that relies on the Google Visualization API. To understand the difference between the Google Chart API and the Google Visualization API, check out this page: http://code.google.com/apis/charttools/docs/choosing.html This is a solution for creating charts directly from SharePoint lists using Google Visualization API. The solution is [...]
- Case study: course compliance report (Part III)
- Author: Larry Pfaff, Sr Systems Analyst, Convergys Corp. Adding The Final Pieces Can you see the finish line yet? As you remember in Part 1 we reviewed the requirements and expectations of the data. This output needed to be easy to read and use by all end users throughout the entire organization and most of [...]
- Are the Easy Tabs security trimmed?
- A question I received from Liz: “I just downloaded your EasyTabs webpart and think it works great. My question is: how does it work when you have different permissions on different webparts? Is it security trimmed?” Good question, and you definitely need to be clear about security implications when you start adding code to your Web [...]
- SharePoint 2010 issues with calendars
- I am having the following issue in SharePoint 2010: when I set the chrome state of a calendar to “minimized” (under Edit Web Part > Appearance), the calendar still gets displayed on the page. This is an issue I already reported with the beta version. Recently, I also posted my question on the MSDN forum, [...]
- HTML Calculated Column: solutions for SP 2010 (Part II)
- This series assumes that you are familiar with the “HTML Calculated Column” . Part I: fallback to SP 2007 Part II: edit in SharePoint Designer In this part II, I am going to show a straightforward method that can be applied via SharePoint Designer. In SharePoint 2010, lists are rendered through a new component, the XSLT List View [...]
- HTML Calculated Column: solutions for SP 2010 (Part I)
- This series assumes that you are familiar with the “HTML Calculated Column“. The “HTML Calculated Column” is a powerful method that I created for SharePoint 2003 and 2007. It allows you to display in your SharePoint lists any kind of HTML: color coded text, inline charts, tooltips, embedded videos, etc. It works in two steps: 1/ Build [...]
- Tasks Lists Roll-up beta, available for download
- A new addition to the SharePoint User’s Toolkit: a Tasks Lists Roll-up Web Part. When placed on a SharePoint 2007 page (wss or MOSS), this Web Part will aggregate tasks from the current site and all its sub-sites. After downloading the Web Part, you can add it to your page via the page import option, or include [...]
- Live demo: calendar with color coding and tooltip
- This week, Mark Miller and I will be hosting our live online workshop series dedicated to calendars. Mark will start on Tuesday (“Create a SharePoint Master Calendar Solution“), and I’ll join him on Wednesday (“Add Color Coding and Tool Tips to Your SharePoint Calendars“) and Thursday (“SharePoint Calendar Resizing and Enhanced Views“). To give you an [...]
- Case study: course compliance report (Part II)
- Guest author: Larry Pfaff, Convergys. I left off explaining how I went from raw data to manipulating views to achieve a table layout with usable results. Continuing forward I will describe how to achieve this output through the use of Calculated Columns (CC) in a custom list. It’s fairly easy to build a table in [...]
- Client side scripts: how will they behave in 2010?
- If you’ve been using some of the client side code available on Path to SharePoint, or other similar blogs, you might be interested in what’s going to happen when you migrate to SP 2010. I can’t provide a final answer, and we’ll see exactly how they behave when we have access to the final release. But for now let [...]
- Maximum number of IF statements in a Calculated Column?
- If you said seven, or eight, you spoke too fast… I just answered a question on the Stump the Panel forum, and thought others could be interested. The context I recently published a new version of my tool for color coding calendars and lists. This tool generates a formula that associates each item of a [...]
- Introducing the SharePoint User’s Toolkit
- In the past few weeks, I have upgraded several of my scripts, and made them available here: http://www.pathtosharepoint.com/sharepoint-user-toolkit/ I am calling this central place the “SharePoint User’s Toolkit“. From now on, this is where I’ll publish my client side scripts and other enhancements to the standard SharePoint UI. The SharePoint User’s Toolkit is still under construction. In [...]
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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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