Andrew Kennel
Web Developer
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PHL ParkingMaking a connectible web part
August 25, 2008For the last couple of days, I've been working on creating a custom web part to use as a filter. I had no problems getting the web part created, and even reading in values from a Sharepoint list to populate a drop-down menu. What I had trouble with was configuring my web part to act…
Continue Reading →Setting the default home page on a site
July 30, 2008VP was showing me a site he was building based on the Lending Library template. He wanted to change the default home page from default.aspx to librarian.aspx. I told him, 'No problem! You can can that in Site Settings.' But when I went to show him where that setting is, I couldn't find it. Back…
Continue Reading →Fun with List Permissions
July 25, 2008D asked me today whether it was possible to show a user only the documents they had created themselves in a list. I said yes, and then spent half an hour trying to find the setting. It turns out this option only appears only if your List or Document Library has unique permissions. If it…
Continue Reading →Dead Site Notification Message
July 21, 2008VP recently asked me if we had a way to delete MySites after a person had left the company. This is a question I'd been waiting for, so I already had an answer ready. I showed him the option that Sharepoint has to find Unused sites and automatically delete them if the sites' owner didn't…
Continue Reading →Removing a solution from Sharepoint
July 1, 2008Today we tried out a third party solution, decided we didn't like it, and had to remove it. Strangely enough, this has never come up before. I've added and deployed plenty of solutions, but have never needed to get rid of one. The process is a mirror image of adding a solution. First you Retract…
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