Adding Edit Dialog to a Data Form Web Part Chris Poteet, March 19, 2009April 6, 2009 A client asked me to create a roll-up of some document libraries, and I decided to exercise the data form web part. It worked fine until I was asked why he got an open/save dialog and not the standard SharePoint read-only/edit dialog from document libraries as to the right. After… Continue Reading
The Pains of Altering the SharePoint UI Chris Poteet, October 10, 2008October 10, 2008 I was recently tagged to “brand” a SharePoint installation for Hirsch Pipe & Supply Co. I knew it would be an interesting challenge, but I had no idea how bad it truly would be. SharePoint is built on ASP.NET 2.0 which I had worked with in my previous job. I… Continue Reading
jQuery: JavaScript That Doesn’t Suck Chris Poteet, February 29, 2008February 29, 2008 I hate JavaScript. I mean I really hate JavaScript. Dealing with different implementations of the DOM between browsers is a menace I couldn’t duplicate if I tried. I’ve tried JS libraries from Mootools, script.aculo.us, and so on until recently. I knew jQuery existed, but I didn’t realize how powerful the… Continue Reading