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Silverlight Enhancements in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 takes advantage of Silverlight to provide rich and interactive user interfaces. It also greatly simplifies hosting of media content and Silverlight applications within SharePoint by providing out-of-the-box Silverlight-enabled web parts. In this post I will point out some of these Silverlight enhancements and show you how easy it is to host media content [...]
Suppressing OOTB Stylesheets on Public-Facing SharePoint 2010 Sites
My company just launched a new version of our website (www.credera.com) built on the SharePoint 2010 platform. SharePoint 2010 offers a wealth of new content management capabilities through its “ribbon” UI. While this is great for managing content as an author or approver, it can create some less than desirable side-effects for anonymous users on [...]
Use Permanent Redirects to Minimally Impact SEO
I recently had the pleasure of working with a great team of individuals to rebrand our company’s public website (www.credera.com) using SharePoint 2010. As a part of the rebranding effort, the organization and amount of content changed significantly compared to the previous site. For this reason, we were faced with a small challenge that carried [...]
Customizing the SharePoint 2010 Menu with CSS and jQuery
Learn how to customize the new and improved SharePoint 2010 AspMenu control with CSS and jQuery, in order to show icon images for static items, and rounded corners for dynamic flyout panels.
SharePoint Fest Denver 2011
Whether you are migrating to a newer version of SharePoint or implementing SharePoint for the first time, you won’t want to miss this premiere event. Plan to join Credera and other SharePoint experts for SharePoint Fest on May 19-20, 2011 at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. Date: May 19-20, 2011 Location: Colorado Convention Center [...]
SharePoint Commerce Services: Drag and Drop eCommerce
Credera recently hosted a Webinar on SharePoint Commerce Services and how SharePoint 2010 and Commerce Server 2009 are better together (SlideShare here). As one of the speakers, my focus was primarily on demonstrating how having SharePoint’s content management capabilities compliment a Commerce Server implementation (demonstration here). I have to admit that I was concerned I wouldn’t [...]
How to Maximize Return on your SharePoint Investment
Last year, our country faced the worst recession since the great depression. Now that things are starting to rebound, we have noticed some interesting dynamics when discussing SharePoint 2010 with our clients. As businesses were forced to tighten their belts, projects that weren’t directly tied to revenue were more rigorously vetted and building compelling [...]
SharePoint Commerce Services – When does it make sense?
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately as to when SharePoint Commerce Services makes sense for a company. A lot of people are skeptical to jump right into SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sites because of the stigma that SharePoint 2007 had in some circles. Even though I am a huge fan of SharePoint 2010 [...]
SharePoint Fest Dallas 2011
Attend SharePoint Fest – Dallas, where you’ll be able to attend technical classes and seminars – taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers, Microsoft engineers and Microsoft MVPs – covering Enterprise Content Management, Infrastructure/Administration, Composites (Workflow), Search, Business Intelligence, & Development. Choose one complete learning track or mix & match based on what content best meets you [...]
On-Demand Webinar on SharePoint Commerce Services
Microsoft SharePoint Server and Commerce Server – Better Together! With the recent resurgence of eCommerce, the ability for companies to sell products online and through multiple channels has become increasingly critical. As companies look to build or refurbish their eCommerce capabilities, having the capability to sell online is rarely enough to keep up with the [...]