This is the second part in a two part series on mapping a contacts list from SharePoint on a map from Google. In part one, we created a contacts list, a page and put a map on the page. Part 2 – in SharePoint Designer Add a data view web part Modify the display of the new web part Add a Data View Web Part Select an empty Web Part Zone Select Insert Data View from the Data View menu
Read more →Monthly archive for September 2008
Here’s a tip for Administrators using Windows Server 2008 from my recent experience working with a new SharePoint 2007 VM. The Remote Desktop Users Built in Group in Windows Server 2008 does not have permissions to log in remotely. At least not on the machine I just installed. Here’s the problem and how I fixed it. One of the new features of Windows Server 2008 is the new Server Manager, pictured below. It provides a summary of your computer information,
Read more →I’ve been working with the Community Kit for SharePoint Enhanced Blog Edition, or CKS:EBE, for two reasons. For one, I want to improve the blog I’m posting to. But also, blogging is a powerful way of publishing on the web and I want to understand all of the options available to our SharePoint customers with this great extension of the blogging functionality built in to SharePoint. Along those lines, I’ve been making a number of edits to the default
Read more →George asks: Question for you (but feel free not to answer any time soon, if you’re busy) Do you use the wiki functionality in MOSS much? By default I notice that adding graphical content like images and such is kinda painful because you can’t do uploads to an image library or doc library directly from the wiki WYSIWYG editor. From your experience, is that something that’s true across the board (or are we just unlucky within XXX company at the
Read more →A couple of Mapping Links: Display Google Maps in a Sharepoint Web Part using a Sharepoint List (codeplex – Mike Birty) Found this one on Mike Walsh’s, SharePoint MVP, WSSv3Faq.com which is a great site itself SharePoint Virtual Earth Web Part without deploying any server code Ian Morrish another SharePoint MVP dropped a comment about some of his demo’s yesterday. When I checked his blog, I found this excellent mapping walkthrough. Also, I’m making my Technorati claim on this post. You can view my
Read more →Summary Demonstration of a SharePoint Contacts List displayed on a Google Map. Key Points The Contacts List Template in SharePoint provides fields for addresses Google Maps provides a mapping service SharePoint integrates easily with web services Overview Part 1 Create a new contacts list Create a new Page Add a Google Map to the page Part 2 Add a Data View of the contacts list to the page Modify the Data View to show the contact’s locations on the map Demonstration
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