The SharePoint Mechanic

Note to self more than anything else.

If you’re passing credentials via the web.config for forms based authentication it is absolutely essential that you encrypt the membership section of the web.config file.

When encrypting the membership section of the web.config file it is important to realize that the proper identification for the aspnet_regiis.exe command is going

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I’m going to need to do this soon and if I don’t document it I’ll lose it or forget where I saw it.

From Devin Walkers site dlocc.com again a timely article on how to link two lists and then display the data using the SharePoint Data View.

Link Two Lists and Display the Data Using

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I’ve had a number of requests for this over time and ran across this while I was reading through Devin Walkers site at dlocc.com.

Mark Wilson (http://planetwilson.blogspot.com/) has created a solution package for a color coded SharePoint calendar that awfully daggone sweet. Download the wsp file from his codeplex site, add the solution using stsadm, deploy

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I was searching the net (as usual) for something else and ran across an excellent source for a few different things that I will post individually. This specific post refers to those instances when you would just love to get rid of the "Title" field in your SharePoint list.

Read the article at DLOCC.com

How to

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