SharePoint 2010 had a breadcrumb feature on the ribbon that would let a user navigate up the breadcrumb. In SharePoint 2013, this feature is hidden. In SharePoint 2013 the breadcrumb feature can be made visible again in at least two different ways: 1) via the Master Page -or- 2) via code. Breadcrumb in SharePoint 2010: [...]
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[SharePoint 2010] JavaScript Errors in sp.ui.rte.js and sp.ui.rte.debug.js
In SharePoint 2010, there is a bug in the SP.UI.RTE.js file (and it’s debug version) that causes a JavaScript error in a few different situations. For myself, it was occurring when using the TaxonomyWebTaggingControl on a custom application page. Others have noticed the error with form validation. The issue is caused by a null reference [...]
[SharePoint 2010] Updates are currently disallowed on GET requests. To allow updates on a GET, set the ‘AllowUnsafeUpdates’ property on SPWeb.
I was working on a WCF web service that is hosted by SharePoint 2010 that provisions a users My Site and I kept getting this error message when trying to run the service: In searching the issue, I found a workaround on the MSDN forums that works quite well: set the current HttpContext to null. [...]
[SharePoint 2010] Specifying Which Server a Custom Timer Job Will Run On
By default timer jobs in SharePoint are scheduled for all servers in a SharePoint farm and whichever server picks up the job first is the one that runs it. There may be times when creating a custom timer job for SharePoint 2010 that you want to specify the server in the farm that the timer [...]
[SharePoint 2010] Web Analytics: Monitors the health of the Report Consolidator component
When the SharePoint Web Analytics Service Application takes longer than five hours to process the Health Monitor will report the “Web Analytics: Monitors the health of the Report Consolidator component” for review. It offers the following explanation: With the following suggested remedy: The provided link instructs on how to reduce the amount of records processed, [...]
[SharePoint 2007/2010] WebDAV Connections Slow (Open With Explorer)
Have you noticed that when you connect to SharePoint via WebDAV or use the Open With Explorer option from a Document Library that it is incredibly slow? There is a very simple fix: Goto Start > Control Panel Select the Internet Options control panel Under the Connections tab, select LAN Settings Uncheck “Automatically detect settings” [...]
[SharePoint 2010] Custom Timer Job in Visual Studio
One of the great aspects of developing custom solutions on SharePoint is the ability to create timer jobs. Rather than creating a Windows Service or Windows Scheduled Task, using a SharePoint timer job makes it simple to keep the timer job a part of your custom SharePoint solution and it lets SharePoint manage the job. [...]
[SharePoint 2010] Missing Scrollbars in Google Chrome
On one of my SharePoint sites that has a heavily customized master page users couldn’t scroll in Google Chrome. The page would load normally, however, there was no scrollbar to reach the content below the fold. Upon investigation, I discovered that the tag had an attribute turning off scrolling: By simply removing that attribute, scrolling [...]
