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: [...]
SharePoint 2010
[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 / 2013] Display Messages Using the SharePoint Status Bar (Status Setter)
SharePoint 2010 and 2013 have a very useful control for displaying status messages, the SPPageStatusSetter. The SPPageStatusSetter can be used to provide the end user messages in the same fashion that the SharePoint UI does to provide a more cohesive experience. The status bar comes in four flavors: Blue – For informational type messages Green [...]
[SharePoint 2013] No More In-Place Upgrades
With SharePoint 2013 Microsoft has decided to remove the option for in-place upgrades from the previous version. This means that upgrading from previous versions of SharePoint will require building a new SharePoint 2013 environment and migrating all of the databases from SharePoint 2010 by attaching them to the new 2013 farm. There is a step-by-step [...]
[SharePoint 2007/2010/2013] Identify Version of SharePoint Programmatically
With SharePoint 2013, Microsoft has introduced a small monkey wrench in where solution files get deployed when mapped to the LAYOUTS (/_layouts) folder. Files in SharePoint 2007 and 2010 would simply be deployed under the /_layouts folder. With SharePoint 2013, however, these same files are now deployed under /_layouts/15. Not really a big deal if [...]
[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, [...]
