Remove “Recently Modified” from Quick Launch in SharePoint 2010
While messing around with SharePoint 2010 pages today, I remembered I wanted to find a way to remove the “Recently Modified” section from the Quick Launch area. This was a very easy fix, as explained by John Dandison. Add a Content Editor Web Part to any section of the page and put this in the HTML: <style> .s4-recentchanges { DISPLAY:none; } </style> Now THAT was easy! Sure you can also do this in SPD, but for me this was a…
Hiding status bar messages in SharePoint 2010
Often times, we may need to make changes to master page files in a SharePoint site to customize a layout, add styling, CSS, custom web parts, etc. When the site was created using a default site template and content type, and your changes deviate from this, as you save you’ll be prompted with a warning basically saying “you do realize this is different from the original template, right?”. However, when you open the page in a browser, your users will…
_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed in SP2010
Our SharePoint 2010 started crying late last Friday, of course right when I wanted to leave, and first thing this morning I took a look at the server and found the following errors: Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed… Fortunately, I’m not the only one who seems to have had this problem pop out of the blue. I found a solution fairly quickly here. To summarize, here’s what you do: On the server, navigate to C:program filescommon filesmicrosoft sharedweb server…
Removing a user from a WSS 2.0 server (not just a site)
Yeah, I know, they’re still running WSS 2.0 at my employer. I’m just here to help, not judge. = ) So I get the request (and I got it before and forgot how I did it) from a site admin that they can’t add a user to their new website they created. It says they already exist when clearly they do not in the Manage Users screen. This is generally because the SID of the existing user account doesn’t match…
Restore detached content DB list data to another SP 2010 instance
Had quite a scare today, when one of our business users asked why he couldn’t get to his SharePoint 2010 library. It’s because we blew away that box due to configuration issues, and didn’t realize he was using it. Oops! Fortunately, our Sr. Network Admin (also the DBA) was smart enough to detach the DB (not drop it). I looked at the content in SSMS and sure enough, that was where his data was. Here’s what I did to restore…