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Hiding status bar messages in SharePoint 2010

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…

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Modify Title Logo link on master page

Modify Title Logo link on master page

So, as I’m building out our company intranet in SharePoint 2010, I didn’t like the fact that when I was nested several pages deep in a particular site, when I clicked on the logo on the top left of the page it took me to the root of that particular site.  I figured it would take me to the “home” page, or the root site collection.  Turns out this is handled in the master page of that website.  Here’s how…

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Windows 8 Developer Preview

Windows 8 Developer Preview

Following the //build/ conference in Anaheim, I downloaded a copy of Windows 8 developer preview (32 bit) to put on my Dell Mini 12, 1 GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 40GB SSD drive. A little history…I ended up having to put Windows 7 starter edition on it because it was running so horribly.  It came with Windows XP SP3, I installed Windows 7 Ultimate and it killed the performance.  I later changed it to Windows 7 Starter, and performance improved…

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Access Denied due to invalid credentials in IIS7

Access Denied due to invalid credentials in IIS7

I’ve been having issues with a few ASP.Net websites that we’re moving to IIS7 at work.  It didn’t happen to app of them, but to some it would prompt for network credentials, then throw an HTTP 401.1 “Access Denied Due To Invalid Credentials” error.  We’d hunt around for solutions and never find anything that worked.  Finally I tripped over the answer this morning: Open the website in IIS, and under the IIS header double-click on Authentication to open.  Click and…

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_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed in SP2010

_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…

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