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Thursday, April 03, 2008 - Posts

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    Open source add-ons and tools for SharePoint recently released

    One of my collegeas, Bastiaan, pointed out to me a post regarding add-ons and tools for SharePoint which are now provided as open source. I'm not the greatest fan of open source but it has its advantages knowing how things are developed and their can be learned a lot from it. Some add-ons and tools which are now open source are: External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint SmartPart Content Query Web Part (This one I love the most) and many more... http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008...
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    Size of SPWeb based on its Folders and Files

    I was looking through some old code I wrote for customers and found this code again. It is used for determining the size of a SPWeb object based on its files. The methods are recursively through all SPWeb, SPFolder and SPFile objects. The result is the size of the SPWeb in number of bytes. private long GetWebSize(SPWeb web) { long total = 0; foreach (SPFolder folder in web.Folders) { total += GetFolderSize(folder); } foreach (SPWeb subweb in web.Webs) { total += GetWebSize(subweb); subweb.Dispose...
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    Different languages per created My Site

    It is possible to use different languages per created My Site in a SharePoint environment. At first you should install at least 2 or more language packs. Then you have to go into the Administration of the Shared Services and select the option "My Site settings". The following screen will appear where you are able to configurate settings for the My Sites. One of them is called "Allow user to choose the language for their personal site". Select the checkbox and press the "OK"...

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Oktober 2008 i'm working for a new company called Sparked. The new world of work causes organizations to re-think about their ways of communication and interaction with their customers.

Increasing usage of web technology and the new generation workers brings changes into these organizations.

Sparked helps these organizations to accelerate adoption of this technology platform to effectively use it around content management, content exposure and collaboration.


April 2008 i have been to the first SharePoint Conference in Dubai. Dubai is an overwhelming town with a lot of passionate people. I had a great time. Thank you my friends!



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