SharePoint – Show Item ID on View and Edit Forms using jQuery

While working on a project to customize a SharePoint site for use in managing Scrum, I came across the need to always show the ID of an item on the Edit (EditForm.aspx) and Display forms (DispForm.aspx). The team needed a quick way to identify what backlog user story they were working on as well as […]

jQuery.stickOnScroll.js – New plugin for making items fixed when scrolling

Released a new jQuery plugin today: jQuery.stickOnScroll – makes items stick to the top of the page when the top of those elements reach the top of the viewport (window). Yeah, there are a few techniques out there and a few plugins as well… But when I first came across the real need to implement […]

SharePoint client side customization – use of the URL hash

Recently I came across an issue with SPServices where it is not properly removing the hash portion (everything after the ‘#’ sign) of an URL when no search parameters are present. The exchange I had with Marc (@sympmarc) led me to believe that not allot developers are using the hash to store page state. But […]

My First GitHub Project – SPWidgets

I finally did it… I created my first github project – SPWidgets. This project comes from my blog post “Sharepoint UI Widgets – Upload and PickUsers“, where I was also hosting the download file. After being contacted by a few individuals reporting issues and requesting assistance it proved that trying to manage this from my […]

Use a Linux Virtual Machine for Safe Web Sandboxing

Over the last two weeks I have had 13 extra family members staying with me from overseas. As a good host, I provide them all with my WIFI passcode, but when it comes to giving them access to my desktop, thats where I’m not so comfortable. The thought of having the kids check their Facebook […]

SharePoint RSS Reader

A few weeks ago I entered a competition hosted by End User SharePoint where the challenge was to build an RSS reader on SharePoint 2010 in a week. At the end of the week long coding sprint, the judges provide their critic of the solution, which is then turned over to the public to vote […]

Sharepoint UI Widgets – Upload and PickUsers

Approximately two years ago, as part of my yearly “continued self improvement” review with my Director, I choose to learn more about SharePoint and customizing it to meet specific business needs. In my case, I developed (sorry: designed (I know how those .net folks can get offended ) a Content Management System for storing “baselined” […]