Display a Grouped Items in a List or Document Library from another Sharepoint Site

We had a requirement that needs to display a certain view of a document library in another site to a different site. After searching, with the help of Mr. Google, we stumbled upon the Path To SharePoint blog and thanks to Christophe we found the solution. Here is the LINK .

But the problem is that the Javascript solution by Christophe has some limitations like grouping , sorting, next page are disabled and we need those functionalities in some of the Sharepoint views to be displayed.

Because of that, my colleague (not to be named according to him lol) modified Christophe’s original CrossSite Javascript. There are two solutions, one for Sharepoint 2007 and one for Sharepoint 2010. There are two scripts because of the difference in UI of the two versions.

Unable to Save Changes After Editing the Properties of a Document in Sharepoint Document Library

I experienced a problem with one of my customers that the changes she made after editing the properties of a document in the Document Library of Sharepoint was not saving!

Explorer View error in Sharepoint

I have this issue with one of our clients, when selecting Explorer View and error says: “Please wait while Explorer View is loaded. If Explorer View does not appear, your browser may not support it." …

How to Restore the Missing View dropdown in Sharepoint

One time while doing the project, I was in panic when the view dropdown button is missing in the list view or allitems.aspx. One thing I remember is that I edit the page in Site Actions menu then I accidentally click the “x” mark. Clicking the “x” mark will close the webpart. After that I just add the list webpart to show it again and poof! The view dropdown is missing.

Now I will show you how to restore the view dropdown…

How to change the time stamp/time zone on the comments of “Append Changes To Existing Text”

On my previous post I taught you how to remove blank comments on “Append Changes To Existing Text”. Now I will show you on how to change the time stamp or time zone on the comments.

Why change? Well it depends on your requirements, like on my previous project, I have to use the time zone of my foreign client.

So let’s start...

How to customize forms in a list using Sharepoint Designer 2007

One great tool in customizing a form is using Sharepoint Designer 2007. It does not require heavy coding unlike Visual Studio.

I will show you how to customize a form using Sharepoint Designer 2007. From this point I’ll call Sharepoint Designer as SPD.

How to remove blank comments on Append Changes to Existing Text

I have one project that requires time stamp and name to be recorded on a multiple type of text type field whenever a user saves a comment. I tried using "Append Changes to Existing Text", be sure to turn on versioning or sharepoint won't allow you that option. The problem here is a user can save an item/task without putting a comment in the field and sharepoint will still put stamp on it with a blank comment! (fig.1)