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)