By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on July 30th, 2010
It’s really strange that Content Query Web Part for document library doesn’t work for anonymous access.
When I look at the logs for the correlation token, it throws exception on “Object reference not set to an instance of the object” (It’s trying to get the USER ID)
Please share your experience and if you have any other alternate solution.
By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on June 20th, 2010
Today, I was doing some branding for Publishing site, which is migrated from PHP/HTML using custom code.
When I enabled the breadcrumb on pages (obviously we used our own custom page layouts), the “pages” and “.aspx” in the filename is kind of annoying. Initially I thought of removing this by adding javascript/jquery on page.
But I keep thinking that, it shouldn’t be the best way to do this.
Then I found that changing SiteMapProvider property for Bread Crumb in Master Page from “SPContentMapProvider” to “CurrentNavSiteMapProviderNoEncode”, did the magic.
Now My Sitemap looks like below:

By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on June 10th, 2010
This is the kind of repeating/common issue asked in MSDN Forum : http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/7d0166b7-6226-46bb-86cf-105647c79c47
The workflow which is created by SharePoint designer doesn’t send email to the members of SharePoint Group.
This is known issue and Designer Team gave the workaround to solve this problem.
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On SharePoint site, click Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Modify All Site Settings.
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Under Users and Permissions heading, click People and groups.
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Select appropriate group(s), click Settings -> Group Settings.
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Under Group Settings area, select everyone for who can view the membership of the group, click OK.
By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on June 5th, 2010
Creating Custom Actions in SharePoint Designer 2010 is made extremely simple.
Open the site in SharePoint Designer 2010
Click on “Lists and Libraries”
Select the “List or Library” and click on the Custom Action in Ribbon and choose the where the Custom Action to be displayed.
For this simple action, we will specify the navigation URL to navigate to my blog, also it can set to navigate to form.
It’s easier to trigger a workflow from action.
Click OK to commit the actions to be saved in list.
Now open the list in browser, click on the item’s Context Menu, now you would see the Custom Action added.
Clicking on the Custom Action Menu “My Blog” will redirect to the Navigate URL.
By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on May 27th, 2010
The following Restrictions for SharePoint Designer usage can be applied to SharePoint 2010 Site.
- Allow Site Owners and Designers to use SharePoint Designer in this Site Collection
- Allow Site Owners and Designers to Detach Pages from the Site Definition
- Allow Site Owners and Designers to Customize Master Pages and Page Layouts
- Allow Site Owners and Designers to See the Hidden URL structure of their Web Site
Go to Site Actions -> Site Settings

In “Site Collection Administration” section click on SharePoint Designer Settings.

Update the appropriate settings.

By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on May 13th, 2010
Microsoft Learning Team is conducting the Session 2 for Certification Preparation for SharePoint Server 70-667 & 70-668.
Register Here: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032446073&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on May 13th, 2010
Let’s start prepare for SharePoint 2010 Certification.
SharePoint 2010 Configuration & Administration MCTS Exam Preparation webcast from Microsoft Learning team.
Register here: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join?id=DC051310&role=attend&pw=webcast
By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on May 12th, 2010
SharePoint 2010 has three editions.
- Foundation
- Standard
- Enterprise
Feature comparisons for editions are listed here with the following broad categories.
- Sites
- Communities
- Content
- Search
- Insights
- Composites
Refer: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx
By Udayakumar Ethirajulu , on May 12th, 2010
That’s pretty quick; CKS for SharePoint 2010 is available for download from.
SharePoint Foundation 2010 then download and install the SharePoint Foundation 2010 version
SharePoint Server 2010 then download and install the SharePoint Server 2010 version
I can’t wait, want to try today.
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