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Utilizing the Power of SharePoint Search - Part 1 (Centralizing Search...
Search is a powerful tool, a very welcome and useful feature on any site. SharePoint farms can be especially large, and finding what you need quickly is extremely important. The Search Service...
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In the previous installment of this article, Utilizing The Power Of SharePoint Search – Part 1 (Centralizing Search Results From Mulitple Sources), we configured the SharePoint Search Application to...
View ArticleBattling "FrankenPortal"
As a Google search suggests, I didn’t make up the word, but I like the terminology, so I am going to use the phrase for this article. A “FrankenPortal” is a way to describe a bunch of technologies...
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Real Cross Site Collection Navigation in SharePoint Using the Term Store
Navigation within SharePoint can often cause confusion and frustration among users and admins. Whether it’s users not understanding where they are, or Admins not knowing how to structure things in a...
View ArticleHandling 301 Redirects in Orchard
We recently launched a new version of our site using Orchard and we have a few URLs that existed on the old site that no longer exist on the new one. We don't want users to get a 404 error page,...
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SharePoint Outgoing Email Via Exchange Online
Recently I undertook the task of migrating our on-premise Exchange 2007 server to Office 365/Exchange Online. This was a major undertaking, which in and of itself could be an entire series of blog...
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Creating Content Fields Programmatically in Orchard
One of the most compelling features of Orchard is its strong support for building and managing Content Types right out of the box through the Admin UI. However, there will almost certainly be times...
View ArticleViewing Documents in SharePoint on Mobile Devices
"I need to go back to my desk to view that file"If this is something that has come up in conversation with your co-workers, while trying to get work done, it can quickly become frustrating. SharePoint...
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Default Advanced Search in NopCommerce
Search functionality is an essential component of any Ecommerce site. NopCommerce ships with a variety of search features, though the out of the box functionality might not always be what you want....
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The Return of Lists In Orchard 1.8
Like any respectable Content Management System, Orchard provides numerous ways to display your content to end users. Orchard 1.8 features the all new (sort of) List module to help you with this task....
View ArticleNopCommerce plugin development – Overriding and injecting Services
NopCommerce is Blue Sphere’s preferred open-source e-commerce platform. While the software out-of-the-box offers a competitively vast amount of flexibility and power to meet the most common business...
View Article4 Reasons to Quit Your Job
I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and you are always given “signs”. I had come across this article recently, “Four Reasons to Quit Your Job” by Jack Welch, right when I needed...
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Out Of The Box Code Reviews
Code Reviews, the systematic examination of computer source code. Also known as Peer Review. Having others double check your work is an excellent way of not only catching possible issues, but also a...
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Unit Testing AngularJS Directives With External Templates
I'm new to the Javascript craze that seems to be sweeping the development community of late. I've always been more of a server-side guy. But on a recent project we decided to dive into Angular and see...
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Handling plugins in a load balanced nopCommerce installation
Handling plugins in a load balanced nopCommerce installationOnce installed, a stand-alone nopCommerce installation is a relatively easy application to manage and configure. Load-balanced applications,...
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Continuous Build Integration
Some major goals of mine this year have been around process and automation. Among those are automated builds and deployment. The goal is to create a consistent, streamlined process that everyone...
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Orchard Theming Tips and Tricks
One of the first questions people ask when delving into a new Content Management System is “How do I make it look like my existing site or company?” Depending on how picky they are, in some cases all...
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Migration Of The SharePoint Fab 40 Templates - Part 1
The Fabulous 40 templates for SharePoint, or Application templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, became very popular in many MOSS 2007 environments. They were originally created just as...
View ArticleOptimizing your web service API with Parallel Programming
With web applications that experience a high volume of traffic--load balancing and multi-core processors are imperative to maintain the flow as users wait in line for a request from your web service....
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QuickTix for Connectwise
An application built serving to answer the question "How do I get my guys to enter their time?"Timely time entry. The top pain point in many MSP's operations. The secondary pain point is...
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