SharePoint Use Cases

When trying to delete a content type from SharePoint Designer you might run into following funny error message: Could not save changes. The Content type is in use. You need to check: This content type is not being referenced by a list or document library This content type is not being referenced by a list [...]

Every once in a while your customer might ask you to customize permissions for a document library in such a way that authors can only change their own documents. There was no such feature for document libraries in SharePoint 2007, and the “problem” is still present in v2010. (Both versions support automatic item-level permissions OOTB [...]

As you probably know, Microsoft decided to make  SharePoint designer is free, and here are some nice articles on how to use SharePoint Designer and some deployment considerations. By Mark Miller and Asif Rehmani at EndUserSharePoint Let’s get started with SharePoint Designer SharePoint Designer 2007 Now Available for Free By SharePointBuzz: Recommendation for all Organizations [...]

Introduction to Accordion for Quick Launch Paul Grenier made some really cool JQuery web parts. The one I like most is Accordion for Quick Launch. It is a simple JQuery script that allows users to collapse and expand sections of a SharePoint Quick Launch menu (the latest version even remembers the ones you expanded previously). [...]