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How to show file path inside a SharePoint Document Library view

SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013 - Toni Frankola - May 2, 2013

I recently created a view in a document library that shows files modified in the last 30 days. We use a number of levels (folders) in this document library so I wanted to indicate in which folder a modified file was stored. Here is how you can do this. This…

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Display full name in Sharepoint Designer workflows

SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013 - Toni Frankola - April 4, 2013

Use case: You have been given a task to create an email notification from your workflow that contains full name of the user who created certain item, along with some other information that is irrelevant to this blog post. While creating workflows in SharePoint Designer you will quickly notice that…

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Could not save changes. The Content type is in use.

SharePoint, SharePoint 2010 - Toni Frankola - February 10, 2011

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…

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Configure Item Level Permissions for Document Libraries – Part 2 – SharePoint 2010 edition

SharePoint - Toni Frankola - March 22, 2010

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…

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Let’s get started with SharePoint Designer!

SharePoint - Toni Frankola - April 3, 2009

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…

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Deploy Custom JQuery Scripts to the SharePoint Site Collection

SharePoint - Toni Frankola - March 27, 2009

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…

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