List Does Not Exist Error

If you have been working with Web Content Management in MOSS 2007, you may have run across a common error: 'List does not exist. The page you selected contains a list that does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user.'

This error sounds pretty scary. The real reason you see this error when trying to view a page is that the page is referencing another file that does not have a published version. This file could be a page layout or a master page file. If you go to the master page gallery and publish a version of both the page layout and the master page, you will be able to see your page without any errors.

Podcasts for SharePoint Development

Microsoft has been offering a podcast that covers many Microsoft products. Included in this podcast is information about SharePoint development, scaling, configuration, and how Microsoft is leveraging SharePoint internally. Some of the casts are for beginners, but there are also advanced topics as well.

To get the podcast: Log into iTunes and seach for MSDN podcasts or navigate to the MSDN site for a list or webcasts and podcasts.

Additional Tools for SharePoint Development

Another tool that can aid in the development of SharePoint solutions is the SharePoint Developer Explorer, which allows you to see the structure of your SharePoint site in Visual Studio. For more information check out TheKid's site:

http://blog.thekid.me.uk/archive/2007/10/16/sharepoint-developer-explorer-visual-studio-add-in.aspx

Next West Michigan SharePoint Users Group Meeting

The next West Michigan SharePoint Users Group meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, from 6 to 8 PM at New Horizons in Grand Rapids. The talks will be about data view/data form web parts and and the Business Data Catalog and how to create the BDC metadata file.

For more information: WMSPUG Site

Content Deployment in SharePoint

Today I found an excellent post on Content Deployment in SharePoint by Jackie Bodine:

Content Deployment - Step by Step Tutorial

I can't wait to try this out and see how well it works.

Adding SharePoint to Outlook

I found this great article by Brien Posey on how to include a SharePoint page in Outlook so that you can easily view it.

How to Access SharePoint site through Microsoft Outlook

It also includes a tip to access a SharePoint site through an Outlook folder.

Kerberos in SharePoint

SharePoint developers and administrators may feel that they handle enough when working with WSS or MOSS without having to worry about PerformancePoint and Kerberos, but having experienced setting up PeformancePoint to work with SharePoint I know how invaluable it is to have a good guide to setting up Kerberos delegation in a SharePoint environment to make sure that user credentials are passed all the way to the SQL Server.

Here are some articles to assist in Configuring SharePoint for Kerberos:

Part 1 - Base Configuration for SharePoint

Part 2 - Excel Services and SQL Analysis Services

Additional Postings:

Essential Guide to Kerberos

Kerberos in Active Directory

Google Gadgets on your SharePoint site

Everyone is aware of Google Gadgets, little bits of code that offer functionality such as a calendar, weather, games, and many other options. You may even know that you can add these gadgets to your own site by simply pasting the HTML into your site. Did you know that you can easily allow end users of your SharePoint site to add Google Gadgets to SharePoint?

With the Content Editor Web Part you can add HTML and Javascript code that will then be embedded into the page. This allows end users to easily add content such as a Google Gadget to your SharePoint site. To see how easy it is simply follow these steps:

1. Determine the page that you want to add a Google Gadget to.

2. Put the page in edit mode and add a web part to an existing web part zone. Under Miscellaneous in the Add Web Parts dialog, select Content Editor Web Part.

3. Go to Google Gadgets and pick the gadget that you want to add. Customize it if those options are available and then click on the Get the Code button.

4. Paste the code into the Content Editor Web Part by clicking on Edit -> Modify Shared Web Part. The editor pane will show up on the right hand side of the page.

5. Click on the Source Editor button and paste the code into the dialog box that appears.

6. Click the Save button and notice your Google Gadget on your page.

It's that easy. One thing to keep in mind is that your users will probably be so pleased at how easy it is to add content like this that they will start adding stuff that could be negative to the business environment.