Adding new file types to SharePoint 2010

http://kerseub.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/add-new-file-type-in-sharepoint/

Content Types not showing when deployed through list definition in VS2010

Deploying a bunch of content types and list definitions through VS2010 I ended up with some of the content types not showing up as associated with a particular list.

Putting the FieldRefs  tags between the ContentType tags sorted it...

Enabling Remote Access on a Domain Controller

Great article here about getting remote access setup for users.

The problem was I was trying to do this on a DC. To do this, use the Default Domain Controllers Policy rather than the Default Domain Policy.

Determine SharePoint Installed version

Great article here:

http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/14472/how-can-we-check-the-current-sharepoint-installation-type

The useful bit:

Here are the steps:

1. Launch regedit.exe
2. For MOSS 2007, navigate to:
   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\WSS
3. For Sharepoint 2010, navigate to:
   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\WSS
4. Check the ServerRole key

Here are the valid values:

• SINGLESERVER => Stand Alone
• APPLICATION => Farm Complete
• WFE => Web Front End

Working with ImportWebPart function I hit a problem where the call would fail with Could Not Import WebPart error. The webpart would import to the page manually so nothing wrong with SafeControls or the actual web-part code.

Nothing in the event log, nothing in the SharePoint log, no debugView trace - nothing.

Ended up working through the code of the web-part, commenting out everything and then re-introducing a section at a time.

Turned out the problem was a ScriptLink reference in the controls declarations. The control wasn't even in use. Removing the ScriptLink control from the web-part allowed Import to work.

Searching all Columns in a SQL DB for a specific value

Great article…

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/search_all_columns_in_all_tables.htm

Creating SPWeb using PowerShell and Custom Template (.wsp)

Great article http://mkdot.net/blogs/darko/archive/2011/02/17/create-web-from-custom-template-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx