Blocked File Types: SharePoint

As a server administrator, you can use Central Administration to restrict certain kinds of files from being uploaded or retrieved, based on the file extension. For example, a file with the .exe file extension can potentially contain code that runs on client computers when the file is downloaded. If files with the .exe file extension are blocked, users can neither upload nor download a file with the .exe extension. By blocking this file type, potentially dangerous content in the .exe file cannot be downloaded and run on client computers.

By default, several standard file extensions are blocked, including any file extensions that are treated as executable files by Windows Explorer. Files with curly braces { or } are also automatically blocked. The file extensions blocked by default are shown in the following table.

FILE EXTENSION	FILE TYPE
.ade	Microsoft Access project extension
.adp	Microsoft Access project
.app	Application file
.asa	ASP declarations file
.ashx	ASP.NET Web handler file. Web handlers are software modules that handle raw HTTP requests received by ASP.NET.
.asmx	ASP.NET Web Services source file
.asp	Active Server Pages
.bas	Microsoft Visual Basic class module
.bat	Batch file
.cdx	Compound index
.cer	Certificate file
.chm	Compiled HTML Help file
.class	Java class file
.cmd	Microsoft Windows NT command script
.com	Microsoft MS-DOS program
.config	Configuration file
.cpl	Control Panel extension
.crt	Security certificate
.csh	Script file
.dll	Windows dynamic link library
.exe	Program
.fxp	Microsoft Visual FoxPro compiled program
.hlp	Help file
.hta	HTML program
.htr	Script file
.htw	HTML document
.ida	Internet Information Services file
.idc	Internet database connector file
.idq	Internet data query file
.ins	Internet Naming Service
.isp	Internet Communication settings
.its	Internet Document Set file
.jse	JScript Encoded script file
.ksh	Korn Shell script file
.lnk	Shortcut
.mad	Shortcut
.maf	Shortcut
.mag	Shortcut
.mam	Shortcut
.maq	Shortcut
.mar	Shortcut
.mas	Microsoft Access stored procedure
.mat	Shortcut
.mau	Shortcut
.mav	Shortcut
.maw	Shortcut
.mda	Microsoft Access add-in program
.mdb	Microsoft Access program
.mde	Microsoft Access MDE database
.mdt	Microsoft Access data file
.mdw	Microsoft Access workgroup
.mdz	Microsoft Access wizard program
.msc	Microsoft Common Console document
.msh	Microsoft Agent script helper
.msh1	Microsoft Agent script helper
.msh1xml	Microsoft Agent script helper
.msh2	Microsoft Agent script helper
.msh2xml	Microsoft Agent script helper
.mshxml	Microsoft Agent script helper
.msi	Microsoft Windows Installer package
.msp	Windows Installer patch package file
.mst	Visual Test source files
.ops	Microsoft Office profile settings file
.pcd	Photo CD image or Microsoft Visual Test compiled script
.pif	Shortcut to MS-DOS program
.prf	System file
.prg	Program source file
.printer	Printer file
.pst	Microsoft Outlook personal folder file
.reg	Registration entries
.rem	ACT! database maintenance file
.scf	Windows Explorer command file
.scr	Screen saver
.sct	Script file
.shb	Windows shortcut
.shs	Shell Scrap object
.shtm	HTML file that contains server side directives
.shtml	HTML file that contains server side directives
.soap	Simple Object Access Protocol file
.stm	HTML file that contains server side directives
.url	Uniform Resource Locator (Internet shortcut)
.vb	Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)) file
.vbe	VBScript Encoded Script file
.vbs	VBScript file
.ws	Windows Script file
.wsc	Windows Script Component
.wsf	Windows Script file
.wsh	Windows Script Host settings file

How to Create a folder in a library + SharePoint 2007

When we creates a document library in our SharePoint sites, The most important thing is manage the files by creating appropriate folders by using proper naming conventions.

Microsoft has provided a detailed documentation on this: 

If you have several types of documents or diverse content within a library, you can create folders to help you organize the content.

If the library is not already open, click its name on the Quick Launch.

If the name of your library does not appear, click View All Site Content, and then click the name of your library.

1. On the New menu , click New Folder.

Note: The person who created your library may have specified that folders cannot be created in the library. If this is the case, the New Folder command is not available.

2. Type a name for the folder, and then click OK.

Note: If you have multiple libraries with folders and the people in your group like to browse a library as they would browse their hard disk, your group may want to enable your site to use the tree view. You can use the tree view to expand, collapse, and easily navigate folders. 

If you have permission to design sites, you can enable the tree view in the Navigation options on the Site Settings page

Reference: http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-sharepoint-services-help/manage-permissions-for-a-list-library-folder-document-or-list-item-HA010021564.aspx?CTT=3 

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There has been an error creating the personal site. Contact your site administrator for more information

When an end user tries to create an individual site collection on their personal My Site page by clicking the My Content link for the first time, he might encounter this error message.

There has been an error creating the personal site. Contact your site administrator for more information

This error can occur when the SharePoint administrator does not use a wildcard inclusion managed path to configure the My Site Settings for the User Profile service application connected to the Web application that hosts My Sites.

 If you create the My Site host site collection that is deeper than the root path, the site collection must use an explicit inclusion managed path.

Please try these steps to resolve this error message:

1. Central Administartion

-Click Application Management.

-In the Service Applications section, click Manage service applications.

-On the Manage Service Applications page, click the User Profile service application that is associated with the Web application that hosts My Sites, and then, in the Operations section of the ribbon, click Manage.

-On the Manage Profile Service page, in the My Site Settings section, click Setup My Sites.

-On the Manage Profile Service page, in the Personal Site Location section, verify that the value in the Location box is a wildcard inclusion managed path defined on the Web application that hosts My Sites. If not, create a new wildcard inclusion managed path for the Web application, and then use it as the value in the Location box

2. Self-Service site creation:

-Open Central Administration

-Under Application Security select Self-Service site management

-Select the Web Application that is hosting My Sites

-Set Enable Self-Service Site Creation to On 

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Plan for My Sites (SharePoint Server 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262500.aspx

How to Create a wiki site

A Wiki  is a website that allows visitors to easily add, remove or edit content on the site, often without the need for registration.  Content on the site is often ‘policed’ by a community of contributors, who have the capability of editing inappropriate or incorrect information.  The most powerful element of Wiki sites is the ease of creating and editing web sites, enabling non-technical users to wholly participate in knowledge sharing or collaboration efforts through Wiki sites.  Within Windows SharePoint Services, a wiki site also enables the capability of viewing versions of a wiki site entry, along with when changes were made and who made those changes.  

Users have the capability of ‘rolling back’ to a previous version if updates are considered incorrect or inappropriate.  Users with Full Control permissions, often administrators of the wiki site, also have the capability to tightly control who has the capability to edit wiki site entries, choosing to allow only a certain group of users to edit a wiki entry, while allowing everybody else to read the wiki site.

Before creating a site, make sure that you are at the location on your site where you want to create a new subsite.

1. Click View All Site Content, and then click Create on the All Site Content page / Site actions-site settings-Under site administration-sites and workspaces

 -In most cases, you can use the Site Actions menu  instead to complete this step.

2. Under Web Pages, click Sites and Workspaces.

           

          -In the Title and Description section, type a title for your wiki site. The title is required.

          -The title appears at the top of the Web page and appears in navigational elements that help users to find and open the site.

3. Type a description of the purpose of your wiki in the Description box. The description is optional.

         

          -The description helps users understand the purpose of your site.

4. In the Web Site Address section, type a URL for your wiki site. 

         -Please avoid Special characters

5. In the Template Selection section, click the Collaboration tab if it is not already selected, and then click the Wiki Site template.

6. In the Permissions section, select whether you want to provide access to the same users who have access to this parent site or to a unique set of users.

If you click Use Unique Permissions, you can set up permissions later after you finish entering information on the current page.

7. In the Navigation Inheritance section, specify whether you want the site to inherit its top link bar from the parent site or to have its own set of links on the top link bar. 

This setting also affects whether the new site appears as part of the breadcrumb navigation of the parent site. 

The breadcrumb navigation provides a set of hyperlinks that enable site users to quickly navigate up the hierarchy of sites within a site collection.

8. When you navigate down the site hierarchy, breadcrumb navigation appears on the page to which you have navigated. 

If you click No, your subsite will not appear in the breadcrumb navigation for the parent site and the breadcrumb navigation for your new site will not include the parent site.

9. Click Create.

 If you specified that you want the subsite to have the same permission as its parent site, the new site is created when you click Create. 

10. If the Set Up Groups for this Site page appears, you need to specify whether you want to create new groups or use existing groups for visitors, members, and owners of this site. 

In each section, do one of the following:

If you click Create a new group, either accept the automatically created name for the new SharePoint group, or type a new name, and then add the people whom you want. 

Click the check mark icon to verify any names that you type, or click the Address Book icon to browse through your directory for more names.

In the Visitors to this Site section, you can also add all authenticated users to the Visitors group, which provides the group members with permission to read the content on your site, by default.

If you click Use an existing group, select the SharePoint group that you want from the list.

If you have several SharePoint groups, the list may be abbreviated. Click More to see the full list or Less to abbreviate the list.

11. Click OK.

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Delete a site collection by using Central Administration + SharePoint 2010

1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:

 To delete a site collection, the user account that is performing this procedure must be a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group.

2. On the Central Administration Web site, on the Quick Launch, click Application Management

3. On the Application Management page, in the Site Collections section, click Delete a site collection.

4. On the Delete Site Collection page, in the Site Collection drop-down list, click the down arrow, and then click Change Site Collection.


The Select Site Collection dialog box appears.

5. In the Web Application drop-down list, click the down arrow, and then click Change Web Application.


The Select Web Application dialog box appears.

6. Click the name of the Web application that contains the site 
collection that you want to delete. 


Relative URLs of sites in the site collections of the Web application that you have selected appear on the Select Site Collection dialog box.

7. Click the relative URL of the site collection that you want to delete, and then click OK.

8. Read the Warning section and verify that the site collection information is correct.

9. On the Delete Site Collection page, click Delete.

The site collection that you select is deleted.


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