Change the document library URL

Sometimes, an easy task takes some time to resolve and becomes a headache. The Document Library is the most usable part in SharePoint and serves as document repository. In this post, i am going to highlight basic points which are related to document library but effective ones.

This post will cover:

1. How do you change the address of a document library?

2. How to upload multiple documents into a document library?

3. How do I change the properties on a document or item in a list?

4. How do I setup alerts on a document?

5. How do I send a link to a document to others?

Let’s start one by one. One request to everybody-Please let me know in case of any questions/queries regarding the below mentioned steps

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues :-)

1. How do you change the address of a document library?

-Open your site in SharePoint Designer.

-It will display all the doc libs in the Folder List view (quick launch)

-Right Click the doc lib for which you want to change the URL

- Rename the doc lib. thats it-Done

2. How to upload multiple documents into a document library?

Well for this-several options are available by which you can achive the results:

Windows Explorer Option

-Click on the View Drop down

-Click on Explorer View

Explorer View Option

-Click on Actions

-Click on Open with Windows Explorer

-You can now drop files in here or paste file

Upload Multiple Documents Page option

-Click on Add New Document link

-Click on Upload Multiple Files...

-Select the Files you wish to upload

3. How do I change the properties on a document or item in a list?

-Hover over the document you wish to edit the properties or metadata for

-Click on on the down arrow to pull the menu

-Click on Edit

-Change the properties on this page

4. How do I setup alerts on a document?

-Hover over the document you wish to set an alert on

-Click on on the down arrow to pull the menu

-Click on Alert Me

-Specify the Alert settings you wish

-Click on OK

5. How do I send a link to a document to others?

-Right click exactly on the document you wish to send a link to

-Click on Copy Shortcut

Getting User Profile Data into InfoPath

InfoPath is based on Extensible Markup Language (XML). When you design a form template, InfoPath creates an .xsn file, which is a cabinet (.cab) file that contains the files necessary for the form to function, such as XML Schema (XSD) and XSL Transformation (XSLT) files. When a user fills out a form in InfoPath, the data in that form is saved or submitted as industry-standard XML
                  MOSS has a great new feature that allows the publication of InfoPath forms to the server and thus enabling users that do not have InfoPath installed to fill in forms without having to distribute or purchase InfoPath for each client.


I needed to get the display name for the logged in user from active directory to populate a text box in an InfoPath form and went searching Google for an answer and finally I found some really complex resolutions that I didn't even want to attempt to deploy.


1. code approach
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb952744(v=office.12).aspx


2.Without code approach
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/itaysk/archive/2007/04/05/InfoPath-_2D00_-Get-the-current-user-without-writing-code.aspx
 I can suggest you to go for 'without code' approach as it is very properly defined and easy to implement as i had used it many times without any issues...
Please check and let me know in case of any questions/queries... 
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How to open a list in Edit Mode

To open a List in edit mode and add the new Web Parts you usually need a SharePoint Desinger. 


But there is a trick, how to open a List in Edit Mode and have the “Add Web parts” window is displayed. 


Everything you need to do is to add  "&ToolPaneView=2" parameter to the List URL.


By means of this, you have the ability to add web parts and edit a List’s Form pages in the browser. It will look like:


http://SharePoint2007/Lists/ListName/ListFormView.aspx?&toolpaneview=2


Where ListFormView.aspx is either AllItems.aspx, NewForm.aspx, DispForm.aspx, or EditForm.aspx using the default names.


There is no SharePoint Designer used and no customisations to the page that require unghosting from the site definition.
Note:
ToolPaneView=2 -Shows the "Add Web Parts" toolpane, allowing you to drag and drop web parts onto a "Web Part Page".
ToolPaneView=3 -Shows the "Search" toolpane, letting you search through the web part galleries before adding a web part to the page.


Some useful info regarding the same:
1. Add “?contents=1″ behind the URL and you can delete any webpart from your page.


2. Find List Guid or view Guid:
In the list view – right click and view source. Then search for “ctx.Listname”.
The Guid looks like this:
{DEF643C7-CF80-4DF8-866F-C16DC017DFC0}.


The view Guid is found by searching for “ctx.view” and looks similar to the list Guid above.


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Hardware and software requirements (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

This article lists the minimum hardware and software requirements to install and run Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288751.aspx  

Hardware requirements—Database servers  
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288751.aspx#section3 

Software requirements
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288751.aspx#section4 

Hardware and software requirements (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288751.aspx#section2

Capacity management and sizing for SharePoint Server 2010.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261700.aspx

URL path length restrictions (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff919562.aspx

Demos and training for Office SharePoint Server 2007

I love to learn by watching videos, seeing how someone else accomplishes a task so that I can replicate that in my own environment.

In this post, you’ll find a plenty of material including free online videos to help you learn how to developing using SharePoint.

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Training videos for SharePoint Enterprise search

The presentations provide details about key enterprise search capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dhirajm/archive/2010/05/31/training-videos-for-sharepoint-enterprise-search.aspx

 Here is another set of videos and training material for Office SharePoint Server 2007:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dhirajm/archive/2010/05/31/demos-and-training-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx

Video demos and training for Office SharePoint Server 2007

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262880%28office.12%29.aspx 

A six-part series on getting the most out of SharePoint Designer 2007

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/demos-a-six-part-series-on-getting-the-most-out-of-sharepoint-designer-2007-HA010219984.aspx

Video demos and training for SharePoint Server 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262880.aspx 

http://sharepointforum.com/en-US/Wiki/Video%20demos%20and%20training%20for%20Office%20SharePoint%20Server%202007.aspx

SharePoint Guidance – November 2008

This guidance helps architects and developers design, build, test, deploy, and upgrade SharePoint intranet applications. A reference implementation demonstrates solutions to common architectural, development, and application lifecycle management challenges: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C3722DBA-6EE7-4E0E-82B5-FDAF3C5EC927&displaylang=en 

SharePoint Designer 2007 Visual How-Tos

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd146863.aspx 

 WSS 3.0 Visual How-Tos – Developer

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892193.aspx 

SharePoint Server 2007 SDK Online

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851473.aspx 

Video Demos and Training for Office SharePoint Server 2007 – End User Contains links to many Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 video demos that are intended for IT professionals.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262880.aspx

SharePoint Developer Center

Find information about planning, coding, building, deploying, and migrating solutions for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905503.aspx