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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Add stsadm to path

How to add stsadm to path so that you will not need to point it to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN to use it.

Just type in @set PATH=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN;%PATH% in the command prompt.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Site Owner is unable to create sub sites - Access denied

Special thanks to Neville Pinto and Brain Farnhill who helped me with this problem.

The problem:
1. Owner of site C which is located under http://top/sites/siteC cannot create a subsite under site C
2. Owner has read only rights on http://top
3. http://top/sites inherits all permissions from parent site
4. Access denied error when creating a subsite on site C

The solution is that straight forward, just that it didn't occur to me!!
1. The site owner needs to have contribute rights to the Site Directory.
2. Break inheritance on site list on http://top/sites and give owner of site C contributor rights

Problem solved!

I passed my 74-674 BVPS exam

I passed my BVPS exam on Monday 30th March. It is a bit late to blog about it but what the hell.

I found the materials on BVPS extremely helpful, especially the study guide. I guess the key to it is to be mentally prepared to read 5 case studies and when in doubt, always go back to the case study. :)

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Custom Application.master - workflow error

I have a custom application.master page to customise the look and feel of the _layout page. I accidentally copied the search control onto the application.master. All works well until you try to create a workflow and it would not work, and you will recieve an error(not very friendly error). Existing workflow can be used, you just can't create new workflows.

So if you have the same problem as I do, I hope this post saves you some time.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Make A Promise To Go Green And Get 250 GB Free File Hosting

I know this is not related to SharePoint in any way but we need to save the earth besides there is a bonus for you. Do your bit for the earth and pledge now.

I promise to
1. not print out documents to read whenever possible.
2. print on recycle paper and on both sides. Do you?
3. switch off all appliances (except the fridge) at the power outlet whenever they are not in use. Do you?

http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/01/20/make-a-promise-to-go-green-and-get-250-gb-free-file-hosting.html