Clever Workarounds

I just came across this nice collection of SharePoint resources from Paul Culmsee. It includes SharePoint Branding, Project Management and Return on Investment for SharePoint.

What to do if you've buggered your SharePoint page

Run your page with the contents=1 query and it will take you into a page that will allow you to delete parts from your page and save it.

http://yoursharepointsite.com/default.aspx?contents=1

A good primer on the difference between WSS and standard ASP.NET webparts

http://blogs.msdn.com/dmandreev/archive/2006/12/07/wss-3-0-webparts-development.aspx

A good BDC definition primer

http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-4-SharePoint_2007__BDC_-_The_Business_Data_Catalog.aspx

BDC configuration example using userid and password in connection string

Paul Galvin shows us a work around so you can pass the userid and password for a connection in a BDC definition file.

http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!320.entry?cd9886e8

Custom Web Properties Not Showing in MOSS 2007

http://ph-tom.blogspot.com/2008/02/custom-web-part-properties-not-showing.html

Some SharePoint lessons for beginning developers

http://blogs.charteris.com/blogs/edwardw/archive/2007/07/02/sharepoint-web-part-development-lessons-learnt.aspx

Error 1 - Deploying a WebPart solution

Problem:
Error 1 The solution can not be deployed. Directory "DataView" associated with feature 'ad6ebc94-517f-4653-be15-84ceb207f5ec' in the solution is used by feature '99088a73-c387-4c4b-94be-a73353a270da' installed in the farm. All features must have unique directories to avoid overwriting files.

Solution:
Go into Central Administration, Operations, Solution Management and retract the solution.

I had this problem when using the VS2005 SharePoint Extensions after I deployed a solution the first time, changed the solution and then tried to deploy it again. I'm not sure why I had the problem, I would think I could edit and redeploy again and again.

Web Part Gallery Groups

How to add a group designation before you import your webpart into the SharePoint Gallery.

http://blog.maskar.net/2007/06/wss-30-web-part-gallery-groups_14.html