My Sharepoint site templates are missing content in the wiki

(About time I started this again… beware though, you may notice a sharepoint theme developing.) SharePoint allows you to create a site template by simply saving a site as a template. This is fine, but buggy and I’ve come across some holes recently. The latest problem for me is that the site template I’m trying…

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Cost effective job advertising?

I was struck by this job advert technique… Win a MacBook Pro Win this 15″ MacBook Pro Refer a friend and it’s yours! A new MacBook Pro costs £1300 – possibly the same as a single job advert in traditional print. But this way, SitePoint use a viral campaign technique which is well-targetted. I would…

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Transport Direct web snippet form

From: Transport Direct – tips and tools This should get you directions to the Canterbury campus of U.o.K. Get directions by public transport and car with Transport Direct. Enter your postcode

Duke's homepage: content is not King?

CMS Watch points to a Duke University homepage redesign – see before (left) and after (right) snapshots: This is a change from content-focused design to search-focused design. As a user you might find the new search version quicker, but CMS Watch points out: only if the search engine works. The content that was there hasn’t…

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How to get thumbnails of webpages automatically

This is a great little utility/tool/hack called SimpleAPI. It takes a snap of a webpage, creates a thumbnail and lets you embed it on your page. They provide all the html code so all you have to do is copy and paste it into your page/blog. Why is this important? Because a blog entry without…

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How a deal is done

Found whilst looking for a screenshot solution – isn’t the web great? from: Screenshots: How a deal is done Jack, a smart businessman, talks to his son. Jack: I want you to marry a girl of my choice Son : “I will choose my own bride!” Jack: “But the girl is Bill Gates’s daughter.” Son…

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How will (some of the) Web 2.0 make money?

Have you noticed? There’s quite a buzz about on the web at the moment. For me it started a while back with Gmail, went on to the things 37signals were doing, fell into Ajax, bounced into Web 2.0 and has now just exploded. New websites/webservices are launching every day. Here’s my list of personal discoveries…

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What do you need to run an institution's website?

Three Tenths Of A Second . . . Originally uploaded by evilgreg3000. Some rights reserved. Well, a good team is a good start… My list of things involved in looking after an institution’s website. Feedback form – every page has a link which captures URL and user info and sends via a form. Issues tracker…

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I noticed…

Just to say I noticed… Now if only someone would pull their finger out and sort out the wobbly fence eh?

My son wanted to be King Stupid!

My kids love playing the games on the BBC website, one of which is called ‘Stupid‘. One of the player roles is King Stupid. Well, a while ago I heard my son shouting “I want to be King Stupid” and I thought I was hearing things. Imagine an apostrophe in front of the name –…

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