{"id":5,"date":"2006-11-14T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/todd_wp\/sharepoint-connections-sessions-follow-up\/"},"modified":"2013-07-01T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T20:08:55","slug":"sharepoint-connections-sessions-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbaginski.com\/blog\/sharepoint-connections-sessions-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint Connections \u2013 Sessions Follow Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">First of all I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who came to my sessions last week! I had a wonderful time presenting my sessions to some great audiences and I really enjoyed meeting so many people after the sessions were over. I also enjoyed meeting many of the presenters and SharePoint MVPs at the conference. It was really nice to finally meet some of the folks who I have traded emails with for such a long time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">As I mentioned during the sessions, I&#8217;m following up on outstanding questions and comments in this post. I&#8217;ve broken down the information by session, so it is easier to locate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>HDV316:\u00a0Integrating Applications with SharePoint Without Writing a Line of Code! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>Question:<\/strong> What Web Services are supported by the BDC? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> The following information was taken from this <a mce_href=\"http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms550743.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms550743.aspx\">article<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Business Data Catalog supports only &#8220;first&#8221; generation Web services. Therefore, if you are using Windows Communication Foundation Web Services, make sure you are using only WS-I Basic Profile v1.0. Business Data Catalog does not support the eight other binding choices that Windows Communication Foundation offers. For a sample, see the <a mce_href=\"http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms564630.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms564630.aspx\">SampleWebService<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">When you use Web services with overloaded methods, you cannot have multiple methods named identically in the Business Data Catalog metadata. A given entity can use only a single Web proxy method override at a given time. However, you can have multiple methods with the same name in the Web service. The Business Data Catalog will pick the correct method based on the signature in the metadata. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>HDV419:\u00a0Master Pages vs. Page Layouts (Types) in WSS V3 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>CODE:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve packaged several pages into a zip file you can find <a mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.sharepointblogs.com\/files\/97\/tbaginski\/entry16002.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharepointblogs.com\/files\/97\/tbaginski\/entry16002.aspx\">here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">This zip file contains the following: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Baseline.master \u2013 a minimal Master Page that you can use to build master pages to replace default.master. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">CustomLayout.aspx \u2013 a customized Page Layout that began as the defaultLayout.aspx page which is the home page of the Publishing Portal template. The page has been customized to use a single Web Part Zone to display Web Parts. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">CustomContentPages directory \u2013 contains two custom Content Pages and a Feature to install them. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO USE THE FILES: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>Making a new minimal Master Page and applying it to a site. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Navigate to a SharePoint Team site in IE.<br \/>\nClick Site Actions<br \/>\nClick Site Settings<br \/>\nUnder the Galleries section, click Master Pages<br \/>\nClick Upload<br \/>\nUpload the Baseline.Master file <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">There are two ways to apply the page to the site: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Here is <a mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.codeplex.com\/Wiki\/View.aspx?ProjectName=SPMasterPicker\" href=\"http:\/\/www.codeplex.com\/Wiki\/View.aspx?ProjectName=SPMasterPicker\">a really cool Feature<\/a> that installs a Web Part that allows you to pick the master page for a SharePoint site. Download this Feature, install it on your SharePoint Server, and then use it to set the Master Page. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Open your site in SharePoint Designer, open the Master Page gallery node, select the Baseline.Master file, right click it and select Set as Default Master Page. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>Installing and Activating the Custom Content Pages Feature. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/toddbaginski.com\/blog\/articles\/sharepoint-feature-manager.aspx\">SharePoint Feature Manager Application<\/a> from my blog<br \/>\nCopy the CustomContentPages directory in the zip file described above to the following folder on your SharePoint server: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12TEMPLATEFEATURES<br \/>\nRun the SharePoint Feature Manager Application<br \/>\nType in a URL for a SharePoint site where you want to Install and Activate the new Content Pages (Ex: http:\/\/sever\/sitedirectory\/teamsite)<br \/>\nClick the Browse button<br \/>\nOpen the CustomContentPages directory, and select the Feature.xml file<br \/>\nClick the Open button<br \/>\nIn the Operation dropdown select Install<br \/>\nClick Compose<br \/>\nClick Execute<br \/>\nIn the Operation dropdown select Activate<br \/>\nClick Compose<br \/>\nClick Execute<br \/>\nCopy the URL you typed in and paste it into IE, then add the names of the custom Content Pages named example.aspx and example2.aspx. (Ex: http:\/\/sever\/sitedirectory\/teamsite\/example.aspx &amp; http:\/\/sever\/sitedirectory\/teamsite\/example2.aspx)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Installing an configuring a new custom Page Layout to replace the home page of the portal<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Open IE and navigate to the home page of your Portal<br \/>\nClick Site Actions<br \/>\nClick Site Settings<br \/>\nClick Modify All Site Settings<br \/>\nClick Master pages and page layouts<br \/>\nClick Upload<br \/>\nClick Browse and locate the customLayout.aspx file in the zip file described above<br \/>\nClick OK to upload the file<br \/>\nOn the subsequent web page enter Custom Page Layout in the Title text box<br \/>\nIn the Content Type Group dropdown list select Page Layout Content Types<br \/>\nIn the Content Type Name select Welcome Page<br \/>\nClick the Check In button<br \/>\nOn the subsequent web page locate the customLayout.aspx, click the dropdown arrow next to it and select Publish a Major Version<br \/>\nClick OK<\/p>\n<p><strong>To change the home page of the portal to use the custom Page Layout perform the following steps:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Click Site Actions<br \/>\nClick Edit Page<br \/>\nClick the dropdown next to the Page link, and select Page Settings and Schedule<br \/>\nIn the Page Layout dropdown list select (Welcome Page) Custom Page Layout<br \/>\nClick the OK button<br \/>\nClick the dropdown next to the Page link, and select Check In\u2026<br \/>\nClick the OK button<br \/>\nClick the Publish button <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>To create a new page with the custom Page Layout perform the following steps: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Click Site Actions<br \/>\nClick Create Page<br \/>\nIn the Title text box enter Custom Welcome Page<br \/>\nIn the URL name textbox enter CustomWelcomePage<br \/>\nIn the Page Layout list box select (Welcome Page) Custom Page Layout<br \/>\nClick the Create button<br \/>\nThe subsequent web page will display the new custom Page Layout you created. <br \/>\nClick the dropdown next to the Page link, and select Check In\u2026<br \/>\nClick the OK button<br \/>\nClick the Publish button <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>HDV218:\u00a0Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Enhancements <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">One of the questions in this session was about submitting the same InfoPath Form from different Form Libraries to a common location. <a mce_href=\"http:\/\/bigparm.spaces.live.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bigparm.spaces.live.com\/\">Andy<\/a> researched the topic some more after the session and found this <a mce_href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/infopath\/archive\/2006\/11\/08\/submitting-to-this-document-library.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/infopath\/archive\/2006\/11\/08\/submitting-to-this-document-library.aspx\">article<\/a> which describes how to do it. Thanks Andy! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><strong>HDV317:\u00a0SharePoint v3, Office 12, and Workflows, Oh My! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">I mistakenly stated that the four out of the box workflows (Approval, Collect Feedback, Collect Signatures, and Disposition Approval) are available in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS). They&#8217;re not, they are only available in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) however you can easily create them in WSS. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Thanks again for coming to my sessions everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of all I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who came to my sessions last week! 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