Finding cycling routes
Having recently moved to a new city, in fact a whole new country! Well, technically not new as I’ve moved back to the UK from the Cayman Islands, but a city in the UK where I have never lived...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 2012 on VMWare 8
This seems like a simple task, but considering the problems I had, I thought I’d just knock out a quick post!VMWare 8 is not the latest version, so perhaps this is ironed out somewhat in version 9!?I...
View ArticleKendo UI grid – disable row select on command button
Recently I’ve been working more and more with the Kendo UI components.For those that don’t know, Kendo UI is a collection of HTML 5 controls from the wizards at Telerik.As with most controls,...
View ArticleNewly deployed SharePoint site definitions not found in PowerShell
This is a new problem for me, something that I have done many times in SharePoint 2010. I deploy a new site definition to SharePoint (in this case from Visual Studio 2012, although I can’t see it will...
View ArticleGotcha: 403 and 401 errors in SharePoint using Anonymous access
Recently I came up against a problem where I was getting 401 Unauthorized and 403 Forbidden errors in SharePoint on an extended anonymous only site.It worked perfectly when using windows...
View ArticlePowerShell script to find where in a site collection a specific feature is...
It's not an uncommon task to want to find out in what webs you have a specific feature enabled. This little script does just that, taking 2 params (site collection url, feature name) and simple output...
View ArticleMigrate GeeksWithBlogs to Orchard CMS
As you can see I have migrated my blog to the Orchard CMS platform.I’ve used Orchard for a few projects and having gone through the pain enjoyment of learning Orchard, it was really the only platform I...
View ArticleMobile theme for Orchard
I have created a mobile specific theme for my blog! If you are on a mobile device this is not news to you!!I came across this post by Betrand Le Roy (the father of Orchard!) the other day whilst...
View ArticleCall a PowerShell script from SharePoint feature reciever
This is not likely to be something you use on a day to day basis, and I can see how some people might disagree with this method – preferring to use other techniques e.g. SharePoint project types etc...
View ArticleUnit testing for SharePoint 2010 development
When developing for SharePoint 2010 Unit testing is often overlooked and it shouldn’t be. It’s true that SharePoint is a product and we don’t need to test that, but the code we write to extend is the...
View ArticleDisplay content from Reusable HTML list in a MasterPage
This is as useful as it is simple!Having a footer for example in your master page without the overhead of being responsible for its maintenance.Here is a simple WebControl that you can reference in...
View ArticleMoved to the Cayman Islands.
Those of you that know me in the physical world will know that I got a job in the Cayman Islands and have been whittering on about it for that last couple months!Although very excited and looking...
View ArticleStart SharePoint 2013 development today...
SharePoint 2013 was recently released in beta.There are plenty of things to start playing with and what can be easier than using a box thats in the cloud, free and ready to go!?Sign up for a free...
View ArticleCayman Stroke and Stride, Race 1.
This is a series of 3 races.1. 400m swim and 2 mile run.2. 600m swim and 2 mile run.3. 800m swim and 2 mile run.(then the triathlon build up begins!)You can check it out here....
View ArticleCayman Stroke and Stride–Race 2
After a bit of a bad start to the set of 3 races, last night went a lot better. For a start I made sure I had plenty of battery in my watch. I decided to go for it a lot more with the swim, I still...
View ArticleLance Armstrong–such a shame…
This is obviously all over the news at the moment, I for one find it disappointing reading about it (BBC article - http://scle.me/T5gHDV ) .I can’t really understand the thinking behind it. This goes...
View ArticleWindows Phone 8, 1 month in…
After being an iPhone user since v2 (I skipped the non-3G v1 effort) I recently decided to jump ship and try Windows Phone 8.The iPhone experience, although tweaked here and there over the years, has...
View ArticleFinding cycling routes
Having recently moved to a new city, in fact a whole new country! Well, technically not new as I’ve moved back to the UK from the Cayman Islands, but a city in the UK where I have never lived...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 2012 on VMWare 8
This seems like a simple task, but considering the problems I had, I thought I’d just knock out a quick post!VMWare 8 is not the latest version, so perhaps this is ironed out somewhat in version 9!?I...
View ArticleKendo UI grid – disable row select on command button
Recently I’ve been working more and more with the Kendo UI components.For those that don’t know, Kendo UI is a collection of HTML 5 controls from the wizards at Telerik.As with most controls,...
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