Robin's SharePoint and Website musings

How to Distribute a Training Video with DocRead for SharePoint Another useful find as we move forward with our SharePoint upgrade project.

After adding a Security Certificate to our SharePoint server, we had an issue with the transaction log for the content database exploding exponentially taking up most of the remaining space on our SQL server. The site slowed down to a crawl and it was quick to see that this was a problem that needed immediate assistance. I knew it was possible to shrink an SQL database, but not having an SQL server background, I wasn't sure what implications that would have for our SharePoint system. So I did some research on TechNet and found instructions on how to do it. Then I contacted a DBA friend and started asking questions. I was pretty sure that I could write a job in the SQL Studio Manager to shrink the database and transaction log, but was an honest with my manager that I didn't know what repercussions it would cause. Thus we opted to call in a consultant. Turns out the consultant did exactly what I had found to do. We ran the shrink on the main content database without a

Create your blog posts in Word 2010 and post to your SharePoint blog (or other blogs such as Blogger). It's really quite simple. Open Microsoft Word 2010. From the Start menu, Select NEW>Blog Post The first time you do this, you'll be asked to register your blog platform. Word provides several options. I selected Blogger (of course). Provide your account # and password: Then you'll be asked to provide Picture Options... provide your server location or choose None. (see this page from Microsoft for more details on the Picture Options: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/help-with-blogging-in-word-HA010164021.aspx?ver=14&app=winword.exe#_Toc321212396 ) ) Type your blog post as normal, inserting pictures if desired and publish. This Microsoft Video shows you how: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/video-use-word-2010-to-post-to-a-sharepoint-blog-VA101790488.aspx

How to Embed a PowerPoint Presentation in SharePoint Online 2010 - End User - NothingButSharePoint.com Was looking for a way to do this... not sure if it will work on SharePoint 2007, but I will be testing it and see. If not, this information should come in handy once our upgrade to 2010 is completed.

Why is it every time I need to update WordPress, I have to go look up the instructions? So to save myself some headaches, here's the URL for the manual install instructions for the next time I need them. http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress

I have been thinking for a long time that I needed to start putting down the things that I've learned about SharePoint and website design, sites that I frequent, and information that I have found helpful for some time. Perhaps it will help some other traveler along the way. I am not an expert, let me say this upfront. However, I do like to learn and I do like to share what I've learned. So I will share things as I have the opportunity and welcome feedback and comments.