SharePoint lists support content approval. On code level it is called moderation. Querying lists by approval or moderation status needs some explanations. Due to some very bad design decisions there are some dirty tricks that one must use when querying lists by approval status. This posting shows safe way how to query lists by approval status. Read more…
WSPBuilder is currently one of the best tools to build SharePoint solutions and create deployment packages. Migration from VSeWSS to WSPBuilder is easy but there are some little tricks. In current posting I will show you how to move solutions from VSeWSS to WSPBuilder. Read more…
In this posting I will introduce internals of SharePoint logs. You will get overview of logging background and I suggest some tools to browse and analyze log files. I will also introduce some tricks how to send messages to log from your own web parts and other extensions. Each topic here has also rich set of links that help you go further. Read more…