/ JavaScript

jQuery in SharePoint 2013 Script Editor Web Part not Executing when Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) Enabled

A word of warning. If you have the Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) feature activated in your SharePoint 2013 site, you may have challenges executing jQuery from a Script Editor Web Part or in page code placement.

jQuery that is on page load seems to function, but if you try to execute from a button or click event, it will not execute and leave you with an undefined error tied to the function you attempted to execute. This may be due to the call to execute not being cached, while on page load jQuery events are. If this affects you, there are 2 1/2 options as follows:

1) Disable MDS and lose the benefits of caching

2) Edit the master page to include the jQuery references as listed in this post: http://www.gsoft.com/en/blog/sharepoint-2013-developing-with-the-new-mds-feature

2 1/2) Hope that Microsoft addresses this limitation with a hotfix or Cumulative Update

UPDATE: Previously, wrapping code in $(document).ready(function () { }); was not working, but appears to be functional now when using jQuery 2x. Please test!

/ CSS3

QuickTip: Get the Hex Code of a Color on a Webpage using Internet Explorer Developer Tools

If you need to retrieve the Hex Code of a color on a webpage, you can obtain it by using Internet Explorer Developer Tools. Here are the steps:

1) Open Internet Explorer and browse to the webpage you want (I am using IE10)

2) Open the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar by selecting F12 on your keyboard

3) Under the “Tools” menu select “Show color picker”

4) Scroll over the desired element and left click to lock in your selection

5) Select “Copy and Close” to copy the Hex Code

/ SharePoint

Capacity Limits for SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Online

When working within SharePoint 2013, it is critical to respect the software boundaries, thresholds, and limits of the platform. Please note that SharePoint Online is more generalized and focused towards storage.

SharePoint Server 2013 Software Boundaries and Limitations:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx

SharePoint 2013 Online Software Boundaries and Limitations
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-sharepoint-online-enterprise-help/sharepoint-online-software-boundaries-and-limits-HA102694293.aspx

/ PowerShell

Bulk Creation of SharePoint Site Columns and Content Types with PowerShell: Part 3

This post is the third in a series detailing the creation of SharePoint Site Columns and Content Types via PowerShell. The series has three parts as follows:

Part 1: Bulk Creating Site Columns with PowerShell

Part 2: Bulk Creating Content Types with PowerShell

Part 3: Bulk Adding Site Columns to Content Types with PowerShell

Bulk Adding Site Columns to Content Types with PowerShell: Overview While the previous two posts focused to the creation of Site Columns and Content Types, one final step remains; the addition (or linking) of Site Columns to the appropriate Content Types. If you evaluate the amount of clicks it takes to manually add Site Columns for use by a Content Type, then multiply that by your total Content Types, it is clear to see how PowerShell can greatly ease this tedious task.

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/ PowerShell

Bulk Creation of SharePoint Site Columns and Content Types with PowerShell: Part 2

This post is the second in a series detailing the creation of SharePoint Site Columns and Content Types via PowerShell. The series has three parts as follows:

Part 1: Bulk Creating Site Columns with PowerShell

Part 2: Bulk Creating Content Types with PowerShell

Part 3: Bulk Adding Site Columns to Content Types with PowerShell

Bulk Creating Content Types with PowerShell: Overview While not as tedious as Site Column creation, manual Content Type creation produces enough workload to demand attention. Whether creating Content Types in the Content Type Hub, or in a decentralized manner across Site Collections, the click count more than warrants using an automated solution via PowerShell.

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/ Web Content Management

When SEO/Ad Serving Fails

This is not meant to be funny (and hope those affected by the tornado are okay), but this is a clear failure of SEO/Ad Serving that I had to capture. While it all depends on the level of ad serving intelligence (i.e. avoidance logic), and if the image is tagged properly (ex. cars destroyed), this could have been avoided. I hope the Weather Channel and Chevy can make an adjustment.

advertisingfail

/ Technical Resources

Developer Must Have: Practical Software Development Techniques 3rd Edition

Many developers, especially those beginning their careers, have challenges with the full spectrum of what it is to be a “developer”. A “developer” is an individual who is solution focused with a programming language preference or preferences. However, if you don’t understand the core tools and methodologies behind development, even the most powerful (or popular) …

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/ Azure

2013 Charlotte SharePoint Saturday: New Technologies, Same Challenges

Charlotte’s SharePoint Saturday was buzzing with the new technologies surrounding SharePoint 2013, but continued to demonstrate the core challenges when implementing solutions on this platform.

With strong regional and some national representation from the speakers, the daylong event offered insights ranging from development techniques to full Cloud based implementations. Within “the Cloud” domain, sessions discussed the traditional channel of SharePoint Online, but also leveraging Azure to build entire 2013 Farms in an off-premise environment. From a development standpoint, users are excited to embrace SharePoint as a development platform, especially considering the use of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. PowerShell also took center stage; not only for Farm deployment, but options for managing content in bulk and interaction with workflows…

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/ Windows 8

Windows 8 Storage Spaces Performance Leaves a lot to be Desired

Like many, I was excited about the prospects of leveraging Windows 8 built-in Storage Spaces/Storage Pool functionality. I loaded 3 x 2TB 7200 RPM disks together only to be greatly disappointed by the performance. With Read/Write speed under 22MB, it would appear that running flash drives would be more effective. While Server 2012 has a more robust approach and speeds, I would place caution for those trying to leverage this functionality in Windows 8. I strongly recommend using Crystal Disk Mark to test the before/after performance of your disks to see if it will meet your requirements. Here is an article that also speaks to this issue: Storage Spaces Performance-Windows 8