At AppTheory we use SharePoint 2007 to track all ongoing projects for clients. As I mentioned in a previous post there are times when we want to open these sites up to clients. We open these sites up to our clients through forms based authentication. Recently I experienced a problem with giving access to a site for a SharePoint group consisting of FBA users.

When you create the site using "Publishing site" template it activates the feature called "ViewFormPagesLockDown". This feature prevents users from op...

When administrating SharePoint you will experience errors.  Another thing you will notice when working with SharePoint is that the error descript...

For calculated columns, SharePoint doesn't allow the use of volatile functions like "Today" and "Me", although they are allowed to be used in views.

A lot of companies using SharePoint use Forms Based Authentication (FBA) as a way to extend a site for non-Active Directory (AD) users.  I will n...

There are several ways to have a better debugging experience with SharePoint. This will help you deal with "Unexpected Error" screens. Here are a few tips that can be used to make development easier. Some of these tips are not appropriate for a production environment.

When I first started working with Sharepoint 2007 I was frustrated having to use Central Administration to perform backups.  I personally prefer the command line.  I wanted a way to quickly perform farm backups and individual site backups without starting up Central Admin.