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.

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

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

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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. 

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