July 2008 - Posts

• SharePoint: Navigation across site collections

  I always think that navigation does not go across site collections and it general it doesn't. However you can use the Portal site connection option in order to include a link in the breadcrumb. For example, you have an Intranet with team sites and you wish to separate the team sites into a separate site collection, which is sensible because then it can be a separate database. In this case I have a portal called http://intranet and a site collection called http://intranet/portal/sites. In the Team sites collection I want the Intranet to appear as the first node on the breadcrumb. This can be achieved using Portal site collection. Site Actions > Site Settings > Modify all site settings Portal site collection under Site Collection Administration Enter the address and the name you want to appear as the breadcrumb link     4. This will then display as the first node in the breadcrumb NB: This is just a link, so this doesn't have to be to another SharePoint site collection - it could be to your corporate website or intranet hosted on something else.   Posted Jul 28 2008, 05:13 PM by JennyE with 1 comment(s) Filed under: 2007, MOSS

• SharePoint and IIS: the default domain

  Many times in an Extranet scenario I see that Clients are having to enter domain\username in the username box, although this isn't a particular problem if often causes a few user error issues which could be easily avoided. 1. Locate your externally facing website in IIS 2. Choose Properties on this web site 3. Choose the Directory Security tab 4. Choose Edit.. under the Authentication and access control heading 5. In the Default domain box enter the domain that users will use and click OK twice Done! Your users will no longer have to type domain\username just username instead Posted Jul 15 2008, 12:25 PM by JennyE with 3 comment(s) Filed under: WSS, 2007, MOSS, IIS