Good Links, July 31, 2000

“Real World SharePoint 2007” book excerpt, Chapter titled: “Developing Publishing Sites the smart and structured way “:   http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ee330880.aspx

Create an installation source that includes software updates

(Windows SharePoint Services 3.0): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287882.aspx

(Office SharePoint Server 2007) : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx

13 Ways to Browser Test and Validate Your Work: http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/13-ways-to-browser-test-and-validate-your-work/

Good Links, July 25, 2009

Creative designs for 404 pages: http://css-tricks.com/404-best-practices/

Creative designs for registration pages: http://designreviver.com/articles/40-eye-catching-registration-pages/

Interesting JQuery plugins: http://woork.blogspot.com/2009/07/10-interesting-lightweight-jquery.html

Antivirus scanners and SharePoint farms

Microsoft recommends extending certain folder from antivirus scanning saying that they might cause unexpected behavior

For SQL Exclusions

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422

For MOSS Exclusions

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952167

Silverlight 3 Released, Expression blend 3 RC released

http://blogs.msdn.com/wpfsdk/archive/2009/07/10/silverlight-3-and-expression-3-launch-today.aspx

For a list of what’s new: check: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/07/10/silverlight-3-released.aspx

Good Links, July 10, 2009

Locking down Office SharePoint Server sites: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee191479.aspx

How to reuse a web page by converting into an ASP.NET User Control? : http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevelopertips/archive/2009/07/09/tip-87-did-you-know-how-to-reuse-a-web-page-by-converting-into-an-asp-net-user-control.aspx

50+ Tools To Make You a More Efficient & Organized Designer: http://designreviver.com/articles/50-tools-to-make-you-a-better-faster-more-collective-designer/

Web Form Validation: Best Practices and Tutorials: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/07/web-form-validation-best-practices-and-tutorials/

100 Outstanding Login Forms: http://designreviver.com/inspiration/100-sites-with-outstanding-login-forms/

Useful Visual studio Add-ins

Regionerate: a small add-in that will help you manage the code order and layout: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/800978aa-2aac-4440-8bdf-6d1a76a5c23c

StyleCop: Tool the check code style and consistency: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis

Good Links, July 2nd, 2009

Lessons in software: http://shapingsoftware.com/2009/06/29/lessons-in-software-from-alok-srivastava/

10 commandments for SharePoint development: http://jopx.blogspot.com/2009/07/ten-commandments-for-sharepoint.html

Good Links, July 1st, 2009

Keeping users updated during long running processes: http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/keep-users-updated-during-long-load-times/

30 Exceptional web site designs: http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/30-exceptional-web-designs-for-the-web/

The June SharePoint Cumulative update ( the second post SP2 update) is out : http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2009/07/01/the-june-cumulative-update-for-wss-v3-and-moss-2007-has-been-released-yesterday.aspx

MOSS 2007 WCM sample site: http://andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2009/06/23/Sample-MOSS-2007-WCM-site-now-available-ndash-Adventure-Works.aspx

Resources on UI design patterns: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/15/40-helpful-resources-on-user-interface-design-patterns/