If you discover that the search service application in your environment is paused (look under "administrative status" under Search Administration in Central Administration), you can first try to find the reason, and if the service is stuck, you can try to force it to resume. Typically, the administrative status could be "Paused for:External request". If … Continue reading Search Service Application stuck in “Paused for:External request”
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Localize JavaScript files in SharePoint
In a project I was working on, I needed a way to localize strings in JavaScript files in order to support different languages in the application. The solution was designed to be a SharePoint sandboxed solution, so we could not deploy custom resx files to the file system (this article by Waldek Mastykarz explains how … Continue reading Localize JavaScript files in SharePoint
Enable Workflow Manager 1.0 in a SP2013 development environment
Preparations: The Workflow Service and Service Bus can be run as the farm account, but it is recommended to use specific accounts for these services. I created the following to accounts in my Active Directory: wfService (for the workflow service) and sbService (for the service bus) The installation must be done with a user that has … Continue reading Enable Workflow Manager 1.0 in a SP2013 development environment
Setting default value of person field in SharePoint 2013 with JSLink
Often, there is a need for setting a default value in a person field. In this article, we will have a look at how to set a person field value to the current logged in user. This involves using the Client People Picker with JSLink for rendering the field in the new form and using the … Continue reading Setting default value of person field in SharePoint 2013 with JSLink
Failed to install application files – SharePoint 2013 SP1
Today, I was upgrading a SharePoint 2013 development server that had been "laying low" for a while to Service Pack 1. The installation itself went without any problems – I downloaded the SP1 executable from Microsoft and ran the installation. After the installation, it was time to run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard, and I … Continue reading Failed to install application files – SharePoint 2013 SP1
Windows Phone Mobile apps for SP2013
Yesterday I attended the "Building Windows Phone Mobile apps with SharePoint 2013" sesson, here are a few notes I made:The new Windows Mobile API in the Client Side APIs, in addition to SharePoint mobile SDK, makes it easy to extend SharePoint to Windows Phone. It includes authentication via CSOM, push notification possibilites, location, etc. It … Continue reading Windows Phone Mobile apps for SP2013
Extending Social with the CSOM in SharePoint 2013
Here is a short summary from the “How to extend Social in SharePoint 2013” session. The session was a technical introduction to the Client Side Object Model (CSOM) of the Social functions in SP2013 (all of the new functions are also available in the server side model).With the possibilites of the new CSOM, it is … Continue reading Extending Social with the CSOM in SharePoint 2013
Device targeting
In SharePoint 2013, Microsoft has built in new capabilities for targeting different devices. The two main technologies that should be used to target mobile devices are Device Channels and Image renditions. Device channelsDevice channels are set up using different user agent strings and separate master pages based on these. For user agent strings, you can … Continue reading Device targeting
Search driven publishing
There is a very important new concept in SharePoint 2013 publishing: search driven publishing. This is a concept that breaks down site collection boundaries (get search index content from multiple site collections), allows for flexible and dynamic publishing, separates presentation from storage and eliminates large list thresholds. The existing publishing model in SP2010 still works, … Continue reading Search driven publishing
Notes on the new WCM functionality of SharePoint 2013
Today I attended the session "Best Practices for designing websites with SharePoint 2013". It was a really interesting session that included good demos of the new design process of SharePoint 2013. Some of the important changes of the basic web site functionality are: No more tables for wp and zones (Yes!!!)Client-side rendering with the Content … Continue reading Notes on the new WCM functionality of SharePoint 2013
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