How to disable alert me links in Sharepoint using Sandbox Solutions

Hello All,

I got a requirement to disable alert links on a SharePoint site using sandbox solutions.
So, I created it using the Visual studio. This works well. The details are in the video below:
I hope this will help you out.

Thanks,
Rahul Rashu

Save as a Template in a Publishing Site in SharePoint

Hello,

One common issue with many admins is how to save something as  a template when the publishing feature is on. The moment someone turns this feature on , the link disappears. Moreover, manually typing the template saving url also does not help at all.

However, you can override it with a simple step using the SharePoint Designer.
The details are recorded in the below video.
Watch it:

I hope this will help you out.

Thanks,

Rahul Rashu

Blank Site Template in SharePoint Online Office 365

Hello,

Recently, I got a lot of complaints from users who said they can not see the Blank Template while creating a site in SharePoint Online.

Well, blank template is still available in the platform but you can not see it.
Because of no access to infrastructure you do not have more to do.
But, you can still use it using powershell.

Only thing, you need to remember here is the template id which is STS#1 for the template.

That's it and you are good to go.

Thanks,
Rahul

An error occurred while trying to load some required components.Please ensure that the following prerequisite components are installed in Visual Studio 2012

Hi,

An issue was reported to me where the developers were facing the following error while trying to create a "App for SharePoint 2013" project in visual studio 2013

Microsoft Web Developer Tools
Microsoft Exchange Web Services

After some troubleshooting, I managed to fix this issue by following these steps:

1. Go to the control panel.
2. Uninstall the following components:
   a).Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 - Preview
   b).Microsoft Exchange Web Services.

Now download the tool web platform installer from this link http://www.microsoft.com/web/handlers/WebPI.ashx?command=GetInstallerRedirect&appid=OfficeToolsForVS2012GA

Run this tool (in online mode) and this will automatically installed the uninstalled components in the correct way.

That's it the error is gone.

I hope this will help you out.

Thanks,
Rahul Rashu

 

How to enable explorer view in windows server 2012 for sharepoint 2013

Hi,

An issue was reported to me where some users were trying to use explorer view to copy some files in sharepoint libraries in windows server 2012 and were getting an error "This site is not present in trusted site list". I checked and found that the site was present in the trusted site list in browser. The next thing I moved was to verify the webclient service. When I opened services.msc I found no service named as webclient. Hence the first action was get the webclient services installed in the server, to do this I followed the following steps:

1. Open the server manager.
2. Go to add features and select Desktop experience as shown in the screenshot:

3. Restart the server and allow the server to configure itself.
4. Once restarted go to Services.msc and start webclient services.

Thats it and this functionality started working fine.
I hope this will help you out.

Thanks,
Rahul Rashu

How to View PDF Files in Browsers in SharePoint 2013

Hi,

Recently someone expressed his requirements to open pdf files in browsers in the same way as excel files opens up when we use excel services. Although the settings was to open the file in web browser in advanced settings of the document library it was opening in the client application. After some digging into this issue I managed to get it done. Hence here are the steps I am sharing to get this done:

1. Open the document library where you have stored the .pdf file.
2. Go to the advanced settings and make sure that you have selected "Open in web browser" and not in client application.
3. Login to Central Administrator--> Application management --> Web Application general settings and select your web application.
4. Then select your web applicaion --> general settings.and change browser file handling to Permissive from strict as shown below:

5. Click on OK and here you go.

I hope this will help you out.

Thanks,
Rahul Rashu

One or more issues preventing successful Content deployment export were detected on this site collection.For more information go to content deployment source status page in Sharepoint 2013

Hi,

Recently an issue was reported to me where my site admins were getting an error "One or more issues preventing successful Content deployment export were detected on this site collection.For more information go to content deployment source status page" while creating content deployment path in central administration.

This issue was happening due to some features activated in source site collection and these features must be turned off in order to proceed further on this. To fix this follow these steps:

1. Login into your source site collection.
2. Go to Site Settings--> Content Deployment Source Status.
3.Here you will find the list of feature to be deactivated.
4. Deactivate these features and then thats it you are now ready to proceed further.


Thanks,
Rahul Rashu