Dave Mc's Blog

  • “Pub is Undefined” Error on Custom Page

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    When I create a custom page for SharePoint or indeed any custom branding, I like the minimalist approach.  That is a strip out all the OOTB stuff and go back to the minimum I can get away with.  Only this time when I stripped this particular page/masterpage back I ended up with the javascript… more …

  • Download SharePoint 2010 Solutions

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    I was working on a migration between two SharePoint 2010 farms yesterday and I couldn’t locate the WSP files for some of the solutions actually on the file system, so I wanted to download the WSP files from the source farm to upload into the target farm.  Now there is no way to actually… more …

  • Great North Swim -Training Update

    Well my training for the Great North Swim is progressing. I’ve been attending Masters classes at Wyre Forest Swimming Club three times a week, and I’m experiencing a little of what my son goes through when he trains for his County and Regional competitions.  I do an hour on Wednesday which is what my coach calls… more …

  • Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic About Global Warming

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    Picked up this interesting article on the Wall Street Journal I’m sure we’ll see more of this.  A good thing too. If you’ve read my blog before, unlikely I know … I fully accept that the climate changes and is warming, the evidence is pretty clear.  What I don’t accept is the allegation that… more …

  • Swimming 1 Mile for Charity

    I’ve entered for the Great North Swim here in the UK which involves swimming 1 mile in Open Water across Lake Windermere. I’m doing it for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) who are a charity who run all of the countries Life Boats around the UK coastline. I’d really appreciate any sponsorship you… more …

  • Metadata Hub Not Publishing Content Types

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    I had this situation where I’d created a couple of content types through a feature and deployed them to a Metadata Hub.  I’d tried and tried to get the bloomin’ things to be picked up by my subscribing Site Collection, but no matter how often I seemed ot run those two jobs “Content Type… more …

  • SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint ReportViewer WebPart “ANONYMOUS LOGON”

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    I’ve been meaning to write briefly about this for a while, a colleage at one of our clients  who used to be an MVP worked with Microsoft to try to solve this issue which it apparentl;y has been in the October 2011 CU, but I’ve not actually confirmed this myself. If you have a SharePoint… more …

  • “The user is not a farm administrator” : Configuring PowerPivot for SQL 2012 RC0

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    Configuring PowerPivot for SQL Server 2012 is a little different.  You now get a Configuration Tool for PowerPivot, rather like you get a Configuration Tool for Reporting Services.  The configuration tool can be reached from the Windows Start Menu as can be seen in Figure 1: You get asked to Configure or Repair PowerPivot… more …

  • Visio Services in SharePoint 2010 – Part 2

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    (Updated 18/01/2011: Apologies Some Content seemed to have got lost!) Quite a while ago I published a blog entry on Visio Services , and recently I’ve picked up quite a few comments asking when Part 2 is going to happen.  Well about 2.5 years after Part 1, comes Part 2 Since Part 1 was… more …

Meet the blog host, Dave Mc.

Dave Mc muses about history, travel, writing, coaching, technology and life, family and the world around us. You may agree with his opinions, you may not, that’s life …