Using a Feature-Receiver to modify the Web.Config File

We had a previous SharePoint project where we installed a custom HTTPModule to the SharePoint Web application. Since the SharePoint manifest file cannot inject entries into the httpModules section of the Web.config file (the manifest file can only insert entries inside the SharePoint section of the Web.config such SafeControl entries), we had to use a … Read more

SharePoint Saturday DC – May 15

SharePoint Saturday is coming up to the DC Metro area once more! It is scheduled for May 15 and it is going to be held at Northern VA Community College in Annandale. Here’s the link: http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/dc/default.aspx If you’re around DC area and you’re an IT professional using SharePoint, I recommend you attend. And you don’t … Read more

SharePoint Developer Skills

There is big SharePoint team in one of my customers and it’s a good blend of developers, engineers, analysts, and managers. When this team started in 2007, only a handful (2 people really) was knowledgeable in the ways of SharePoint. But because the user-base for this organization is so big, technical resources of other backgrounds … Read more

SharePoint “Developers” and “Administrators”

I was viewing my blog today and noticed the tag cloud on my sidebar. The most prominent tags are “SharePoint”, “Developers”, and “Administrators”. SharePoint. Developers. Administrators. From time to time, I will meet SharePoint professionals in networking events or when interviewing job applicants at a customer site and I will ask what their SharePoint experience … Read more