The list item menu, also referred to as the Edit Control Button (ECB), and the link to the item appear for only some of the field types. There is no way in the browser to change it so that the menu and link appear on another field. However, you can make that change by using SharePoint Designer 2010. This video shows exactly how you can make that happen.
Read more »Exploring Site Actions for a SharePoint 2013 Team Site
by Asif Rehmani on July 17, 2012 | no commentsSite Actions menu provides the Site Owner with many different options for the site. This video goes in detail to discuss what each of the Site Action menu options does.
Read more »Changing the site logo, title and description in SharePoint 2013
by Asif Rehmani on July 17, 2012 | no commentsLearn how to change the logo, title and description of a SharePoint 2013 team site. The logo can be uploaded directly from your computer or it can be taken from an existing location on your site. Watch the video to find out the various options and best practices for this process.
Read more »Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is used to keep web or intranet transactions private using encryption. Applying a SSL certificate to a site provides the users with confidence in using that site knowing the transaction is secure. You can apply the SSL certificate on top of Central Administration as well to keep all transmission of confidential information secure when configuring SharePoint.
Read more »By default, SharePoint Central Administration site uses the server name and a random port number (ex- http://spelserver:48583). However, you can change this address to be something more friendly by using the Alternate Access Mapping feature. Watch this video to see all the steps needed to make this change.
Read more »Use Developer Dashboard to analyze SharePoint page performance
by Asif Rehmani on June 2, 2010 | 1 commentA feature in SharePoint 2010 called Developer Dashboard lets you analyze performance of your SharePoint pages. It is not only useful for developers, as the name suggests, but can also be used by IT professionals and site administrators to monitor how their site is performing and analyze for bottlenecks.
Read more »A site collection is administered by site collection administrators. You pick a primary and secondary site collection administrator when a site collection is first created. You can add more administrators afterwards if you like and this video shows you how to can do that. Keep in mind that site collection administrators can administer any site within the site collection even they have not been explicity given permissions to a site.
Read more »A site collection is created under a web application. It comprises of one or more sites. Sites are the containers in which you place your content and secure your content with appropriate permission levels applied to SharePoint groups. This video shows how you create a site collection.
Read more »After installing SharePoint 2010 and configuring the SharePoint farm, the first thing you need to do is create a web application. A SharePoint web application is an IIS web site that has been extended to run a SharePoint site. Creating a web application also creates an associated content database. This video shows the web application creation process.
Read more »Managed metadata is a hierarchical collection of centrally managed terms. The terms are managed in the Term Store, in Central Administration. You can define, and then use these terms as attributes for items in your SharePoint farm. For example, you could create a list of vendors as a term set that can be centrally managed and the terms (each vendor) from this term set can be used as metadata (or columns) within lists or libraries. This scenario is demonstrated in this video.
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