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Variations 2010 - it is good news!

by JamieMcAllister 10/21/2009 6:06:00 PM
Variations are not the main focus of Microsofts publicity drive for Sharepoint 2010, but information is coming out, and it's good news.. [More]

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Service with a Smile

by JamieMcAllister 5/4/2009 5:46:00 PM
Microsoft recently contacted me with a view to addressing some of the Variations bugs.. [More]

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Sharepoint SP2 a boon to Variations

by JamieMcAllister 4/16/2009 4:41:00 PM
Sharepoint SP2 will offer some improvements to MOSS Variations.. [More]

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Programmatically creating Variation Hierarchies in SharePoint 2007

by JamieMcAllister 1/7/2009 5:14:00 PM
Some time ago I highlighted a blog post by Michiel Lankamp regarding the creation of Variation Hierarchies through code. Waldek Mastykarz has posted an interesting article where he builds on Michiel Lankamps work.. [More]

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Variations Editor version 2 Has Shipped

by JamieMcAllister 12/15/2008 9:18:00 PM
Tim Dobrinski has released the latest version of his variations editor tool. Not only does it have the Variations fixing abilities of the first version, but now it allows the import and export of variations content between variations sites or beyond (to xml) !! As a free download, can you really afford to ignore a variations tool with this amount of power?. [More]

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Further Customise CQWP to Display Draft and Checked Out Pages By User

by JamieMcAllister 10/30/2008 4:14:00 PM
The CQWP is a very versatile tool for MOSS Publishing Sites. Here I demonstrate how to override the fields that CQWP usually display. This allows a solution to one of the Content Authors major bug bears - an easy way to find out what pages are currently checked out or draft.. [More]

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Import Publishing Page Content from XML

by JamieMcAllister 10/22/2008 11:53:00 AM
Complimenting the recent post on exporting publishing page content to XML, we now look at importing such content to update our pages. This is much easier than the export. Taken together, these two posts provide a simple solution that could be used for Variation Translation.. [More]

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Export Publishing Page Content to XML

by JamieMcAllister 10/15/2008 3:27:00 PM
You can export Variations page content OOTB, but where is the control? This article provides a custom solution that exports your publishing page content in any XML format you want.. [More]

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Techniques to use when Variations Attack!

by JamieMcAllister 8/29/2008 10:22:00 AM
Sometimes MOSS Variation just refuse to play ball. This post details the remedial action I took when a Target Variation errored halfway through creation, and I was unable to delete the Variation Label to try again. These techniques could prove useful to anyone who has problems with MOSS Variations.. [More]

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Variations Editor has Shipped!

by JamieMcAllister 8/28/2008 10:02:00 PM
A new (and free) Variations Editor tool has been shipped.. [More]

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