More on accessability.- November 29, 2007 The AKS (Accessability Kit for SharePoint) is now available in version 1.0 here. This is a set of tools for developers to create accessable sites, rather than a template anyone could use out of the box. There are different standards in different parts of the world, so this is just help towards achieving what is needed for your target audience. Some idea of what an accessable SharePoint site could look like is here if you follow the link in this post. And some clues about how you write something.http://www.spsfaq.com/2007/11/more-on-accessability.htm Minding my own Business...- November 12, 2007 Hi all, I'm an independent consultant as you know, and if I want to expand my business, the normal path would be to take on more people. But I am against that because I don't want to become a people manager, with dependent employees. And I don't want to become someone else employee.The problem is I can only sell my time by the hour, and there are only 160 hours or so in a month. So, my solution is to use the "Software as a Service" model and sell "Stephen as a Service". I'm calling it my...http://www.spsfaq.com/2007/11/minding-my-own-business.htm Now there are four Search options.- November 8, 2007 Interesting moves from MS in the area of Search. Before with SharePoint you had 2 options: MOSS Search and WSS Search. MOSS search was not free and included cool stuff like People search and searching in other databases via the Business Data Catalog. WSS search was free, but could only search one WSS site. Now there are two more options. Search Server Express and Search Server. Search Server Express is now release candidate, so you can have a look, it is a free way to search across all your WSS.http://www.spsfaq.com/2007/11/now-there-are-four-search-options.htm Free SharePoint site in 25 mins.- November 8, 2007 I have decided to set up a SharePoint User Group in Ireland, the first thing I did was create a free site based on SharePoint to share details. First meeting will be in the new year in Dublin, just waiting for my broken arm to heal. More about that in 2008.OK, how to set up a free (or $6 if you want a custom URL) in 25 mins. Just go to this address and register:http:enroll.freesharepoint.comuddifreesharepointThe URL www.freesharepoint.com works too.And here's a tip, in Site Actions, click Site..http://www.spsfaq.com/2007/11/free-sharepoint-site-in-25-mins.htm |