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Asp.Net Controls: Kingherc's ASP.NET Toolkit

Asp.Net Controls : Excentrics World .NET

Hi, ive come across some great asp.net Controls that can be downloaded for free, including:

• Accordion Panel
• Bread Crumb Trail
• Calendar Popup
• Faq Repeater

If you know of any other free asp.net controls, please share. Thanks :)

Sharepoint : SmartPart for SharePoint 0.2.0.1 Released!

For those of you who dont know, a Smart Part allows you to develop web user controls that can be deployed as Sharepoint WebParts.

Read more here.

Get it here.

Sharepoint: Using Lists to Create Collapsible Navigation Bars

Full Article Here

“Collapsible navigation bars are great ways to help guide visitors to Web pages on your site. They allow the visitor to see a limited number of items to choose from, and then click a plus sign next to the item they want to find out more information about. Collapsible navigation bars are especially helpful on Web sites with many items to navigate to because navigating a long list of items that are not grouped in any way can be frustrating for visitors.“

Sharepoint: Best Practices for Developing Web Parts

MSDN Article

Susan Harney
Microsoft Corporation

Summary:   Using the programming model behind Windows SharePoint Services, you can create your own Web Parts that provide new functionality to enhance your Web Part Pages. Learn best practices to improve performance and usability of Web Parts, and ways to create Web Parts that integrate well with other components of a Web Part Page. (15 printed pages)

Sharepoint: Creating Custom Site Definitions

Read the full article on “Thom Robbins' .NET Weblog”

Sharepoint: Free Web Parts

Some free Web Parts Here.

Including:

• Site Navigator
• Area Navigator
• Page Header
• Mailing List
• Area Properties
• Area Map
• Get User

SharePoint Extranet Deployment

The resource kit goes into detail on how you deploy the SharePoint extranet and the security measures that can be taken. It guides you through the configuration process, showing you how to setup ISA server to act as a firewall.

Read the ISA Server 2000 SharePoint Portal Server Deployment Kit docs online at:http://www.isaserver.org/img/upl/spskit/toc.htm

Download the entire ISA Server 2000 SharePoint Portal Server Deployment Kit at:www.tacteam.net/isaserverorg/spskit/sharepointkit.zip (18MB)

Sharepoint: Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Here is 1 Reason to upgrade.

Personal sites (My Sites).

My Sites have a private view so that users are able to store and access personal content securely, such as unfinished documents and customized news and links, as well as a public view that enables users to publish content such as presentations and finished reports to other users. Public profile information can be synchronized by administrators from directory sources such as Active Directory to allow users from throughout an organization to find the expertise necessary to accomplish business tasks. 

For the other 9, check out the Microsft Site.

Sharepoint: Custom SharePoint Import / Export Tools nearing Release Candidate Quality

From the GotDotNet Workspace

“Today we’ve made a significant step towards Release Candidate of Custom SharePoint Importer and various Exporters with the new releases of all tools and new Developer documentation.

Although the source code still lacks proper comments and is still rough at times – we’ve decided to open Source Control Access to everyone. So feel free to download the code and customize to your hearts content!

There will be significant changes ahead still for the source code to bring the quality up to MSDN standards. But for the time being – we hope you find it useful for whatever you’re using it for.

For developers working on a legacy system migration – we’ve made creating Custom Importer XML format easy with the new ExtractorBase library and example project. Have a look at the project and start your custom migration tools today! If you’re planning to make a publicly available Extractor for a system – please contact the owners of this space via GotDotNet for extra help & place to publish your tools.

Unfortunately SPS2001 Extractor had to give in priority and is not currently available for this Importer Release. If you’d still like to use it – please contact VelluV via GotDotNet.

Happy migrating and please, please report back good or bad experiences with the tools via the Message Board or private message via GotDotNet to myself (VelluV) or Kimmo Forss (KimmoF). ”

Information Bridge Framework (IBF)

Whether you are interested in learning about Information Bridge Framework itself or learning about Microsoft Office solutions development with Information Bridge, you will find relevant information here.

Get It Here