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Mobile Panel in SharePoint 2013

In my previous post on Device Channel, I explained how to create a device channel to target different devices. In this blog post, I will explain about Mobile Panels and Device Channel Panels and why to use them. I am … Continue reading

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Device Channel in SharePoint 2013

Amongst many new features introduced in SharePoint 2013, one of the key features is Device Channel. With the continuous growth in the mobility sector, mostly smartphones are being widely used to  surf net. As a result, it is very important … Continue reading

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Navigating to different URL from Desktop and Mobile View in SharePoint 2013

Recently, while incorporating device channels in SharePoint 2013 Online site, I came across a requirement where users were to be navigated to different pages for a particular menu item in the Top navigation. We were using Managed Metadata Navigation and … Continue reading

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Unexpected response from server. The status code of response is ‘0’. The status text of response is ”

Recently while working with ECMASCRIPT I came across an issue that stated “Unexpected response from server. The status code of response is ‘0’. The status text of response is ”. Now, I got this error in the error logger list … Continue reading

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Hiding links in Welcome Control in SharePoint 2013

Lately, I came across a requirement around hiding the “About Me” link in the welcome control dropdown. The simplest and quickest solution that seemed to me was to play some tricks using css. To read more on this follow my … Continue reading

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SharePoint 2013 and Maximum Degree of Parallelism

Yesterday while installing SharePoint 2013 on production environment I encountered an issue stating that “This SQL Server instance does not have the required “max degree of parallelism” setting of 1. Database provisioning operations will continue to fail if “max degree … Continue reading

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Configuring Anonymous Access in SharePoint 2013 and JavaScript Client Object Model

Recently I came across a requirement to enable anonymous access for SharePoint 2013 site. Now, this seems to be a very simple requirement but the twist here was that anonymous access should work with ECMASCRIPT. Had it been server side … Continue reading

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Configuring Navigation Settings in Sandbox solution

Hello Kind Readers, Recently I came across with a scenario where I had the requirement to configure the Navigation Settings (available in the Look And Feel section) so as to have different quick launch or current navigation for different subsites. … Continue reading

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Multi-tenancy in SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 provides some new features to support Hosting Environment, in simple terms Multi-tenant support. Multi-tenancy is all about of isolation of data , services, administration etc. It involves a unique deployment for a customer/tenant on a shared set of resources. … Continue reading

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Firing events inside a modal dialog in SharePoint 2010

Lately I came across a requirement where I had to fetch user input and based on that perform some validations on the click event. All of this was supposed to happen inside a modal dialog inside SharePoint 2010. Initially it … Continue reading

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