Category: Best Practices

Best Practices, Lessons Learned, New Web Developer, Organization

Damage Control

Computers = headaches. Especially when they crash. AND it has everything you have worked on for the past 3 months. AND you dont have backups. AND you have something due in 2 weeks. Stupid computers…

Softening the blow of when a workstation crashes can make or break your startup in its early stages. It’s inevitable, but you can do things to pick yourself back up from that nasty little crash. It can be a pain to do, but little things like weekly backups can save you a major headace in the future.

Best Practices, New Web Developer, Web Design

Website Projects

Starting a new web project takes proper planning, milestone definitions, and a reasonable scope. Every project I have been on, at work or with my own business, almost always increase in scope and size beyond the initial talks. To keep everything together and to make sure we don’t have a runaway project, we can use tools to help keep everything together.

The first contact with the client tends to be the hardest as it gets a general idea and direction for a project. Tools can help you organize and better plan the project from the start and keep you on the right path. Everything from defining the needs of the project and legal to testing and billing needs to be done. Getting a project started can be overwhelming, but planning eases the process.

I’ll take you through the steps I go though when I take on a project with MowenWorks.

Best Practices, Branding, Master Pages, Page Layout, SharePoint, SharePoint Designer, Web Development

Web Part Property Pane “OK Cancel Apply” Buttons Display Issue

When creating a Master Page for your SharePoint site, you need to add the placeholder for your future or current Page Layouts. Most people use the Minimal Master Page that can be found throughout the internet, some from Microsoft and from others who have made their own.

The problem with a lot of the popular Minimal Master Pages is that they do not have ALL of the needed parts. Specifically the proper way to include the Page Layout place holder.

If you use the minimal code along with your valid CSS/HTML you may find that your Web Part property page cutting off from the bottom when in Edit Mode of your publishing page. The “OK Cancel Apply” bottom row will seem to disappear.