A blog is a personal journal published in a SharePoint environment consisting of posts
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SharePoint 2010 Blog Site Custom I Like it locations
On A SharePoint 2010 blog site does anyone know if you can add the "I Like It" button to the blog post summary's. I would like to add the "I like it" through out the blog so users can tag "I like it" ...
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Add custom field to blog post.aspx page (SP 2010)
I have changed the default look of the post.aspx and default.aspx page for the OOB SharePoint Blog 2010 by using custom XSL file based on the OOB one only changed the option to show custom logo in the ...
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How to add blog categories in drop-down menu of global navigation?
I am working on a corporate SharePoint site for my company that is made up of several blogs. I have the Global navigation set up to show each blog.
I am trying to add blog categories in the drop-down ...
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Remove “Launch blog program to post”
How do I remove "Launch blog program to post" from the SharePoint 2010 blog page??? Any suggestions will be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks!!!
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How can I remove Category from the SharePoint 2010 blog posting form?
How can I remove Category from the SharePoint 2010 blog posting form? Apparently Category is a protected field cause I can't delete it, which I don't want to anyway. I just don't want Category to be ...
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Master Page background picture change
I am creating a blog in sharepoint 2007 and i need to change the blue background that is standard on the masterpage. so far I have not been successful with this. I have read posts that say each ...
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Sharepoint 2010: Approve Blogpost with REST
Is there a way to automatically approve Blogposts I created with a .Net Webrequest/REST?
I can currently add posts to the Blogs list just fine, but I can't get them to be approved/be published ...
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Deleting a blog post leaves related .png files in Photos list
I used the blog template when creating a new subsite within mysites and in the process an associated list called Photos got created.
While this has worked well, I've noticed that when I delete a blog ...
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Follow a post in SharePoint 2007 blog
Is there any OOTB way to follow a post in SharePoint 2007 blog? I mean maybe get an email each time the post is commented or changed?
Thanks
Eliya Amanoeel
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Sharepoint 2010 posting to a blog via email body of the post epmty
I am trying to post to a SharePoint blog via email. It is working partially. I am able to send an email to the Blog but it only posts title of the post and body of the post is empty. Is there special ...
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How would I go about branding a blog subsite with publishing enabled in sp2010?
I am trying to add a blogging subsite to an already existing site collection. However, the site is heavily branded and I'm trying to figure out how to apply branding to the blog. Sharepoint 2010.
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SharePoint Wiki Versus SharePoint Blog for building a knowledge base library for our company
I am new to SharePoint and after reading about the available features inside SharePoint 2013 I have decided to either:-
Build a Wiki Site using the Wiki Page Library
OR to use the Collaboration -> ...
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Is there a way to add web parts to an individual Blog post?
WSS 3.0, standard included Blog template. End user site admin only, no access to server farm etc.
What I need to be able to do is add a unique instance of a content editor web part to each blog post. ...
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Reset SharePoint blog homepage
I tried to change the filter applied to the blog posts displayed on the home page. I created a new view and applied it to the "posts" web part on the home page, and now it just displayed all the blog ...
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How to allow sharepoint users to comment on blogs as anonymous?
I have blog create for my staff in sharepoint. The staff are all users. But when they comment on some posts, they want to comment as anonymous. Is there a way for it without an external solutions?
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Any way to bypass redirect from old blog to new location
In using Google and Bing to seek topics related to Sharepoint 2010, I get lots of hits to a blog called GetThePoint at http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/
Recently, I notice that ...
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Blog archive View full posts view in SP2013
I created a Blog in my SharePoint 2013 and played a bit with views and certain Webparts on it.
In my default posts view I see a full view on the Posts. Now my problem:
I destroyed the archive view. ...
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How to add quick launch to the blog site in SharePoint 2010?
I want to remove the default blog navigation which is categories and archives and just create custom links with the SP navigation feature in All Site Settings. The problem is that in blog sites, the ...
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Blog posts appear to all users before the set published date has been reached
Setting the "Published" date (a list column in List 'Post') to some time/date in the future seems to have no effect on delaying the post. I'm finding it becomes publicly viewable immediately. I tried ...
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Edit date format of Blog post and comments
I'm trying to change the date format of blog posts and comments in Post.aspx, but having trouble. What I want to do is change the $thisNode/@PublishedDate value with ...
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Searching blogposts returns 404
I've got a blog on a intranet site, based on the blog template.
Whenever I search for a particular post, it returns the correct post, but not the correct url.
The link returned from search:
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Showing more months in Monthlyarchive.aspx in a Blog-subsite
So if I created a blog-subsite in August 2011, the Monthlyarchive.aspx is going to show me months from August 2011 onwards.
Let's say that I want to create a blog-post now in January 2012 but I want ...
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'Like' button on Intranet Blog - SP2007
does anyone know if a webpart exists for adding a 'like' button on a Sharepoint Blog post?
the button will not link to facebook (applet) it is solely for an Intranet site.
the counter for the ...
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Blog - how to avoid List Tools in ribbon when clicking on text
I have created a custom blog with the publishing feature enabled.
When I am logged on with a normal user (with no admin rights) and click on a text or an image, "List Tools" appeares in the ribbon, ...
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Tracking items in SharePoint
What SharePoint 2007 features will enable me to:
Assign and track tasks where each task will require a sign off before it is considered complete.
Enter and Store daily status logs (i.e. each shift / ...
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Create Blog for Every Site Owner
There is a site collection ready. Now I plan that every site owners will have their own blog.
The site owners can edit their own blog and view others blog.
How can I create a blog for every site ...
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How to Retrieve the Data from an Individual Blog Post
I am trying to brand a blog post according to our standards, and to do that I have simply created a custom visual web part to take the place of the SharePoint default. What I am wondering is how am I ...
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Featured post on Sharepoint main page
Is there a way to feature a blog post on the main page of a SharePoint 2010 blog site by keeping it above the most recent post?
I know you can create a sticky post for the manage post section, but I ...
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How to add a blog post programmatically?
I'm trying to create a C# script that will allow me to import blog posts from a different system (exported as CSV) into a SharePoint blog. I have found a script for comments to a blog post, but I'm ...
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Blog posts on main frontpage
I have a main company site and a blog subsite. I want to display the posts & comments from the blog on the main homepage of the main site, along with some other content.
I have looked into ...
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How to tag people in SharePoint Blog site
For now we are using "out of the box" feature, we go to persons profile site, copy his url and create simple link.
I would like to accomplish next:
When writing a Blog post I would like to have ...
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Can the Default blog page layout be edited?
I have created custom page layout for my other 'normal' pages.
However i can't find how to set my blog to use my page layout? Or any other page layout for that matter.
Is it possible to change a the ...
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How do I include email attachments to a blog post through incoming email
I am publishing posts to a SharePoint 2010 blog through incoming email. This is working perfectly but I'd like to send any attachments to an attachments library and include the attachments at the ...
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Setting “contribute” permissions for blog comment lists
It appears as though Sharepoint 2010 OOB does not give Authenticated Users "contribute" permissions for users' blog comment lists. Authenticated Users only have the permission to read, which is not ...
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Change default view on sharepoint blog
I am trying to figure out how to have only certain categories of blog posts show on the default page of the blog.
Any time I create a new view or modify existing views the default page does not show ...
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What are the advantages of SharePoint 2010 blog compared to WordPress
we already have SharePoint 2010 in our company, and we are considering which blog platform to use in our company, we have the option to chose between SharePoint or WordPress.
Can you explain please ...
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How can I prevent anonymous users from seeing unapproved blog comments?
Anonymous users are able to post a blog comment, but are able to see unapproved comments that are simply draft items on the Comments list. This seems like a bug that MS simply has not addressed yet.
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Embedding Video in Blog Post?
Is it possible to embed a video into a blog site post using a simple URL from the end user's perspective?
I have tried two approaches:
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Anonymous blog posts and comments?
We have an HR blog on the SharePoint and would like everyone to post and comments, issues or feedback on it. However, we want it to say annonymous for the user that posted rather than the actual ...
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LiveWriter Post to Blog generates SOAP Exception when post contains images
My company recently moved our wiki, blogs and internal knowledge base to a outsource SharePoint host sherweb.com. I have been using LiveWriter (2011 - 15.4.3555.308) to post my updates to the blog and ...
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Where can I edit the blog page layout?
I'm using the sharepoint 2010 blog site template for a few of our sites.
I'd like to add some default web parts and add some classes to a few extra elements so I can get the page styled properly but ...
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Turn on Anonymous blog comments
I've created an anonymous blog subsite. My root site is also anonymous. I can access default.aspx anonymously, but not /Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1
I've tried breaking permission inheritance and ...
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CAML Now Instead of Today - CAML Bug?
I have a CAML query, in which the <Where> node looks like:
<Where>
<Leq>
<FieldRef Name='PublishedDate'/>
<Value Type='DateTime'>
<Today/>
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SPListItem item[“Author”] throws ArgumentException on blog lists only for some users
We have a webpart on our SiteCollection home page which aggregates the most recent posts from a number of blog subsites. The code looks like this:
using (SPSite site = new ...
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How can I get custom CSS to load into a publishing subsite?
I have a SharePoint 2010 farm that will have thousands of site collections in it. Each site collection will be a personal externally facing publishing site collection for individual employees. Each ...
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How can i customise blog template -Want to use the same menu as site collection
I have a custom drop down menu i use across all my site collections and subsites.
When i try to use it in a blog site template i can see my menu but when i hover i can't see the child menus.I know i'm ...
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How do I show the quick launch menu in a SharePoint foundation blog?
I'd like to display the Quick Launch menu on a blog site above the standard blog navigation on the left hand side (e.g. above the categories and archives webparts), the quick launch menu displays on ...
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Blog customization - removing delete options
We'd like the 'delete' capability for Posts and Comments to be unavailable. Just being able to See and Create Posts is all we want [so technically, removing the Manage Posts, Manage Comments and ...
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Slow SharePoint Blog
The SharePoint 2010 blog can at times be very slow when rendering individual posts.
The time is generally due to the following operations:
DataBinding DataFormWebPart (Posts[1]) (2654.17 ms)
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Can you disable email notifications for a blog post saved as a draft?
In SP 2010 Foundation, I have a blog setup to allow contributors to post as a draft. However, all of the users that have alerts setup for posts receive an email when these drafts are created. That ...
