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Enhanced SharePoint discussion forum/Q&A
A client is considering SharePoint 2010 as an information platform on their local intranet (not connected to the internet). One of the main focus points is an advanced discussion forum, including a ...
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Person.gif shown for all posters in threaded view of Discussion Board
I have one farm where all Discussion Board threaded views show the cartoonish Person.gif picture for all users. I know the users posting have pictures in their profile that show in the site collection ...
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Mark a Discussion board message as “Accepted Solution”
In MOSS 2007 discussion boards, is it possible to mark a message as "Accepted Solution"? This shall be done by the site admin or the query initiator.
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What are my options for creating a Q&A in Sharepoint, similar to StackExchange?
I am new to SharePoint and I'm trying to create a simple, intuitive Q&A section on a company intranet page. The section must be simple or it simply won't get used. Basic discussion boards have ...
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List is not picking up the mail from Drop folder [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
incoming mail just sits in the drop folder
I have followed all the steps as mentioned in this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/Video/ff679958to to ...
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Iterate through discussion list
I have SharePoint 2007 discussion list. I want to iterate over all items in the list, so I do the following:
var list = web.Lists["discussion"];
var listItems = list.Items;
foreach (var listItem in ...
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How to show the New icon when somebody replies in a discussion board?
Is it possible to show the New icon when somebody replies in a discussion board?
If I create a new topic, the New icon is shown. After the default 2 days the icon's gone. I'd like to show it again if ...
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Sharepoint 2010 Discussion Board Thread.xsl
Ok, I have searched and searched for an answer on how to customize the thread.xsl file. So I have copied the file, and renamed it as thread2.xsl. In the threaded.aspx page, I have changed the ...
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How to enable “New Folder” under Team Discussion?
I'm quite new to SharePoint. Currently running SharePoint 2010 in our office. I need to setup folders in the Team Discussion so we can group various topics under each folder. I saw the New Folder ...
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Moving a Discussion from a Discussion Board to another?
I have a SharePoint 2010 Discussion Board and it has many Discussions. Would like to move a discussion from the discussion board to another in the same location (under same site collection).
I ...
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Sharepoint 2013 Community site: Unable to reply on a post
Im working on Sharepoint 2013 Community site template. When I manually create a discussion in discussions list liking and replying features are working fine, but when I programmatically add a ...
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SharePoint Discussion Board View to show one discussion thread
I need to show a particular thread that resides in a discussion board. I am currently trying to use SPViews.
The following is my code
SPView threadedView = ...
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SPListItem.Add method bug. Always create Folder instead of Item
I have created a custom lookup field inherited from SPFieldLookup. It works exactly like SPLookupField but allows user to add new values. These new values gets added in the Lookup list and becomes ...
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Some incoming emails being rejected on new email-enabled list
I've just set up a new SP list to log purchases made by our department. Whenever we buy something, we'll use the email address corresponding to a distribution group that contains myself and an ...
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SP2010 - Search in Discussion Board using search.asmx web service
I'm developing a client application that uses SP search web service to search in the discussion boards.
I have created a scope using the contentclass STS_List_DiscussionBoard.
Could you please help me ...
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What discussion alternatives have you used with SharePoint 2010…?
I'm just wondering what solutions people have implemented for discussion forums in SharePoint 2010.
Do you mostly opt to use the out-of-the-box discussion lists and web parts?
Are there alternative ...
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How do I set up alerts per Discussion Board in Sharepoint 2010?
In a Sharepoint 2010 site I have a Discussion Boards list.
Now, each discussion board may have different participants, and I don't want to create a discussion board list per combination of ...
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Discussion Board Web Part items' URLs wrong after WSS 3.0 to SharePoint Foundation 2010 migration
I recently migrated from WSS 3.0 to SharePoint Foundation 2010 without any website-breaking changes. The only issue I've run into so far is that the URL for two Discussion Board Web Parts on the ...
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How to highlight a reply in a discussion forum based on a condition in Flat.aspx
In the Flat.aspx page of a discussion forum, i have to higlight the reply if the poster belongs to a certain group. How do I achieve that?
I tried modifying the Profile.xsl file that the listview ...
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Change XSLT for Discussion Board, deploy via VS2010
So we are creating a branded web site for a client to deploy internally (kind of an intranet), but 99% of users won't see the ribbon, just a branded information site.
They want to use the Discussion ...
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MOSS2007 to 2010 - What tricks have you learnt?
The company I work for is currently in the planning stages of a MOSS to 2010 migration (we have a business critical environment with >500 users to port). With this in mind I was wondering what are ...
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Move discussions with content to a new site collection MOSS 2007
I have a few discussions in mysite.I want it to be moved to an other site.
Let me know how to accomplish this.
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Discussion Forum - Change order of fields?
The Team Site template provides a default Team Discussion link. The New Discussion screen has Subject and Body input fields by default.
Using the Discussion Board Settings, I was able to create a new ...
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Read permission with Discussion Lists?
I'm developing our first Sharepoint site, and have a specific question in regards to the read permission in conjunction with a discussion list.
Well, to begin, I am setting up a sort of knowledge ...
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Sharepoint 2013 Community site: Get values from “Discussions List” list
Im trying to get values from "Discussions List", When I tried to get the values of "Body" field from that list its giving only the values of the replies of discussion. I couldn't access the values of ...
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Email EventReciever
I have a massive problem that I need to solve. I have a document library that is a catch all dumping ground for emails that are forwarded there by our users out in the field. With in these emails are ...
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Threaded view on discussion board: is it possible to sort by reverse chronological order
I've tried to figure out how to configure the threaded view of a discussion board (Sharepoint 2010) to sort the thread by reverse chronological order (most recent post first). No success so far. ...
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Discussion Board XSLT
first off, here is the post that goes with this one. Sharepoint 2010 Discussion Board Thread.xsl
Ok, I am trying to modify the ootb sharepoint discussion board xslt, with divs with id's so I can ...
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SP Alert email cuts off Excel table in Office 2010 but not Office 2003
I have an alert set up for a discussion board. We have been using Office 03 just fine, email comes in, the body is shown fully, everything is great. However, when we use Office 2010, not sure if its ...
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Discussion Board. A view with the “more” button functionality
Is there a way to create a view in SharePoint for a Discussion Board that shows only a part of the body content and a link at the end that says "more". Then, when the user clicks on this link the ...
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Get discussion web part to display posts
I'm using a default SharePoint 2010 discussions web part in my site. By default it displays the top level posts that have been made to the discussion. When I click on a discussion it takes me away ...
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Force all users to recieve emails to discussion board posts and reply
I want to be able to force users to receive emails from discussion board, whenever a new discussion is added, and the ability to un follow a specific discussion.
I don't want users to subscribe to ...
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Discussion Board: allow anonymous users to view post content, not just post list
I'm working on an area of my SP 2010 Server site (based on publishing template) that is open to anonymous users and includes a discussion board.
I have a page that includes a web part to show the ...
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Discussion Board close thread
How do I take a duscussion board and make it read only for the case of it being closed so that no one can post any more? Is there a way that a button to close the thread can be created to make it easy ...
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Mandatory fields in discussion board comments
The whole idea behind a discussion board is that it should work as a forum I suppose.
Lets say that I created a new column in the discussionbard called category and that its mandatory.
Then when ...
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Customize discussion board xslt
I wanted to modify the xslt file that displays discussion board threads. I tried to find the xslt in "Style Library" -> "XSL Style Sheets" but could not find the stylesheet there. Where can I find the ...
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How do I set up a sharepoint discussion board so the new discussions must be approved before they are public?
I need to set up a discussion board for product tech info. The discussion must be reviewed by a product specialist before it can be made public to sales staff for replies.
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Discussion board post display
When someone posts a message in discussion board, his/her name appears on the left along with Photo, if available. Suppose the site owner/admin changes the post, then only the name of the person who ...
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Content Type issue with the Discussion Board in SharePoint 2010?
I have changed the default content type from 'Discussion' to 'Message' is on the Discussion Board on SharePoint 2010 and reverted to its normal (Now, Discussion is the default content type).
Now, If ...
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Changing Discussion Folder Names in SharePoint 2010
Is there a way to change the name of a folder within the discussion area of SharePoint 2010? The folder by default is given the name of the discsussion name when it is created, however, if you then ...
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Contribute without delete permission level and Connect to Outlook
I know that I can create Contribute without delete permission level.
Now suppose I create a discussion board and give users this permission level. When they connect this list to Outlook, they are ...
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How to programmatically access and manipulate Discussion item and replies?
How to access and manipulate Discussion item and replies?
I have a discussion board that has a check box, based on the input I switch the permissions of that discussion post for a specific user (from ...
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Add 'Display Name' in discussion list
Is there any way I can use the 'Display name' or some other user profile property in the view of a discussion list?
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Users with “Contribute” access cannot edit document attached to a SharePoint 2010 Discussion Board post
Users on my 2010 site can't edit a document attached to a discussion board post even though they have "Contribute" access. Users with "Full Control" can, of course, but users with Contribute cannot.
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Programatically creating Discussion List Posts - and replying to them from Outlook
We are Programatically creating a Discussion List Post/Topic (using JavaScript) based on an entry in a custom list. The idea is to synchronize this Discussion List with Outlook. That does happen ...
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Custom Discussion Board Join User Profile Custom Properties Linked Datasource
I have been tasked with modifying the SharePoint 2010 default Discussion Board to include two additional custom fields that have been definied in the User Profile list.
In an ideal world I would like ...
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Discussion Board reply subject for workflow
I'm creating a workflow for a discussion board, that will create a new item in an announcements list. The idea is to have announcements such as
New Forum Post: 'This is a new post' was posted by ...
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SPListItem: get associated eml file
I have a discussion board set up with an email drop folder. Once an .eml file is copied into the drop folder, it would disappear and the new discussion/message would be added to my discussion board. ...
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Creating discussion-forum using code
I wrote a little utility, which let's me import discussions from a different forum into SharePoint 2010. So far so good. It passed the "works on my machine" test successfully. Unfortunate I cannot say ...
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Emails on discussion board via workflow
I have a discussion board with a person column called as "Reviewer" in a discussion board. I want to set-up sending emails on a discussion board when:
A mail to reviewer when he/she is added to ...
