Deploying to Sharepoint

The recommended way to deploy to sharepoint seems to be using Solutions. I found this article that describes how to do this.


http://www.developer.com/mgmt/article.php/3672646

If you have any additional tips, tricks, resources related to deployment then please post comments on this article or email them to susan@clinchportal.com and we will post them here.

Moss vs Wss: What's the difference?

For those unsure on what the difference is between Moss (Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server) and Wss (Windows Sharepoint Services) I found this good article explaining it:

http://dotnetaddict.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/moss_vs_wss.htm

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SharePoint ConnectStrings and WebParts

Everybody is wondering where to store the connectstrings for your webpart.

Some say to make it a property, some say to place it in the web.config for your application.

This article offers an alternative that will allow you to change the connectstring without needing to bring down your application. Here is the link to the article:


http://www.sharepointu.com/forums/t/107.aspx

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Debugging Sharepoint WebParts

For those trying to debug sharepoint web parts. I will start to post tips and tricks for doing so.
For now I will just supply you with a link to the microsoft article on how to do it:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms916837.aspx

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Beyond Search: Best Bets and Keywords (MOSS Only)

Sometimes search is not good enough and you need to ensure documents get found. Here is an article on a SharePoint feature that will help:

http://www.thesanitypoint.com/archive/2008/12/15/best-bets-and-keywords-in-sharepoint-and-search-server.aspx

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SharePoint Search and editing the Thesaurus

For those familiar with other search engines, you are probably looking for a keymatch files or some kind of synonym file. In SharePoint it is called the Thesaurus. Here is a link that describes how to customize it:

http://blogs.msdn.com/enterprisesearch/archive/2008/09/23/how-to-customize-the-thesaurus-in-sharepoint-search-and-search-server.aspx

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Transferring a site from WSS 3 to MOSS 2007

Since most dev boxes are probably running WSS and not MOSS these articles I found would probably be quite useful to read. The first walks through some of the things you should do to prepare for the export.

Transferring a site from WSS 3 to MOSS 2007 - Part 1
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/joe/archive/2008/11/22/transferring-a-site-from-wss-3-to-moss-2007-part-1.aspx

The second article is for times when, even though we prepared for it, we get error messages during import and don't know what to do.

Transferring a site from WSS 3 to MOSS 2007 - Part 2
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/joe/archive/2008/11/22/transferring-a-site-from-wss-3-to-moss-2007-part-2.aspx

Hopefully these articles will save you some time in doing your migrations. If you have any tips, tricks, resources that you think would help the group please email them to susan@clinchportal.com and we will post them here.