1. Find the web.config file for the web application

e.g.

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\443

2. Backup web.config and then open the file in notepad
3. Append the  <defaultProxy> tag to include the proxy details

<system.net>

<defaultProxy>

<proxy usesystemdefault=”false” proxyaddress=”http://proxy:80/” bypassonlocal=”true” />

</defaultProxy>

</system.net>

4. Substitute http://proxy:80/ with your proxy address and port
5. Save the web.config file

When using the Blueband masterpage or a custom masterpage, you may find that the drop-down menus don’t work in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8).

There is a fix for internet explorer or you can view the page in compatibility mode. The only problem is you can’t expect all your users to know how to do this. Your site will be unusable to some of your users.

To fix this problem include the following meta tag into your masterpage:

<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=EmulateIE7″ />

It will force IE8 to render the page as it would if it was still IE7. Maybe not the best of fixes but all that Microsoft provide at the moment. The SP2 update to sharepoint just adds this line into the Masterpages (this will not add it into custom masterpages that you have already made!).

It can be very annoying having users accidently close web parts. It’s a long process to restore them.
To re-open a closed web part:

Go to Site Actions > Edit Page:
o Add a web part
o Advanced Web part gallery and options
o Select “Closed Web Parts”
o Drag-n-drop the web part back onto your page

To prevent this process from happening, try turning off the close web part button. It doesn’t remove the possibility of a user closing the web part but makes it much less likely to accidently happen!

For Each Web Part:

1.    Click on the web part menu and choose “Modify Shared Web Part” (as shown below)

2.    Expand “Advanced”

3.    Uncheck “Allow Close” (see below)

4.    Press OK

Ok, your publishing pages inherit fine but what if you want to inherit a master page on multiple site collections?

Unfortunately there is no easy way to do this if you want it to apply to the form pages as well, you could apply that master page to the entire web application but this would restrict one master page for the site. You need to create a site feature based on this master page template.

1. Open your master page in SharePoint Designer 2007 and make the appropriate changes to the site.

2. Insert your HTML, Javascript and attach your CSS, etc….

3. Copy and paste your master page code into notepad and save as masterpageName.master

4. Follow Heather Solomon’s excellent tutorial on creating a site feature and use your MasterpageName.master as the master page template

http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/servermstpageforsitecollect_feature.aspx

Once the site feature is activated you can goto Site Actions –> Site Settings –> Master Page and select your master page from the list (tick the box if you want it to apply to all the subsites)

Result – A custom master page which can be inherited by all the site’s children and the forms.

I had my first go at creating a custom form for ISA server today. The implementation went well considering i have never really used ISA server before. My aim is to create a second version of the form which will be more creative and personalised (now i have lost my fear of touching ISA server).
I’m hoping to use the string file to change the text, to give it a more west park feel. Images and logos created in PhotoShop.