I decided to share all my interesting reads and resources month by month with my blog readers. You can find these posts by searching on the label Links. I'll try to order the resources in logical categories. If you would like to see some interesting stuff added in the next month, don't hesitate to post a comment.

So this is my first Links post for October 2008.

SharePoint - Design and Customization

• Auto-Refresh a SharePoint Page: Explains how to enable your SharePoint page to refresh every x seconds.


• SPListDisplaySetting (Powered by Laurent Cotton Aka Suchii - Bewise) : SharePoint feature (for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007) providing advanced settings to customize list form rendering in new, display and edit mode. See also Customize SharePoint list form rendering in new, edit and display mode


• Folders in SharePoint document libraries - Why???: comparing advantages and disadvantages of using folders in document libraries


• Updating Content Types and Site Columns That Were Deployed as a Feature: explanation of how site columns and content types are handled internally by SharePoint

SharePoint - Business Intelligence

• Plan external data connections for Excel Services: To configure Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to enable workbooks loaded on Excel Services in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to successfully refresh external data, you need to understand the relationships and dependencies between Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Excel Services. The guidance provided in this article helps you resolve the Data Refresh Failed error message.

SharePoint - Tips and Tricks

• How to move/migrate SharePoint list items/documents and preserve metadata properties at the same time

Blogging - Blog Widgets

• Lijit: blog widget which allows publishers (primarily bloggers) to create their own search engine.