Javascript XMLSerializer serializeToString() inconsistent
Not sure which browser is correct but I found a problem while trying to Parse XML (as a string) in javascript. IE10 removes the declaration […]
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Determining Who Approved/Declared Record in SharePoint
It comes to a surprise to me that SharePoint OTB does not permanently save this piece of information. although workflow history and approval tasks holds […]
Set SQL recovery model appropriately for Sharepoint 2013
on development environments, it’s better off to set the recovery model to “simple” instead of leaving it on “full”. This had a noticeable improvement. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jjameson/2011/03/19/using-the-simple-recovery-model-for-sharepoint-development-environments/ […]
Tracking down issue with Custom Field in Sharepoint
A long time ago when SharePoint was first deployed, the contractors we worked with deployed a custom field through a wsp solution. FilteredLookupField it’s a […]
Quickly inserting a user into WordPress
assuming you know the hash of your password you can insert an account with the following sql INSERT INTO `wp_users` ( `user_login`, `user_pass`, `user_nicename`, `user_email`, […]
Adobe Reader and clickable urls
Recently I came across an issue with Adobe Reader (and my tomcat cocoon pdf generator) now trying to make urls clickable. although I have placed […]
Letsencrypt open beta
Let’s Encrypt enters public beta. https://letsencrypt.org. Sadly nginx is only experimental support at the moment but those with apache should find no reason not to […]
Drupal8 Released
Big day today. Drupal8 is now available in the wild. Now time to start work on a migration! https://www.drupal.org/news/drupal-8.0.0-released
Visual Studio Code now with Extensions
VSCode now offers Extensions (formerly Gallery) It’s worth a look now. There’s some interesting extensions now that VSCode is open source. I hope some of […]
Problems with Restore-SpSite due to incorrect database schema
Sometimes Restore-SPSite does not correctly report the problem. In my case I found out the database schemas do not match. You can goto Central Admin […]