MOSS Ratings Module

Pilothouseconsulting has a pretty cool module to allow for ratings. Check it out at their site: http://www.sharepointrating.com/Pages/sharepoint_rating_home.aspx

After a quick registration you can gain access to the .wsp and to the installation instructions.

NearPoint for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Santa Clara, Calif .– March 17, 2009 — Mimosa Systems, a leader in next-generation email and file archiving solutions, today announced that it has extended its enterprise email and file archiving solution, Mimosa NearPointTM, to offer complete content archiving, data protection and e-Discovery support for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Mimosa NearPoint for Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides the industry with an extensive content archive solution that delivers enhanced information management capabilities to address critical requirements for storage optimization, recovery, information access, and e-Discovery in a single offering.
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Mainsoft links Microsoft SharePoint, IBM Jazz

In partnership with IBM, Mainsoft on Tuesday will ship an integration package that links Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration platform and IBM's Rational Jazz system for application lifecycle management, enabling business users to have their say in application development.
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Microsoft SharePoint Developer Challenge

Here is an opportunity for you to win great prizes by sharing your knowledge and breadth of experience with Developers in the SharePoint Developer Forum.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopment/threads/

From March 1st, 2009 to May 31st, 2009 there will be three contests and 5 monthly prizes given. You can win an Xbox 360, a Zune 120GB , or a 7” digital frame!

For more information, including eligibility and entry requirements, see official rules at http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/pages/microsoft-sharepoint-developer-forum-challenge-official-rules.aspx.

How to use a URL parameter to filter a Data View Web part in FrontPage 2003

This works for MOSS as well...

Insert a Data View

To add a Data View to your Web, page follow these steps:

1.Click the position on the page where you want your Data view to reside.
2.On the Data menu, click Insert Data View.
3.Click the data source that you want to use for your view.
4.Click Insert Data View.

Modify the parameter binding location

To modify the Data View to accept data from a URL, follow these steps:

1.Open the page in FrontPage 2003.
2.At the bottom of the edit window, click Code.
3.On the Edit menu, click Find.
4.In the Find What box, type ParameterBinding Name="filterParam", and then click Find Next.
5.Find the Location attribute in this line.
6.Replace the current Location attribute value with the following: "Postback;Connection;QueryString(Param)" Where Param is the parameter in the URL query string that you want to pass to the Data View filter (i.e. default.aspx?Param=MyValue).
7.At the bottom of the edit window, click Design.
8.Add a filter to the Data View. To do so, follow these steps
a. On the Data menu, click Filter.
b. Click Click here to add a new clause.
c. Select the Field Name that you want to filter on.
d. For the Value to compare against, click [Input Parameter].
9.Save the Web page.