SharePoint 2010 Modal Dialog Window / Popup & XSLT Examples

Just wanted to share some of my XSLT snippets to create SharePoint 2010 modal dialog window / popups.

You can find some great info on Modal Windows here:
http://erikswenson.blogspot.com/

Also check out PAGETYPE Enumeration:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.pagetype.aspx


Here is a basic example of how to launch the Modal Window:

Show Bing In Modal Window

Now, some XSLT snippets for a discussion list view / toolbar

// New Form for Discussions

javascript:NewItem2(event,'../_layouts/listform.aspx?PageType=8&ListID={}&RootFolder=&ContentTypeId=0x0107&DiscussionParentId=');javascript:return false;

../_layouts/listform.aspx?PageType=8&ListID={}&RootFolder=&ContentTypeId=0x0107&DiscussionParentId=

 Reply 

// Edit Form

javascript:NewItem2(event,'../_layouts/listform.aspx?PageType=6&ListId={}&ID=');javascript:return false;

../_layouts/listform.aspx?PageType=6&ListId={}&ID=

 Edit 

// Display form to view attachments


javascript:NewItem2(event,'../_layouts/listform.aspx?PageType=4&ListId={}&ID=');javascript:return false;

../_layouts/listform.aspx?PageType=4&ListId={}&ID=

_self

View Attachments

 Attachment(s) 

More useful links: SharePoint Developer Team Blog: How to Open a List Form in a Modal Dialog Box

SharePoint 2010 Limits, Thresholds, and Boundaries

Here are some key SharePoint 2010 Boundaries and Limits
Via: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx

Highlights

Content database size - 200 GB per content database

Site collection size - 100 GB per site collection

File Size - 2GB - The default maximum file size is 50 MB. This can be increased up to 2 GB, however a large volume of very large files can affect farm performance.

Documents - 30,000,000 per library

Major Versions - 400,000

Bulk Operations - 100 items per bulk operation

List view lookup threshold - 8 join operations per query

List view threshold - 5,000

List view threshold for auditors and administrators - 20,000 - This setting works with Allow Object Model Override.

Subsite - 2,000 per site view

Web Parts - 25 per wiki or Web part page

Users in a site collection - 2 million per site collection

Alerts - 1,000,000 per search application - This is the tested limit.

Keywords - 200 per site collection

Social tags, notes and ratings - 500,000,000 per social database

Blog Posts - 5000 per site

Assembly Development vs Artifact Development in SharePoint / Usage of SharePoint Designer in Production

This has been a hot topic for me recently. This article explains how SharePoint Designer can and should be used in a production environment by explaining Assembly Development vs Artifact Development or "Content" Development.

Team-Based Development in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb428899.aspx

Some key points:
- Content Developers can use SharePoint Designer to create and modify content

- Content Developers have the ability to modify the existing production environment and conduct publication using a content management path to the production Web Farm.

- The authoring environment can exist within the production environment

- From a team perspective, the shared authoring environment is more effective than individually separate authoring environments.

- SharePoint Designer artifacts do not need to be integrated with enterprise source control

- Enterprise source control (such as Team Foundation Server) should be used strictly for assembly development in a team environment, while the effort to integrate content management items into source control is not a supported process.

- Attempts to integrate items into enterprise source control that are considered SharePoint Designer content items and part of a content development require extensive workarounds involving manual processes and procedures.


"For content design and publication, a single authoring environment - in which multiple content developers can use SharePoint Designer to create and publish content - can simplify time spent in migrating content artifacts from separate environments into a production environment.

Useful SharePoint 2010 Links

Just sharing some handy SharePoint 2010 links...

Microsoft SharePoint Product Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepoint/

Building a SharePoint 2010 Development machine
http://www.sharepointdevwiki.com/display/sp2010/Building+a+SharePoint+2010+Development+machine


SharePoint 2010 Demo Videos (Note: HUGE FILES)
Overview:
http://msstudios.vo.llnwd.net/o21/msstudios/0906/1001251/1001251_SharePoint2010_Overview_SneakPeek_Rizzo_mobile.wmv

For Developers:
http://msstudios.vo.llnwd.net/o21/msstudios/0906/1001251/1001251_SharePoint_SneakPeek_For_Developers_Andrew_mobile.wmv

For IT Pro's:
http://msstudios.vo.llnwd.net/o21/msstudios/0906/1001251/1001251_SharePoint_SneakPeek_For_IT_Professionals_Riley_mobile.wmv


SharePoint 2010 Central Administration Video
http://edge.technet.com/Media/SharePoint-2010-Central-Administration/



Compare SharePoint Editions
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx

Planning and architecture for SharePoint Server 2010http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261834.aspx

Deployment for SharePoint Server 2010http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262957.aspx

Operations for SharePoint Server 2010http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262289.aspx

Technical reference for SharePoint Server 2010http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262798.aspx


SharePoint 2010 Top 10 Features and Resources
http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=267


Upgrading Features in SharePoint 2010
http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2010/08/08/upgrading-features-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx

The Ultimate SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Content Management ECM Cheat Sheet
http://blogs.kma-llc.net/microknowledge/2010/08/the-ultimate-sharepoint-2010-enterprise-content-management-ecm-cheat-sheet.html

Wiki FAQs with SharePoint 2010
http://socialmedia.mikegannotti.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=404

SharePoint 2010 Developer - Courses you need to watch!

Channel 9 - SharePoint 2010 Developer

Units in this course

Getting Started with SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 Developer Roadmap
Visual Studio 2010 Tools for SharePoint 2010
UI Enhancements
Lists and Schemss
LINQ to SharePoint
Client Object Model
Workflow
Services Architecture
Accessing External Data
Enterprise Content Management
Extending Search
PerformancePoint Services
Sandboxed Solutions