SharePoint Custom code acceptance checklist

The ability to customize sites by adding custom solutions gives Office SharePoint Server 2007 power and flexibility. However, a poorly designed or implemented executable module that runs in a SharePoint farm can do harm even beyond the scope of the Web application for which it was intended. Poorly implemented custom solutions can introduce security or performance risks, increase the cost of support, complicate deployment, and reduce productivity.
You can find more details @: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc707802.aspx

New Microsoft SharePoint 2010 details start to emerge

Following are the New features (rumored) to incorporated into new Sharepoint 2010

Source: www.zdnet.com

Performance Optimization for WCM Sites & Optimize Sharepoint Site for Search Engines

In internet facing scenario performance optimization is a key thing for the successful implementation of any website. Microsoft has provided good articles related to Performance Optimization for the WCM site in SharePoint & also on how to optimize SharePoint for search engines.
Here is the link:
 
How to Optimize a SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management Site for Performance

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727371.aspx
How to Optimize SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management Sites for Search Engines

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721591.aspx

Site Content And Structure : Find all the pages created using Page layout

In CMS Dependent Report feature is used to identify all the postings which are created using the Template. In Sharepoint Similar feature is available where you can find all the pages which are created using the page layout. This is also useful when you modify the page layout and you want to test all the pages which are created using this page layout.

Here are the steps:

1)Navigate to Site Actions à Manage Content And Structure

2)Go to Master Page Gallery in the folder list

3)Select “Show Related Resources” in the Tool Pane

4)Select the Page Layout for which you want to list all the resources

5)A list of all the related resources for the selected page layout will be listed in the bottom window.

Understand Sharepoint using Dot Net Reflector

Using .NET Reflector, you can browse the classes and methods of an assembly, you can examine the Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) generated by these classes and methods, and you can decompile the classes and methods and see the equivalent in C# or Visual Basic .NET.

Dot Net Reflector Can be used for the following in SharePoint Scenario, :

Example Usage of Dot Net Reflector to Under Stand SharePoint Source Code:

· If you want to know on what is happening on load of OOTB Search Results Page then open Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.dll and navigate to SearchResultsPage class and click on OnLoad method.

SharePoint DLLS:

Obfuscation:

Sometimes, not too often, when Reflector is disassembling source code for you, it will show “This item is obfuscated and can not be translated” instead of code. This is done for some of the more “sensitive” areas of the code

Downloads:

.Net Reflector: http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/

Add-ins: http://www.codeplex.com/reflectoraddins

Note: Review the end user license agreement (EULA) for the relevant Microsoft products before using this tool.


Manage Site Content And Structure in Sharepoint Server 2007

In a Sharepoint the Site Content and Structure page is cool tool for site administrators to manage site content and structure. You can do lot of stuff here in a easy and efficient way

You can do the following
1)    Create Sub site/pages/files
2)    Delete Sub sites/ pages/ files
3)    Move files between libraries
4)    Delete Sites/ files
5)    Bulk Check in/ Checkout/ Approve pages or documents
6)    Publish Pages – If you want to publish the file, you have to check in the file then approve and then publish it You can do this in one step by selecting the Action >> Publish through Site Content and Structure Page.

Navigation Path: Site Actions >> Manage Content And Structure

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Securing Publishing Internet Sites – ViewFormPagesLockDown Feature

In Internet facing websites, you don’t want anonymous users to access pages such as AllItems.aspx etc. There is a Sharepoint feature ViewFormPagesLockDown which can be enabled to secure your sites. Find out more details about this feature at: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/f507f5d6-4c9d-4f98-909f-069c53b9a3f61033.mspx#section6

Activate Feature:
stsadm -o activatefeature -url <site collection url> -filename ViewFormPagesLockDown\feature.xml

De-Activate Feature:

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -url <site collection url> -filename ViewFormPagesLockDown\feature.xml

Disposing Sharepoint Objects– SPDisposeCheck tool

In sharepoint, you should explicitly dispose SharePoint objects that implement IDisposable when you are finished using them.

The SPDisposeCheck tool will aid in inspecting the disposing of certain Sharepoint objects. This is a must have tool for SharePoint developer to check disposing of SharePoint objects in there custom codes

Download - http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCheck

Best practices for disposing windows share point objects http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973248.aspx