Webparts – My SharePoint Adventures

Administration

Maximum number of Web Parts for all zones exceeded

Andrew Toh

Problem A user tries to access / create / modify a personal view and receives the following message: Cause The user has created too many personal views. With personal views, SharePoint actually adds each view as a web part on the page. If a user has 10 personal views, there are actually 10 web parts […]

Administration

Audience targeted webpart not working for AD Group

Andrew Toh

Problem You configure audience targeting for a webpart using AD groups. A newly added user is unable to see the webpart even though you have confirmed that the account has the correct AD group memberships. Cause SharePoint updates AD user group memberships only after the User Profile Synchronisation service is run. Solution Open Central Administration […]

Development

SharePoint 2010 Search Results Customisation

Andrew Toh

Requirement I was given the task of creating a simple Staff Directory for the company I work for after trialing some other products that used custom webparts. All of the products we tested did not meet our requirements or were too slow. After some research, I found a way to customise the people search results […]