Janik von Rotz

Hide the Open in Explorer option in the SharePoint command ribbon

Since it’s possible to upload documents to SharePoint via Drag and Drop, the “Open in Explorer” option in SharePoint can be removed.

I recommend to remove this option unregarded of it’s possible to upload via Drag and Drop as the user can’t update document metadata in the windows explorer.

Here’s an example of what we want:

Hidden Open in Explorer option

And the solution to achieve this, is available on GitHub: https://github.com/janikvonrotz/SharePoint-Hide-Open-With-Explorer

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SharePoint Class Registration Form

Introduction

This walkthrough shows how to build an automated registration form that closes down registration if the seats in the class fill up.

Here’s an example of what the result will look like:

Class Registration Form Example

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Install MySQL

This post is part of my Your own Virtual Private Server hosting solution project.
Get the latest version of this article here: https://gist.github.com/9392658.

Introduction

MySQL is the world’s most popular open source database system.

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O3M 35 - What the Fuuu (Damn Prog House)

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Manage your SharePoint default settings with PowerShell

This post is part of my PowerShell PowerUp project.

The only way to deploy SharePoint default settings for site collections and sites manually is using predefined site templates or an ugly third party tool. And in case you’ll do that with site templates it’ll cost a lot of the time to update settings which were already set.

However with PowerShell it’s possible to deploy SharePoint default settings automatically and it’s a lot easier than you might think.

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Redirected subdomains to domain

This post is part of my Your own Virtual Private Server hosting solution project.
Get the latest version of this article here: https://gist.github.com/9433480.

Introduction

A website has to be only accessible by one specific host name. Otherwise search engines will index your website two or more times. A lot of people think that a website should only be published as www.[host]. I think this is wrong, using the www section is a old fashioned way of how companies have structured their DNS records. There are users which still use the www before tipping an url and others who don’t. However we will allow both of them to access our website.

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Update SharePoint Token Lifetime to update AD permissions faster

Since SharePoint 2013 only supports claim based authentication I discovered that updates in SharePoint Active Directory groups do not take effect immediately.

Thanks to Ryan McIntyre there’s a simple fix for that issue.

By adjusting the lifetime of the claims token you can shorten the time it takes to update the Active Directory group changes.

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Nginx SSL website

This post is part of my Your own Virtual Private Server hosting solution project.
Get the latest version of this article here: https://gist.github.com/9408793.

Introduction

This best practice shows you the most advanced SSL configurations for your Nginx website. For productive usage it’s recommended to use only public-signed certificates.

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Improve your next presentation with Less is More

The less is more approach is a simple improvement strategy for your next presentation. By simplifying the design and removing unnecessary formatting of tables of diagrams, they will be more easy to read and understand.

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Node.js Nginx proxy website

This post is part of my Your own Virtual Private Server hosting solution project.
Get the latest version of this article here: https://gist.github.com/9407504.

Introduction

It’s recommanded to publish a Node.js application with a Nginx proxy website.

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