In my case I wanted it to go to the root of the sub site, not the site collection.

NavigateUrl=”~sitecollection/” became NavigateUrl=”~site/”

This is a long time frustration for me which is a simple fix.  When you create new vector objects in Photoshop you get a handy (or annoying) outline around the shape.  This is great if perhaps the shape is the same color as the background.  But if you want to see your composition as it is intended but are manipulating the shape layer, this is obnoxious.

Further, if you like me use CMD+H to hide Photoshop the standard shortcut won’t work.

So just head to View->Show->Target Path.

This was originally found here.

To work around this issue, either disable 3D acceleration for the virtual machine, or disable hardware acceleration in the particular Microsoft Office 2013 application.

To disable 3D acceleration in a Windows 7 or 8 virtual machine:

1. Shut down the virtual machine.
2. Go to Settings and click Display.
3. Turn the Accelerate 3D Graphics setting to OFF.
4. Start the virtual machine.

To disable hardware acceleration in a particular Microsoft Office 2013 application:

1. Launch the Office 2013 application you want disable hardware acceleration for.

2. Click File > Options >Advanced > Disable hardware acceleration.This disables hardware acceleration only for Microsoft Office 2013 applications.Note: 3D acceleration is still available for other applications in the virtual machine.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2034553

I don’t game much these days but I have possibly on occasion played some World of Warcraft.  Performance even at full resolution was actually pretty stellar on this new machine.

However, the other night I was doing some late night work (an all too often occurrence) and I put the machine down for the night.  A few minutes later there was a howling of fans next to me!  Picking up the scorching hot machine it was in the midst of what seemed to be a kernel-panic induced reboot.

It finally restarted and eventually cooled off.  Everything seemed okay until I found a few minutes for a game a few days later.

I logged into WoW and noticed that my framerate was a whopping 4fps.  I tried everything I could think of offhand to remedy the issue.  Thinking I might be crazy I downloaded a benchmark, CineBench.  This confirmed my suspicions that the computer was likely only running off the integrated graphics chip versus the dedicated card.

So I set out to see what I could do before calling in reinforcements.  First I tried a NVRAM as shown here.  This didn’t fix the problem sadly.  So next on the list was the SMC reset described here.  Lo and behold this did the trick!  Everything was back to normal!  Woooohooo!

Now I will keep my fingers crossed for no more random KPs

In short, just make sure that if you are sending emails to a group that the group members are visible to all (which they aren’t by default).

Original article: http://kirkbarrett.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/sharepoint-workflow-completes-with-status-stopped/

I have had a baffling problem with a simple workflow I created in SharePoint Designer to manage a simple approval business process. The workflow repeatedly completed but did so with a Stopped status and none of the actions in the workflow were executed. There were no errors reported and I could find no reason based on what I was doing in the workflow for this to occur. The workflow would send email to the members of a SharePoint group, set a task for these members, create a new entry in a separate list and then update a field on the item in the list that the workflow is associated with. None of these actions were being performed. If I opened the workflow in Designer and then saved it (clicking the Finish button) I could immediately run workflow with no problems but the next person to attempt to run it would hit the same issue.

Well, it turns out that a stalemate occurs when you create a SharePoint Designer workflow with an action that sends e-mail to a SharePoint group. The workflow runs but completes with a status Stopped when run accounts with any permission level other than when run under Administrator account.

This issue occurs because by default, the visibility of the members list of a SharePoint group is granted only to the members of those in the group. Any other user outside that group cannot see the members of the group and as a result the workflow cannot see who to send the email to and fails setting the status to Stopped. To resolve the issue, go to SharePoint Group Settings (Site Settings -> People and Groups -> select the group -> Settings -> Group Settings) and select Everyone to see the members of group (see the picture below).

This SharePoint Designer Team blog entry gives some clarity around the issue of declarative workflows and user context.

We value all experience related to web/Sharepoint development but these are our more critical requirements:

Requirements:

• Expert-level ability with AJAX, JS, JSON, DOM scripting, CSS and HTML
• Advanced ability to create table-less layouts using CSS and semantically correct markup
• Proficiency with JavaScript frameworks and unobtrusive techniques, we specifically use the jQuery framework
• Ability to write custom JavaScript
• Excellent time management, problem solving, teamwork, and communication skills
• Ability to follow technical specifications and production processes
• In depth understanding of cross-browser, front-end development issues
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and strong time management and problem solving capabilities
• Intermediate experience with Adobe Photoshop (should be able to convert design comps into HTML/CSS/images)
• Must be flexible and a self-starter

Desired Attributes (nice to have):

• Server-side scripting/programming knowledge
• SharePoint management
• Flash/Builder
• Mobile application development experience
• Intermediate understanding of the SharePoint (WSS3) and SP2010 (BPOS) platforms, its uses and relevant terminology
• Experience implementing SharePoint workflows
• Experience developing custom forms in SharePoint Designer (custom list forms)

Our ideal developer must be able to:

Use Photoshop, Dreamweaver and SharePoint Designer on a daily basis without onsite training in these applications.

• Should be able to implement data views, build SharePoint workflows, and customize master pages.
• Freehand HTML and cross-browser CSS.
• Know what HTML5 and CSS3 are and why they are different than earlier versions.
• Describe what jQuery is, be able to use it, and read/write code based upon it.
• Understand what JavaScript functions, arrays, objects, and properties are and how to use them.

Please email resumes to dawheeler@coca-cola.com

$(‘#siteactions ie\\:menuitem’).each(function(){

(Note: my Site Actions Menu lives in a div called #siteactions in my master page)

This seemed to work well until I wanted to take advantage of the latest SPServices release which is now compatible with the latest jQuery.  I suspect (though I haven’t done extensive testing to be sure) is that some of the same issues with the new jQuery that were incompatible with the earlier release of SPServices were causing my issues.  After a bit of head-scratching I decided to sidestep the issue alltogether.  I couldn’t quite find a way to select the ie:menuitem nodes and step through them with an ‘each’ so instead I opted to simply use:

$(‘#siteactions menu’).children().each(function(){

I suppose this may have been obvious to some but for some reason I was determined to get the selector right.  If you know how to select elements with namespaces across-browsers in jQuery 1.7 I would be very interested to hear.

Go to  Edit menu > Preferences > Accessibility > and remove checkmark from the Images box.

This is not to suggest you should ignore accessibility, just that you don’t have to have Dreamweaver drill it into your skull 70 times to get the point across.

Have you ever wanted to re-download something from iTunes?  I sure have.  One example was a TV Season I bought for the kids a while back, Backyardigans Season 3.  I opted for the HD variety but once we tried to view it, it was awful.  It averaged something like 3 frames per second.    Apple doesn’t exactly make it obvious how to report a problem or get help with such things.  At least it wasn’t obvious to me, and I looked for awhile.

So with the upcoming release of iCloud Apple has introduced a neat new feature, you can download all of your past purchases!  This seems like one of those features that have been there since day one.  But unless you were some high-profile celebrity or got lucky, you couldn’t technically do this in the past.

So here you go, go get those accidentally deleted episodes you have been missing.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519

This meant I couldn’t pull my two 1.5 gig drives that were slated for expansion in the new rig.

So I figured it was time to purge them manually.  Here is how you do it:

1. Run mstsc.exe to start a Remote Desktop Connection session to your home server.  Or if you are on a Mac (as I am) use the Remote Desktop Connection client for Mac.

2. Open a Command Prompt, Click Start, Run and type CMD

3. Type net stop PDL.

4. Type net stop WHSBackup to stop the Windows Home Server Backup service.

5. Delete the contents of D:\folders\{00008086-058D-4C89-AB57-A7F909A47AB4}.  Do not delete the folder.

6. Type net start WHSBackup to restart the Windows Home Server Backup service.

7. Type net start PDL.

After deleting the backup database, you need to reinstall the Windows Home Server Connector software or run the Discovery.Exe program on each of your home computers to re-establish a relationship between your home computers and your home server so new backups will occur.

Thanks to James Clarke for the instructions.