Weird & Wonderful IT

Just doing some pre-upgrade checks on SharePoint 2007. Want to make sure that everything is working as it is before upgrading.

As part of this I went to edit my profile on my personal site. Whenever I did though, I got an error message stating 404 File Not Found. Symptoms are described exactly in this Microsoft KB. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924399

Started reading through the solution, and walking through the steps. I hesitated on adding another Managed Path though, as there were already managed paths for MySite and Personal.

My advice is to skip to point 3 of the solution first and check that. In my case, it was that the Personal Site Services URL in SharedServices had been changed, which was causing the link to fail.

1. Under Shared Services Administration, click Shared Service Provider (SSP).
2. On the home page, click My Site settings under User Profiles and My Sites.
3. On the My Site settings page, type the URL of the included path in the Personal site provider box in the Personal Site Services area.
4. Configure the options that you want for the other settings, and then click OK.

In my case, putting ‘/mysite’ at the end of the URL and saving it solved the problem.

So, if you already have a load of Managed Paths, which include MySite, then check your URL first. May save you some time.

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Many people have probably already found this resource, but I thought that I would post it again as once more it has been the solution to my workflow woes.

This great collection of resources gives you greater flexibility with all of the workflows included with SharePoint, and with no setup hassles.

I’m not going to list everything it can do here, but just link to the other site. Have a look. It could save a lot of time and frustration.

http://www.codeplex.com/SPDActivities

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I have been setting up the SharePoint Room Equipment and Reservations Template for use in the college as a bookings system for ICT Rooms, Minibuses, Halls and Meeting Rooms. Came across an annoyance where when selecting a time period in the day, the form would automatically fill in the date in American format (mm/dd/yyyy).

All of the locale settings on the server and the client had been set to UK English.

Turns out that the locale is hard coded in that page. To edit,

1. Go to the Reservations Page, and select Site Actions –> Edit Page

2. Modify the Gantt Chart web part.

3. Select XSL Editor.

4. Near the top you will find a line like this:

<xsl:param name=”lcid”>1033</xsl:param>

Replace it with

<xsl:param name=”lcid”>5129</xsl:param>

Save your changes and your form will now work in UK date format.

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