Monthly Archives: April 2007

No more iPod dock receptacle accessories allowed by Apple?

Computers

that doesn't support mic components. Plus, it's a homemade thing and costs $65, a bit much for an extension cord. The only other thing I could find was SendStation's Dock Extender. If I bought 10 of them and strung them together, it might work but that'd cost me $280.

I emailed SendStation to ask if they would create the cable I need. The response was:

we'd love to make a dock extension cable, unfortunately Apple doesn't
authorize any further accessories with dock receptacle. As you might
know the cable shown at cablejive.com is a home-made product and not
licensed by Apple.

Apple doesn't authorize it? Why not? Does this mean a company can't build one and advertise that it's for an iPod? Is this some kind of CorPOrATe CONSPIRACY?!? I want my cable!!!!

UPDATE: MicroMemo might be my solution! Here's a review . Screw iMic!

Impressive Flash Sites

Web

4) Cactus

Here's an interesting way to present content. I would like to see this applied to YouTube or something like that.
Much more interesting than NASCAR.com!
I'm not even sure what this is for (LCD screens?) which means it's not a very effective site. Whatever it is, it looks good?
Interesting and out of the box.
I'm glad to see that design has moved out of the box of 90's Flash design.

SharePoint 2.0 Features Project

SharePoint

Print List

New in this release

1.      Support for printing any view

Notes

This Feature adds a "Print List" menu item to the "Actions" menu for every list in the site collection. When selected, it opens a printer-friendly view of the list for printing. This feature is based on the sample found here http://spstips.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-to-add-print-list-option-to-list.html and is used with the permission of the author. This version makes some key changes to the original: a printing master page was added, a content page with placeholders was added, the code was moved into an assembly, and an icon was added.

Theme Changer and ThemeChangerStaple

New in this release

1.      A stapling Feature has been created to staple the ThemeChange Feature to the Team Site and Blank Site definition

Notes

This feature changes the site theme and alternate style sheet to those specified in the FEATURE.XML file. This feature is ideal for changing the site theme and Alternate CSS when a new site is created. In order to use it, you must install and activate the ThemeChangerStaple Feature at the Farm level. Then edit the ThemeChanger FEATURE.XML file to reference the theme you want to use. The following is an example that creates all new Team Sites and Blank Sites with the Citrus theme and an alternate style sheet.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<Feature Title="Theme Changer"

    Description="Changes the site them when a new site is created."

    Scope="Web"

    Id="B8DED45F-E2D9-4a5f-BD7F-502B737BE901"

    Hidden="FALSE"

    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"

    Version="1.0.0.0"

    ReceiverAssembly="ThemeChanger, Version=1.0.0.0,

    Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=f0f1662b9aa4205c"

    ReceiverClass="ThemeChanger.Worker"

    >

    <Properties>

        <Property Key="Theme" Value="Citrus"/>

        <Property Key="AlternateCss"

        Value="/Style Library/myalternate.css"/>

    </Properties>

</Feature>

Simply take this feature and "staple" it to the site definition where you want to make the changes. Alternately, you can reference it directly in a custom site definition. Then when a new site of the target type is created, it will have the designated theme and style sheet.

Placeholder Master

This feature works only with the MOSS publishing features.

This Feature adds a new master page to the gallery named "Placeholder.master". When this Feature is activated, it changes the site master page to PlaceHolder.master. This master page shows all of the placeholders and their content in a table structure so you can easily see what content is rendered in which placeholder. This Feature is useful for understanding how placeholders are used in master pages and which ones you would have to change when creating a custom master page.

Presence Contact List

This is a contact list modified to show presence information as a drop-down associated with the e-mail field. This feature is based on the code posted here http://blogs.msdn.com/modonovan/archive/2005/05/11/416376.aspx. I simply wrapped it into a nice feature and tweaked it ever so slightly.

Content Type Hierarchy

This Feature presents the site content types in a hierarchical view. It shows the relationships between the content types, including hidden types. The Feature appears as the first link in the "Galleries" section of the Site Settings page.

Log Viewer

New in this release

1.      Thanks to some feedback from the community, this Feature now allows you to open files that are currently in use by SharePoint and sorts the events from youngest to oldest.

Notes

This is a Feature for viewing the Unified Logging Service (ULS) logs. It appears under a new “Utilities” section on the Operation tab of Central Administration

Debugger Feature

Notes

Adds a new menu item to the Site Actions menu that attaches the debugger.

Manage Form Users

Notes

This Feature adds a page to the People and Groups section of Site Settings for sites that use the SqlAuthenticationProvider. It allows you to add, edit, and delete users.

Task Alert

Notes

This Feature automatically sets up an alert for someone when a new task is assigned to them. When a new task is assigned, the Feature checks to see if the person (or people) in the “Assigned To” field have an alert set up on the task list. If they do not, then a new alert is set up automatically.

Task Mover

Notes

This Feature allows you to move a task from one list to another. A “Copy To..” menu item appears on the Edit Control Block for a task item. When selected, you can then choose the list where the task will be copied. If the task is versioned, all versions are copied.