By David Espino. When we start to build a web application with a right interface its necessary to verify and make sure that we understand every requirement given by the client. For a specific situation of the user interface, the best way to transfer our thinking and understanding with the client is via creating screen prototypes. In some occasions they contain a lot of controls like lists, combos or grids that are based on “dummy” information. They are made not just for making the screen to project the reality of what is going to be the application but also to let the prototype simulate item common elements of selection and editing. Just like the controls that represent information on...

by Sieena An automated vacation tracking system is an important part of any human resources department. Employee absences result in high costs for companies, and some experts estimated that they can range from 9% to 11% of your payroll. By reducing these costs with a tracking system, you will experience significant savings for your business. Vacation and leave tracking is as a helpful tool that oversees and manages all aspects of absence administration. Businesses that use this type of system will save significant savings in a variety of ways. First, these tools give businesses the ability to save on costs by using absence reporting and employee awareness techniques. HR vacation trac...

By Edith C. This is very useful when you are talking about quickly duplicate or backup your SharePoint Sites structure and information. The site template is saved through the SharePoint web user interface, which empowers users and avoids the need for administrative intervention. Now that we have a customized site, we are ready to save it as a custom site template for others to reuse. The steps to save the custom site template (for a SharePoint Team Site) are shown below: 1.       Navigate to Site Settings in your customized site. 2.       Select Save site as template under the Look and Feel section. 3.       Fill out the Save Site as Template page and then click OK.  At this tim...

By David Espino   Silverlight is a great plug-in that enables web programmers / web designers to create rich interface applications. However, it could be nicer to have our own copy of Silverlight application as a local application, maybe have a desktop icon to take a look to an important financial chart from our running business, maybe a local photo album, or any kind of gadget we want. This is where the “Out of Browser” feature of Silverlight 3.0 comes into play. First we need to create a Silverlight Application project: With our application created, we right click our Silverlight project and choose “Properties”. In the Silverlight tab, there is a checkbox which enables to the ...

 By Edith C. For complex InfoPath forms, which include: data connections, embedded code, etc. the Publishing Wizard is not quite recommended. Instead, you can deploy your forms via the Central Administration. These quick steps will guide you to efficiently publish your InfoPath form templates using the Administrator-deployment method. 1.       Start your SharePoint Central Administration. 2.       On the Central Administration page, click the Application Management tab. 3.       On the Application Management page, in the InfoPath Forms Services section, click Manage data connection files and click Upload. 4.       Browse and choose your xml file and double click it. 5.       To en...

  By Denisse Zavala   We all know how dealing with spam can be a real pain. However, nowadays we can rely on several tools to avoid this problem.   reCAPTCHA, a system developed by Carnegie Mellon University, provides an anti-bot service that can be embedded into web pages to protect them from automated applications trying to get access.   While all the information regarding reCAPTCHA is available in their website I will provide the steps to add a reCAPTCHA module into an ASP.NET site, using AJAX and Prototype to perform the validation.   Get reCAPTCHA   1.       Create an account and get the API keys 2.       Download the library.   Add the reCAPTCHA module to the page...

By Cesar Olivas When developing and designing websites, it is imperative to make them work in multiple browsers, from IE6 to the newest browsers in Windows and Mac. Cross browsing is the most challenging task of a web designer and it takes lots of time and effort to do. I do not condone their use, and I think that in most cases, standard compliant CSS should alleviate most of the issues between browsers, even for the dreaded IE6. I personally start developing the website in Firefox 3, and then I go and work with IE, Safari and other browsers if needed. As personal experience, the differences between FF3, 2 and IE8 are very minor, but when it comes to IE7 and IE6 it can be somewhat dif...

Recientemente Sieena ha participado en varios eventos junto con Microsoft de México para la promoción y evangelización de la plataforma de desarrollo para el próximo Windows Phone 7.   Algunos de los videos realizados por nuestro equipo son los siguientes:   Mi primera aplicación para Windows Phone 7 usando Silverlight: Webcast Aquí Mi primer juego con XNA para WP7. Webcast Aquí. El nuevo emulador de Windows Phone 7. Webcast Aquí. Para más webcast e información del Windows Phone 7 en México, acudir a ésta liga....

By Edith C. Install Windows Server 2003 / R2 or Windows Server 2003 and install and run Windows Updates. Active Directory Setup 1.       Install Active Directory in the server. 2.       Create the following users in AD: SPAppPool   This account is the "identity" of the "application pools" of applications. It’s associated with the SP databases that are within the "application pool".   No need to do manual configuration, the following automatically associates it: ·         Member of the db_owner of the database (associated with the application) ·         Access to "read" the configuration database and SharePoint_AdminContent ·         ...

The following videos are taken from the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Advanced IT Pro Training.   * * *   This Getting Started with SharePoint Server 2010 module (1 of 11) introduces Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 capabilities to IT professionals. Concepts covered include document sharing, lists, alerts, team sites, metadata, and more.   Presented by: John D. Ross, SharePoint MVP, SharePoint 911 Length: 54 minutes 15 seconds VIDEO: 1 | What can SharePoint Server 2010 Do for me?   * * *   This Getting Started with SharePoint Server 2010 module (2 of 11) covers software and hardware requirements, and the basic concepts of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.   Presented by: Randy...