In Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013, an external content type against a WCF service could show the following error:
Unknown Error occurred. Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.
Reason? This issue occurs because the DLL version that’s returned form the server doesn’t match the one in SharePoint Designer 2013.
Solution? Replace the content of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\spdesign.exe config file with the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <configuration> <startup> <requiredRuntime version="v2.0.50727" /> <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" /> </startup> <runtime> <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.BusinessData" publicKeyToken="71e9bce111e9429c" culture="neutral" /> <bindingRedirect oldVersion="16.0.0.0-65535.65535.65535.65535" newVersion="15.0.0.0"/> </dependentAssembly> </assemblyBinding> </runtime> </configuration>
When creating a WCF connection in SPD 2013, you may face the problem with the following error: “Cannot find any matching endpoint configuration”. The problem is service endpoint URL address.
If you are connecting to ASMX based web service, the “Service Endpoint URL” is the ASMX service url. For example, if the ASMX service is hosted at http://server/service.asmx then the values for “Service Metadata URL” and “Service Endpoint URL” are as follows:
Service Metadata URL – http://server/service.asmx?wsdl
Service Endpoint URL – http://server/service.asmx
Unfortunately managed metadata navigation this doesn’t work for anonymous users of SharePoint 2013. The menu item and all children under it will not be visible, unless you define direct link:
I recently made some customization for SharePoint 2013 website. One of the requirement was to remove default Sign In link from the top of the master page. There is no options in Site Settings for such a thing, and the only was is to use CSS code or to the something easier:
Find and delete the following peace of code:
<!--MS:<SharePoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl runat="server" AuthenticationRestrictions="AnonymousUsersOnly">--><!--MS:<wssucw:Welcome runat="server" EnableViewState="false">--><!--ME:</wssucw:Welcome>--><!--ME:</SharePoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl>-->
If you need to extract year from created value, just create new column and use the following formula:
=DATE(YEAR([Created]),1,1)
New column should be single text in order to use its value in views and filters, because date format is not supported.
If your “Change the look” link is missing in Site settings, you cannot change theme easily. However, all SP sites have the same URL paths for many options, and you can simply type direct URL for themes.
All you have to do is to simply add “/_layouts/15/designgallery.aspx” to the URL address. Example: http://mysite/_layouts/15/designgallery.aspx. Now you can apply custom theme to MySite
Keep in mind that MySite uses special master page (mysite15.master). It is important to update new composed look with this master page URL.
Enjoy Sharepointing!
The custom CSS filelets you apply custom CSS to a SP content. Be aware that option is available only within a SharePoint server publishing site. The custom CSS option also ensures that this CSS file will load last, which prevents the Corev4.css from overriding it.
Here are some useful css tricks:
<style type="text/css">
/* Change ribbon background color */
body #s4-Ribbonrow {
background-color:#283A10;
}
</style>
<style type="text/css">
/* Change header */
.s4-title {
height:125px;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#C3D6AA', endColorstr='#283A10'); /* for IE */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #C3D6AA, #283A10); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
}
</style>
<style type="text/css">
/* Change the breadcrumb in the title area */
.s4-title h1 a {
color:#1E4620;
font-variant:small-caps;
font-weight:bold;
}</style>
<style type="text/css">
/* Change the color of the page title in the header area */
.s4-title h2 a {
color:#383838;
}
/* Team Site*/
.ms-WikiPageNameEditor-Display {
color:#383838;
}
/*Blog Site*/
.s4-titletext h2 {
color:#383838;
}
</style>
<style type="text/css">
.ms-webpartPage-root {
border-spacing: 0px !important;
}
.ms-webpartzone-cell {
margin: 0px !important;
}
</style>
To turn off the “I Like It” and the “Tags & Notes” features, use the following steps.