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Feature Stapling in SharePoint 2010 Part I

While working on an internal project recently, I was tasked to implement feature stapling which would enable us to load a custom master page to the My Site (specifically My Content) section. Before we jump into all the details I would like to define some terms just in case there are newbies (like me) who [...]

Site collection codes in Sharepoint 2010

  SharePoint 2010 ships with many in built templates. As a developer, you might come across the need to reference these  values somewhere down the line. I’ve provided a list of the codes below. These are also available here .Please note that the Global template value can also be used as just “GLOBAL” instead of “GLOBAL#0″. Example: <?xml [...]

Eliminating if-else statements using a rule engine

Most of you, like me have run into the dreaded long chain of if-else statements while developing. These chain of conditional statements often make code very difficult to read and debug. While working on a recent project I discovered a new way to clean things up. I’ll first take you through the old approach private [...]

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