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Zac Smith
SharePoint, WSS and MOSS development.

Random Error When Creating Site Definition Templates

by Zac Smith 7-May-08, 0 Comments
Been playing around with site definitions lately and came across the most random error. I had deployed a site definition solution to my test farm and then all of a sudden I couln't access central admin. The error was:
"Exception occurred. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020009 (DISP_E_EXCEPTION))".
 
This didn't mean much to me and google suggested that I rebuild my site collection. In the end I fonud that there was a problem with my WEBTEMP.xml file.
I Had added a site template configuration like this:
<Configuration ID="1" Title="Base Publishing Site (Hidden)" Hidden="True" />
Which looks ok to me and I have seen a few samples that.
 
The missing element was the ImageUrl. So what I should have is:
<Configuration ID="1" Title="Base Publishing Site (Hidden)" Hidden="True" ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/blankprev.png" />
 
I'm wondering if this is something that has changed since SP1. If you look in the SDK you can see that ImageUrl is specified as Optional (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms476942.aspx).
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Ministry of Transport's Intranet features on SP Team Blog

by Zac Smith 2-May-08, 0 Comments
MOT's Intranet 'Discover' has been on quite a journey over the last two years. It began as one of the first MOSS implementations in NZ (during MOSS Beta) and it has picked up a few nifty awards along the way. I did quite a bit of work on it during the phase 2 release so it's something that I take a bit of pride in.
 
Well a few months ago Chan, Ari and I did a bit of a write up on how we approached some of the issues facing MOT and their MOSS deployment. You can read about our findings over at the SP Team Blog for yourself.
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