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Solution for “Access denied by Business Data Connectivity” Error

If you are trying to create external data type list and get the error “Access Denied by Business Data Connectivity” then the most common reason for that can be the incorrect permissions for your target External Content Type. To fix the issue, please perform the following steps: Open your SharePoint 2010 Central Administration Page Under [...]

Solution: The Taxonomy feature (Feature ID “73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C”) has not been activated

If you are trying to add a Managed Metadata type column and getting “The Taxonomy feature (Feature ID “73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C”) has not been activated” error then here is the quickest way to enable the required feature by using following PowerShell cmdlet: Enable-SPFeature -id “73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C” -url “YourSiteUrl”          

Quickest way to add Facebook Like Button on your SharePoint page

Facebook is everywhere. No one can deny the importance of Facebook’s social media capabilities. If you want to add the Facebook Like button on your SharePoint pages then just paste the following code in a Content Editor Web Part and you will instantly get the Like button for that page. You do not need to hardcode [...]

HTML Field Control versus Content Editor Web Part

Normally, people feel strong temptation to use Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) whenever they need to display HTML content on a SharePoint page. There is nothing wrong in using CEWP as far as you know when to use it and what are the alternatives. Most of the time CEWP performs as needed but there are some scenarios where we [...]

Find duplicate items in SharePoint

Here is a quick and simple way to find duplicates for SharePoint documents.

Download wsp solution file from SharePoint Farm

Here is a simple code to download the actual solution file from SharePoint Farm.

Solution for JavaScript Error on Search Results Page in SharePoint

This article provides the solution for the object expected error on SharePoint Search Results page.

How to edit source in SharePoint 2010 Content Editor Web Part (CEWP)?

Here is the way to edit source in Content Editor Web Part CEWP in SharePoint 2010

How to generate a valid SharePoint FileName

How to generate a valid SharePoint FileName. I have created a utility function to convert a given string to a valid SharePoint filename. This function is valid for SharePoint 2003, 2007 and 2010.

How to solve never ending "Sleeping for 10 seconds" upgrade message of SharePoint

Here is the solution to solve never ending “Sleeping for 10 seconds” upgrade message of SharePoint