Microsoft SharePoint 2007 - Stsadm extensions

"The branding tool is out. What next? How about an stsadm tool for themes?"

After a search on google, it seems Gary Lapointe has beat me to it:
http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2008/01/apply-theme.html

He's created a very useful list of stsadm extended commands found here.
(http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html)

The source code can be downloaded here:
http://www.thelapointes.com/blog/stsadm.zip

The installation file can be downloaded here:
http://www.thelapointes.com/blog/Lapointe.SharePoint.STSADM.Commands.wsp

Here's a listing of the additional commands:

1. createquotatemplate


2. editquotatemplate


3. setmastersitedirectory


4. setallowaccesstoonlinegallery


5. disableuserpermissionforwebapp


6. enableuserpermissionforwebapp


7. setselfservicesitecreation


8. connecttoportalsite


9. setsitegeneralsettings


10. setuserprofiledefaultaccessaccount


11. setuserprofileimportschedule


12. gen2003to2007profilepropertymap


13. migrate2003profilesto2007


14. setpictureurlnewpath


15. setsitenamingformat (use mysitesettings instead)


16. enuminstalledsitetemplates


17. enumavailablesitetemplates


18. addavailablesitetemplate


19. removeavailablesitetemplate


20. enumnavigation


21. addnavigationnode


22. setnavigationnodes


23. copynavigation


24. enumfeatures


25. copycontenttypes


26. enumavailablepagelayouts


27. fixpublishingpagespagelayouturl


28. repairsitecollectionimportedfromsubsite


29. convertsubsitetositecollection


30. setsitedirectoryscanviewurls


31. enumtimerjobdefinitions


32. exportlist


33. importlist


34. copylist


35. getlistschemaxml


36. enumunghostedfiles


37. reghostfile


38. deletelistfield


39. moveweb


40. managecontentdbsettings


41. addsiteadmin


42. deleteweb2


43. mysitesettings


44. upgrade2


45. enumpagewebparts


46. movewebpart


47. setwebpartstate


48. retargetcontentquerywebpart


49. replacefieldvalues


50. applyupgradeareaurlmappings


51. publishitems


52. setlocalsitedirectory


53. import2


54. setsearchcenter


55. replacewebpartcontent


56. enumeffectivebaseperms


57. createwebapp


58. deletewebapp


59. exportlistitem


60. importlistitem


61. copylistitem


62. deletelistitem


63. setnavigationsettings


64. enumprofileprivacypolicies


65. setprofileprivacypolicy


66. enumprofileproperties


67. editprofileproperty


68. exportlistfield


69. importlistfield


70. updatelistfield


71. deletelist


72. copylistsecurity


73. updatelistview


74. setsspacl


75. createsearchscope


76. updatesearchscope


77. addsearchrule


78. setauditsettings


79. setusageanalysis


80. adduser2


81. adduserpolicyforwebapp


82. addlistitem


83. exportlistitem2


84. movesite


85. applytheme


86. retargetgroupedlistingswebpart


87. sitewelcomepage


88. enumwelcomepages


89. createcontentdb


90. createsiteindb


91. exportcontenttypes


92. exportsitecolumns


93. importsitecolumns


94. setanonymousaccess

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 - SharePoint Branding Tool v1.6.0 (Custom tool for themes, masterpages, site logos...)

This is an update for this article.

I spent a few more hours trying to update the user interface and to make the tool a little easier to use.

Update 1: New options
The interface is more refined and has shortcuts to open the site directly from a context menu. New items in the "File" menu for easy access to SharePoint Theme files and folders.


Update 2: More Information at a glance
I've added an extra DataGrid View to show properties of the selected site or selected theme. This version also shows the theme preview.


Update 3: Easier to use interface
I've reduced the pop-ups and tried to bring is all together in the one window.


Enjoy!

You can get the latest (v1.6.3) SharePoint Branding Tool here:
http://www.codeplex.com/BrandingTool

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 - SharePoint Branding Tool v1.5.1 (Custom tool for themes, masterpages, site logos...)

I got a little bored and a little sick at home, so I started finishing off some code I worked on with my colleagues Andrey Shchurov and Alexandre Bacchin (I'm no geek though).

This is meant to be a tool that will aid the Web Designer or the SharePoint Developer in applying look and feel to their SharePoint sites. It also doubles up as a great tool to update multiple SharePoint sites manually (including MySites).

This is how the tool looks like. You can select from a list of web applications, select the sites to apply changes, and then apply your theme! (If you've got lots of sites, that's ok, you can filter them by the site template the site uses)


It's got other features as well to quickly update your MasterPage URL, and your Applications MasterPage URL(CustomMasterUrl) as well:


So this is before the Theme application:


This is after. It doesn't only apply it for the top level site, but also did it for one of the child sites (which is 2 level below the above site):


Need to change the site logo and description for multiple sites? No problem:

Boom! In just a few seconds just took a few seconds...

And the Master Page URL? How does it work? Here's a screen shot:

After the update of the property via the code:

Not to mention, it also logs what it does in a text file, so it's easy to revert in case of mistakes. It's developed with .NET 2.0 and uses the SharePoint 2007 API, so it'll work with WSSv3 and MOSS2007.

The code doesn't have good naming conventions, but we'll leave that to be a to-do. For now, I've tested it enough to prove it works with no problems. Any suggestions of feedback, please post it on the codeplex page.

A newer version is available. More information here:
http://sharepointsix.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-sharepoint-2007-sharepoint_24.html

You can get the SharePoint Branding Tool here:
http://www.codeplex.com/BrandingTool

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 - Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint

I'd have to say this is pretty exciting stuff from Microsoft. Examples of implementation of SharePoint components using Silverlight! The most impressive blueprint is the social networking tool which sources its information from the User Profile that is ultimately imported from AD.

Impressive because, it surfaces the information in a very intuitive UI, and not only that, it also links back to the user's public "My Profile" page.

For more information, the Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint site is:
http://www.ssblueprints.net/sharepoint/