Unfortunately, installing 64-bit Office prevents datasheet view from working in any of these SharePoint versions (SharePoint Server 2007/Services 3, SharePoint Server 2010/Foundation).
Fixing history display for text fields
If you customised a list in SharePoint Designer with text fields using Append Changes to Existing Text, their history stopped appearing.
Installing SharePoint Services 3 on Server 2008
Prepare Server 2008 before installing Microsoft SharePoint Services 3
SharePoint and STSADM for Backup, Restore, Import and Export
STSADM is a SharePoint administration command-line tool with many operations, including backup and restore of an entire SharePoint installation or only a subsite.
Microsoft SharePoint Services 3 & appearance customisation for beginners
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Web Part Connection – connecting a DataView and a Web Part
Connecting a DataView and Web Part for one list through Web Part Connection is useful, for example, with an employee list.
Decimal number display error in custom lists!
I encountered a decimal number display error while creating a new DispForm.aspx in SharePoint Designer: numbers stored with a decimal comma were not displayed. The Discount field was meant to display a percentage, so entering 10% automatically converted it to 0,1. The problem is the Czech language environment (Czech language pack), which stores the value with a comma (0,1) rather than a decimal point (0.1), then cannot read it back. This occurred on SharePoint Services 3 SP2 with all current updates, so another workaround was needed.
SharePoint – changing a single-line text field’s width using CSS
When creating a custom NewForm.aspx or EditForm.aspx in SharePoint containing single-line text fields, you cannot normally change their width. It is fixed in the system CSS, which can be overridden by specifying the same style with the desired width. Insert the following into your NewForm.aspx or EditForm.aspx:
Calculated field – a date in YYMMDD format for further use
How to obtain, in a SharePoint calculated field, a date in YYMMDD format (YYMMDD) (e.g. 15 June 2009 – 090615)
Restoring SharePoint from a backup in a different AD environment
Sometimes you need to restore an entire SharePoint 3 installation to a completely different server in a different AD environment (a Virtual Server test environment, an unrecoverable AD failure, etc.). Here is an example of how to solve this problem.