Friday, April 25, 2008

Installing Third Party Web Parts...

I just uploaded a presentation under the 'SharePoint Resources' link on the usmc-sharepoint.com training site.

Right now I am not able to actually create a demo on the site because you need a dedicated server with administrator rights in order to add .wsp files. The server I am currently on is only a SharePoint site on a Shared Server...maybe in the future I'll upgrade if/when the site really starts to take off (keep visiting/creating alerts on it!! Send your friends!!).

As you will see in the presentation, I loaded an RSS Feed Reader Web Part onto a WSS 3.0 site.

MOSS 2007 comes with an RSS Feed Reader Web Part, which greatly enhances the collaborative functionality in SharePoint.

However, the RSS Feed Reader Web Part I found is offered as a free download and is actually very easy to use once it is installed. All you need to do is provide the link and the rest just works out.

I have to go back and find where I originally found the RSS Feed Reader Web Part, and when I find it I will post it here. If you want/need the file/instructions send me an e-mail and I will send it out.

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