I’ve just finished a beta release of a list view web part for SharePoint. It allows you to display a list from another site even if it is in another site collection. It designed to be as simple as possible to set up.
To use it there’s 3 properties which you need to set:
- Site Url: The url of the site the list in on.
- List Name: The name of the list.
- View Name: The name of the view to use to display the list.
The connection to the list is made as the user viewing the web part, so will use their permissions. So if they don’t have permission on the list, they won’t see it.
If you want to display a list from another site collection, then it needs to be on the same server.
It’s only a Beta release so not all Errors have graceful error messages. You can download it from http://www.salamandersoft.co.uk/webparts/listview.zip. The beta will expire on 19 Jan 2009.
Have a go and let me know what you think either in the comments or email to listview@salamandersoft.co.uk.
I’m sure there’s other features I could add, but that depends on how popular it is and whether there’s any demand for them.
Microsoft have published an article on TechNet about using SharePoint at Twynham School titled Example Solution Architecture: Twynham School Learning Gateway. I’ve worked with Twynham for quite some time now and know how much work they’ve put into their portal. It’s great to see them recognised by Microsoft and am pleased to see that SalamanderSoft is mentioned in the article.
Twynham has done some great stuff with their SharePoint set up and even better are happy to share their experiences. They’ve even put up a site to showcase what they’ve done at http://gateway.twynhamschool.com/supportinglearning/onlinereporting/default.aspx.
Yesterday I attended a meeting of the East Anglia SharePoint Network, where I had been invited to give an overview of SalamanderSoft’s products. The network runs as a series of regular, informal, face-to-face meetings and an on-line community for schools in East Anglia to share information / good practice / problems etc with their Sharepoint implementations.
This was only their second meeting, but the meeting was well attended with a good mix of schools who have been using SharePoint for years, together with those who were just starting to use it, or even just thinking about it. There was a lot of useful information, just seeing what other schools are doing with SharePoint raises all sorts of possibilities – I certainly learned a lot and have come away with some ideas.
If you are interested in joining, attending a meeting or just finding out more then just email David Wilson (david.wilson (at) swaveseyvc.cambs.sch.uk).