Jan 16
[Via EndUserSharePoint.com] In the previous article we’ve discussed all the different ingredients of the Quote of the Day Web Part. Additionally we have created the basics to retrieve quotes from a list and display them on the page. In Part 2 of the article I revise the mechanism for retrieving random quote of the day.
Check out the full article Quote of the Day Web Part, Reprise – Part 2 at EndUserSharePoint.com.
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August 31st, 2010 at 8:49 pm
The quote of the day stuff works great, however if the list is large (365 entries) the list view shows all the items very quickly before getting transformed by the code down to a single item. Changing the view limits the entries being selected. Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
September 1st, 2010 at 6:14 am
@Jeff: unfortunately that's the downside of using a List View Web Part for it. Another approach, that would be more suitable for lists with many items, would be to use SharePoint Web Services to retrieve the random quote. It would be more complex though.
September 1st, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Thanks for getting back to me, Waldek! I figured that was the case and I was stuck if I wanted to keep it simple.
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:05 am
@Jeff: No problem. I hope my answer will help you make the choice.