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Minifying JavaScript and CSS files made easy with Mavention SharePoint Assets Minifier

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JavaScript file with its minified version selected in Visual Studio 2010 Solution Explorer
Minifying asset files is a known performance optimization technique. By removing all optional characters you can decrease the size of CSS and JavaScript files and make them download faster. Depending on how big your solution is this process might get tedious when done manually and this is exactly where Mavention SharePoint Assets Minifier can help you out. Read more »

Using different login pages on different Site Collections in a single Web Application

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URL of a Site Collection specific login page highlighted in the browser's address bar
SharePoint 2010 makes it easy for you to host multiple Site Collections within a single Web Application. In terms of Internet-facing websites this capability is extremely powerful when it comes to hosting mini-sites. And although they all might use the same credential store, they might need a login page using their own branding. Find out how to configure different login page for every Site Collection in a single Web Application. Read more »

Provisioning Publishing Pages using PowerShell

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The Import Publishing Pages PowerShell script opened in Visual Studio 2010
A while ago I presented you the Mavention Export Page extension that allows you to export preconfigured Publishing Pages so that they can be provisioned using Features. If, however, creating Features is too much overhead to you and you are more of a PowerShell guy, you might wonder how to provision exported Publishing Pages using PowerShell. Read more »

Configuring SSL in SharePoint 2010 development environment

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URL of a secure SharePoint 2010 sites in the address bar of Internet Explorer
Once in a while, when working with SharePoint solutions you need to test them on sites using SSL just to be sure that everything is working just as intended. Although I have previously wrote about how to configure SSL for SharePoint development environments, SSL configuration in IIS7 has changed slightly. Find out how to configure SSL on SharePoint 2010 development environments. Read more »

Controlling the list of available Web Parts with Web Part Adder

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The SharePoint 2010 Web Part Adder control in a Master Page
One of the common requirements when building SharePoint solutions is to control the list of available Web Parts. Find out how to do this using the new Web Part Adder control available in SharePoint 2010. Read more »

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