Modify the SharePoint Help Desk Template and New Request Forrm

This seemed worthy of sharing. Someone on Experts-Exchange asked about modifying/extending one of the SharePoint 40 Fantastic templates, to add their own column (Business Units) and then modify the New Request form. So, here was my response to him/her including the related YouTube/Screencast video, showing how it is done. This should prove useful/valuable to anyone unfamiliar with making these kinds of changes or modifications using SharePoint Designer 2007 (now free, www.microsoft.com/spd). —— Hey there, You’ll want to add your columns or lookups (and update your views to suit, dashboard views, etc.). Then, you’ll need to modify the ‘Newform.aspx’ (by creating a new one, you should avoid modifying the original) and then assigning it to the necessary navigation like quick launch. I haven’t spent any time specifically with this template previously, so there may be other things to do, but this should get you well on the way… I had some time tonight (and this stuff is fun…) so I made a quick video of the process for you, as I’m sure I’ll be able to use this in the future as well 🙂 In it, I’m doing the following: 1. Adding a column for Business Units (you could lookup a list, with more detail attached, if necessary, such as contact/owner information) 2. Opening the site in SharePoint Designer, to create (and assign) a copied/modified New Entry form (and you can of course modify the form as necessary, removing unnecessary fields, add validations, a splash of colour …
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You may all be wondering why I made this song despite saying “music making would be delayed”. This song will definitely be the last song I make until November make no mistake, I started this song a while ago and I thought It might be a waste if I didn’t finish it. Consider it as a goodbye gift Depending on how my grades go – I may or may not return to music making after November 2011. This song I have remixed is meant to reflect “TWILIGHT HYRULE FIELDS/ゼルダの伝説” in “OKAMI/大神” Style of music Inspired by the similarities between the two games and their musical style There isn’t much fan-music for OKAMI out there, so heres what I have for Ammy-sama (アマテラス) and Chibi-kun (チビテラス) Notes about the composition/remix: ===================================== I started this song sometime after the “Soul Of Melodies” soundtrack was mid completed, but it did not make one of the tracks This song took me 5-7 weeks to sequence (Approx 1-2 months) This is my first time composing a song using Japanese/Asian percussion samples – Im trying out a new musical style Im still learning how to master the usage of oriental percussion My koto & shamisen samples aren’t the best so bear with me I don’t use complex/expensive music programs (Although I’d very much love to) – I simply use freeware composers and soundfonts My ultimate goal eventually is to try to create simple masterpieces out of what simple tools I have ===================================== “OKAMI” for the PS2/WII and …
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