Owen Allen (MSFT PacWest)Portal Technology SpecialistSteak and Potatoes- May 19, 2006 Lately Ive been working with a couple of customers that are working on web site redefinitions incorporating segmented advertisements, marketing messages, and targeted product information, all based on Commerce Server 2007 campaigns and promotions, alongside web content that is being authored, versioned, submitted to workflow, etc. within SharePoint Server 2007. There is not a lot of guidance available right now about this, but I want to point again to a post by Ryan Donovan, from a couple of..http://blogs.msdn.com/oallen/archive/2006/05/19/601612.aspx Blogging from Word- May 18, 2006 Blogging from Word Say it aint so! Wow. Word 2007 now has the ability to upload blog entries direct to my blog provider check out Joes entry here and his update here. Configured and uploaded. If you are reading this, it was posted by Word 2007.http://blogs.msdn.com/oallen/archive/2006/05/18/600543.aspx Expression Web Designer- May 18, 2006 The Community Tech Preview (CTP) for Expression Web Designer was released last week. ...Installed!http://blogs.msdn.com/oallen/archive/2006/05/17/600524.aspx SP Conference- May 18, 2006 I've been attending the MS SharePoint Conference (Bellevue, WA) this week and having a good time. it's great to re-connect with peers from around the world and I have a number of customers attending so it's good to speak SharePoint with them, of course! Part of my cost of attendance is to help out proctoring at the Hands-on lab section of the conference. Bob German (gratuitous name-drop) is serving penance along with us tonight. I'm doing that tonight while all of the sane...http://blogs.msdn.com/oallen/archive/2006/05/17/600519.aspx SharePoint Community Center- May 12, 2006 Summer is just around the corner, and it's time to hit the local Parks and Rec room to shoot some stick pool and play ping pong and... configure (your choice) SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2. Beta 2 will release to the public in a few weeks (less), and all of your friends will be working with it before you know it. You can meet up with them at the newly launchedrefreshed SharePoint Community Center page here:...http://blogs.msdn.com/oallen/archive/2006/05/12/596328.aspx Catchup of some blog posts- May 10, 2006 It's been a while since I've posted, and my streak of consecutive months is gone, but for the 6 of you that are still with me, I'm going to put up some of hte old information that I've been storing up. Most recently, I've now got a Vista build dual-booting with my XP installation on my Toshiba Tecra M4. I've also got Office 2007 Beta 2 installed and testing. If you haven't already signed up at http:www.microsoft.comofficepreview for Beta 2 of Office 2007, then you should do so...http://blogs.msdn.com/oallen/archive/2006/05/10/594884.aspx |