Problem with jQuery 1.7+ and SPServices
<UPDATE dateTime=”2012-12-04″> This issue is resolved in v0.7.0+. See this post for more details, including the SPFilterNode function. </UPDATE> <UPDATE...
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jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) v0.7.0 Beta 1 Available
Tonight I posted the first (we always hope the only) beta for SPServices v0.7.0. Initially I was calling this release v0.6.3, but when jQuery 1.7 was released and it caused problems with SPServices, I...
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Adding JSON Capability to SPServices
Image by superfluity via Flickr For quite a while, I’ve gotten requests to offer some sort of JSON conversion capability in SPServices. The requests have often been fairly non-specific, meaning that...
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Finding the Distribution of Column Types in a SharePoint List with SPServices
I just went through a little exercise that was simple, but fun, and I thought I’d share. As part of building my new SPXmlToJson function for SPServices, I wanted to spin through some of my lists to see...
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SPServices v0.7.1ALPHA7 Available for Testing
I posted a new alpha of SPServices v0.7.1 today. Even though I just released v0.7.0 in early December, I’ve been working steadily to get some great new functionality and performance improvements into...
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SPServices v0.7.1ALPHA8 Available for Testing
Yup, the alphas are coming fast and furious these days. I just posted a new alpha of SPServices v0.7.1. The most significant change in this alpha is the ability to have multiple child columns for a...
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SPServices v0.7.1ALPHA13 Available for Testing
Faster and more furious, that’s what I always aim for. I’ve been working hard on this next release of SPServices. I’ve been lucky to have some down time between projects to do it. Yes, I’m happy to...
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New SPServices Page on Facebook
Yesterday, due to a suggestion from Stefan Bauer (@StfBauer) (though he wasn’t the first, truth be told), I created a Facebook page for SPServices. I’ll use it to post some of the same information...
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jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) v0.7.1 Beta 1 Available
Today I’ve posted the first beta for SPServices v0.7.1. While it is only a point release, it contains more significant changes than its sibling, v0.7.0, which was mainly focused on publishing a version...
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jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) v0.7.1 Released
Today I’m releasing SPServices v0.7.1. If you are using an earlier version of SPServices, I strongly suggest that you upgrade to this version. Not only does it have some cool new stuff in it, I’ve...
View ArticleSPServices Example: UserProfileService.GetUserProfileByName
People post working bits of code all the time on the SPServices site at Codeplex, and I don’t always do a good job of making them known to others. Usually I add good examples to the documentation...
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Bug in SPServices v0.7.1 with UpdateListItems Fixed in v0.7.1a
I’ll admit that I sometimes make mistakes. Here’s a clear one. When I made some changes to the way I initialize the default options in SPServices to help slim down the footprint, I missed testing a...
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Cool SPServices Developments Today
A couple of cool things happened today with SPServices that I thought I’d capture in a post. First, I saw a couple of tweets this morning from Ryan Kirkman (@ryan_kirkman). Ryan runs a CDN for...
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When to Choose SPServices vs. the Client Side Object Model (CSOM)
Mark Rackley (@MrAckley) and I had a Twonversation with Jeff Jones (@SPJeff) about a month ago about when it is good to use SharePoint’s Client Side Object Model (CSOM) over SPServices. You can see the...
View ArticleReferencing jQuery, jQueryUI, and SPServices from CDNs
OK, I admit it. Now that SPServices is available on a CDN, I’m coming around to thinking that CDNs might be a good idea in some cases. I had been balking at using them primarily from a control...
View ArticleWorking with SharePoint People Pickers with jQuery: A New Function Called...
Notice2012-09-07 – Note that I’ve added a more robust version of this function into SPServices v0.7.2, which at this writing is in beta but will be released soon. See the docs for SPFindPeoplePicker. I...
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SharePoint Saturday Boston and SharePoint Conference .ORG
I’ve had a wonderful time over the last four days as an attendee and speaker at two great SharePoint events. The first one was SharePoint Saturday Boston, right in my own backyard at Microsoft’s...
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But Is jQuery Already Loaded?
JQuery (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Many end users are taking advantage of all of the goodness that jQuery provides, whether by adding simple effects like a sliding Quick Launch, more sophisticated form...
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Using SPFilterDropdown to Reorder Options in a Dropdown on a SharePoint Form
Many times when you have a dropdown column in your lists, you’d like to show the values sorted in a different order than alphabetically. Sure, you can use a Choice column and order the choices in any...
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SPServices v0.7.1 Has Hit 6000 Downloads In Just Three Months
There have been many milestones in the SPServices saga, but this one sort of caught my eye and since I got a screen grab, I figured I’d do a quick post.. Even with over 48,000 total downloads of all of...
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