Archive for November, 2008

SharePoint MOSS 2007 Accessibility Kit and other resources

Accessibility/Section 508 SharepointPublished November 29, 2008 at 2:37 pm No Comments

While MOSS 2007 and WSS 3 come with some built-in accessibility features, some companies might be looking into improving the accessibility options of specific SharePoint features, such as individual web parts. To get familiar with the built-in accessibility, namely “Accessible Mode On,” consult Microsoft’s help at Microsoft Office/SharePoint. Some other Microsoft-authored starting points are: Deliver
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MOSS 2007: Full control user cannot save site or list as template

SharepointPublished November 23, 2008 at 8:25 pm 1 Comment

I just had the issue come up that a user with full control rights of a MOSS 2007 team site did not see the option to “save site as template” or “save list as template” under Site Settings. I found the solution to this quickly in this Microsoft TechNet Forum discussion: The user needs to also have at least Design permissions on the “List Template Gallery” / “Site Template Gallery” of the top-level site of the application (Contribute permissions won’t do the trick).