Blank IIS Manager ( No website )

Sometimes, in Moss 2007, we try to open a site but it doesn’t. Then we try to reset the IIS and got the following error.

Then, try to open the IIS Manager, and we are surprised to see it blank.

After, having a headache, we trying to run the IIS admin service, we again get the following error.

To find the cause for the error , we open the event viewer and get the following error description.

So, the main reason for this blank IIS manager and errors are the problem in the MetaBase.xml file, which can be found at C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv location.

Look for the Date Modified and Size attributes of both the above files. There is a backup (or History) of these files in the History folder which can be found at the location C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\History. The folder contains backup of both MBSchema.xml and MetaBase.xml files. Now, we have to replace the either of the files MBSchema.xml or MetaBase.xml at C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv, with the latest History found at C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\History location. 

 Suppose, if the Date Modified attribute of the MetaBase.xml file has the latest date, and then replace this file with the MetaBase.xml file found at location C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\History.(remove the appended _0000121786_0000000000 like strings). Now, reset the IIS and your IIS manager will get populated.

Drag Drop of webparts functionality is not working in Moss 2007

In Moss 2007, most of the times we want to move the added webparts from one webpart zone to another webpart zone by drag and drop. But sometimes, this functionality is missing in moss 2007 customised pages. The solution of this problem is to add the script to the master page of the site.

Refer to the below image :

Add the script between the <WePartPages:SPWebPartManager> and <form> tag.

        <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
            function MSOLayout_GetRealOffset(StartingObject, OffsetType, EndParent)
            {
                var realValue=0;
                if (!EndParent) EndParent=document.body;
                for (var currentObject=StartingObject; currentObject && currentObject !=EndParent && currentObject != document.body; currentObject=currentObject.offsetParent)
                {
                    var offset = eval('currentObject.offset'+OffsetType);
                    if (offset) realValue+=offset;
                }
                return realValue;
            }
        </script>

Apply Custom CSS in MOSS 2007 through aspx pages

In Moss 2007, sometimes we want to apply CSS through the aspx pages. Instead of including the complete css file, to write only few css we can use the PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead content placeholder to include the custom css.

For example, the below code can be used.

<asp:Content id="Content11" runat="server" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_LAYOUTS/1033/STYLES/CustomCSSFileName.CSS">
</asp:Content>