Date: 07/29/08 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: web, yahoo, microsoft

My post is mainly behind a cut because this is really a question for an IT Professional because I am not an IT Professional. Or at least I think it is a question for an IT Professional. Anyway, I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this.

My question involves Microsoft SharePoint 2007. The other important factor is that my question should be answered considering WSS and not MOSS. I appreciate anyone taking the time to answer this question.

I feel like I have exhausted the Microsoft TechNet SharePoint TechCenter and I'm looking for websites or books to help me understand SharePoint better. Ideally I would like an explanation and a step-by-step creation and configuration process for each of the creatable list, library, discussion board, survey, page or site. Example: document library, form library, announcements, project tasks, issue tracking, custom list, site and workspace.

While that is a more generalized request, my immediate goal is to solve this request: utilzing SharePoint 2007 I have been asked to create something like Yahoo!Answers where people can ask technical questions and the folks who answer them can be awarded points for correct answers and in this way earn a certain amount of prestige (and perhaps prizes). I was thinking of using Records Management or Issue Tracking but truthfully without being able to plug in data or pull data from a certain place, this is becoming difficult and frustrating.

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/78263.html