In a video tutorial titled Create External Content Types using SharePoint Designer 2010, Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT demonstrates how to use SharePoint Designer 2010 to work with External Content Type Site Objects in SharePoint 2010. This video tutorial is intended for an audience of SharePoint Administrators, developers, designers and architects. In an article […]
Using SharePoint Designer 2010 to Work with Site Columns and Content Types in SharePoint 2010
On the topic of site columns and content types for SharePoint 2010, Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT notes “both are extremely, extremely powerful functionality” in a video tutorial titled Creating and using Site Columns and Content Types. To understand Asif’s point business users should take a look at an article on the Microsoft Office […]
Building Custom Actons for Lists in SharePoint 2010 with SharePoint Designer 2010
An important component to a successful effort to hasten user adoption for SharePoint is easing the “unfamiliar” burden for end users grappling with computing procedures written for SharePoint. SharePoint is a complex computing system with an extensive range of functionality. But getting specific functions to work to the benefit of an organization can require end […]
How to Add an App to a Site in SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013
Microsoft has heavily promoted the availability of apps for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013. But organizations subscribing to SharePoint Online will need to familiarize themselves with a specific method of adding apps to sites. Do not try to add apps from the SharePoint Online Administrative Site, meaning https://”your domain”-admin.sharepoint.com/. Clicking on the […]
Working with Master Pages in SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013 with SharePoint Designer 2013
In an article on MSDN, How to: Create a Master Page Preview File in SharePoint 2013 the instructions, “Create a master page preview file” include Make a copy of a master page preview. SharePoint 2013 includes oslo.preview and seattle.preview The preferred method of working with these pages is with SharePoint Designer 2013. As a preliminary […]
Master Page Preview Files, SharePoint Online, Office 365
Most organizations with shared tenant accounts on SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013, will want to brand their site pages. The correct method of accessing the page design features is the “Change the Look” page, which is accessed with a click on the gear symbol on the right hand side of the top right of a […]
Build a Custom “Composed Look” for a SharePoint Online, Office 365 Team Site
SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013 has been equipped with an entirely new theming engine. Custom themes built for SharePoint Server 2010 won’t work. But the theming engine is, nevertheless, highly flexible. One method of customizing the look of an out of the box team site is to build a custom “Composed Look”, and apply it […]
Customizing the Look of a SharePoint Online Team Site from the Change the Look Page
The theme engine for SharePoint Online has been changed, substantially, from SharePoint Server 2010. Site owners should develop a familiarity with the new theme methods to make the process of making superficial changes to site appearance comparatively easy. It’s helpful, as noted in Show Off Your Style With SharePoint Theming, by Lionel Robinson, Program Manager, […]
End User Optimized Video Tutorials for SharePoint 2013 Help Hasten SharePoint Adoption
Organizations planning either an implementation of SharePoint 2013, or a migration to SharePoint 2013, may want to plan on offering optimized, on-demand, task specific training resources to end users, including site owners. Usually this planning makes sense for organizations looking to reduce the cost of SharePoint development and support by training end users to “self […]
A Different Set of Methods are Required to Successfully Brand SharePoint Online, 2013, Sites
The CSS architecture of SharePoint Online, 2013, is very different from the same architecture for SharePoint 2010. In an article titled Branding issues that may occur when upgrading to SharePoint 2013, Microsoft alerts organizations supported with branded SharePoint Server 2010 sites to do some extensive testing before migrating to a live SharePoint Online, 2013, platform. […]