Ya know that awesome new interface we get in Office 365 called Modern Lists? Ya know how that's not editable, or customizable, or extensible? Well, ya know it right! It's not. However... Above is a typical modern list, in all of it's glory. Pretty right? But I want to add some of my own code... Continue Reading →
Embedding your JavaScript into a SharePoint page
A very typical approach for client side development in SharePoint is to throw the code onto the page where you need it. You can alternatively put into the master page, but generally speaking, most code doesn't need to run on each and every page. The following describes my preferred, tried and true, method of handling this.... Continue Reading →
Showing users’ profile pictures in a SharePoint list
Special thanks to Joann for the question! A common use case is to have a list of people in a list in SharePoint, maybe they're members of a project, contacts for a department, your favorite people to talk to, whatever it may be, you have a list. This example is a listing of my teammates: Now I'd... Continue Reading →
My Slides on Moving from SharePoint Online Public SPSNH
Thank you SPSNH for a great day of SharePoint! I love it when I get to speak AND attend AND learn something! SharePoint Saturdays are an awesome resource to us in the community. If you never heard of it before, check them out at spsevents.org. Well worth the day! By the way, it's free! Here... Continue Reading →
Speaking at SharePoint Saturday New Hampshire Oct 24, 2015
I'm excited to announce I'll be speaking at this year's SharePoint Saturday New Hampshire! Microsoft has deprecated the SharePoint Online Public Website offering, leaving companies to find a new solution. We at Boston Office 365 User Group are also using the SPO offering. In this session we will walk through what your options are and... Continue Reading →
Presentation: Using SharePoint Online for your web site, it’s more than just SharePoint
This past weekend I had the privilege, no, the honor to present at the 2nd SharePoint Saturday in Connecticut. It was a great day! I learned some new stuff, as well as got to meet some other great speakers from our community. I was able to present my talk on using SharePoint Online for your website,... Continue Reading →
Speaking at SharePoint Saturday Connecticut, Nov 8th
I am very pleased to share that I'm speaking at SharePoint Saturday in Connecticut, on November 8th! More details: http://www.spsevents.org/city/ct/ct2014 In my session we'll be disussiong Using SharePoint Online for your web site, it's more than just SharePoint. Using SharePoint Online is a great idea for most companies in need of a web site. SPO provides a lot... Continue Reading →
SharePoint: Hiding Ribbon and More with IsDlg
SharePoint has this neat little feature on every page that allows you to hide the header and nav on the page by simply appending isdlg=1 to the end (careful, it's case sensitive). It comes in handy when you're using a page viewer web part, you can show another page on your page and hide the... Continue Reading →
Why you should keep your on premise SharePoint when developing for Office 365
If you're diving into the wonderful world of developing for Office 365, or SharePoint Online, don't let go of your development environment just yet! Keeping your on premise instance of SharePoint 2013 for development will make a few things much easier, and will alleviate headaches in the long run. For starters, make sure to have... Continue Reading →
SharePoint Online’s Public Website Doesn’t Allow Users to View Display Forms
If you're used to SharePoint, and the display form on lists, you may be thinking you can use that on your SharePoint Online Public Sites as well. Sadly, by default your anonymous users cannot access the display form of a list item. Instead, SharePoint Online prompts the user to login. Annoying? Yes. It is due to... Continue Reading →