Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Top 5 Tricks for SharePoint Spacers

The following are the top five tricks to help with SharePoint spacers:

  1. Full-Width Section: To add a full-width section to a page, click the + sign and select Full-Width Section.
  2. 4th Column: One can add a 4th column to a page by clicking the + sign and selecting Vertical Section.
  3. Link Pages: One can link pages on a SharePoint site using double brackets. Example format would be [Cool page of info].
  4. Spacer Web Part: One can add vertical space to a page using the Spacer web part.
  5. Use Sections Generously: Adding sections on a page with different color shades based backgrounds can create a visually appealing page based display.

Monday, January 8, 2024

Top 5 SharePoint Math Functions

The following are the top five SharePoint mathematical functions to use in calculated columns, functions and views:

  1. SUM: Used to sum all the numbers in a column.
  2. AVERAGE: Used to calculate the average of all the numbers in a column.
  3. MAX: Used to return the highest value in a column.
  4. MIN: Used to return to the lowest value in a column.
  5. COUNT: Used to count the number of items in a column.

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Top 5 Tips to Make Visually and Interesting SharePoint Pages

The following are five tips to make visually and interesting SharePoint pages:

  1. Edit images for a visual experience: Use images to create a better user experience by guiding people to the content they’re looking for. Tie an image to a bold headline by using the correct text formatting and web parts with images.
  2. Plan to use more horizontal space: Use horizontal space to create a more modern and visually appealing design.
  3. Use different link styles: Use different link styles to make your SharePoint pages more visually interesting.
  4. Add sections to break up pages: Use sections to break up pages into smaller, more manageable aspects.
  5. Go further with collapsible sections: Use collapsible sections to create more dynamic and interactive pages.

Friday, January 5, 2024

Top 5 Best Practices for SharePoint Lists

The following are five best practices in regard to SharePoint lists: 

  1. Keep the list focused: Keep the list to only one purpose or context and try not to mix information.
  2. Use the modern experience: If one can use the modern interface that is best.
  3. Plan for large lists. One should plan for building and operating large SharePoint Lists and Libraries well above the item limit threshold.
  4. Be aware of the List View Threshold: This is when the number of items or documents is so high that SharePoint displays an error instead of the content.
  5. Use proper information architecture: To use SharePoint safely and effectively, use the right security settings and tips for efficient administration.

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Top 5 Key Features of SharePoint That You Should Know

The following are five key features of SharePoint that you should know:

  1. Flexibility and Safety: SharePoint enables one to create intranet sites that serve as an internal internet for the business.
  2. Simplifying and Integrating Business Processes: SharePoint can be utilized to simplify and integrate business processes, making it easy to manage workflows and automate tasks.
  3. Content Optimization and Data Management Simplified: SharePoint can make it useful to manage and optimize content, as well as store and manage data.
  4. Individualization and Centralization of Management: SharePoint allows for individualization and centralization, making it easy to manage and customize a site.
  5. Efficiencies in Cost-cutting and Real-Time Collaboration: SharePoint can help cut costs and improve collaboration by providing real-time access to information and resources.

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Top 5 SharePoint Web Part Aspects

The following are the top five SharePoint web part aspects:

  1. Personalized full-width news carousel: This web part can display news articles in a full-width carousel based format.
  2. Color-coded SharePoint calendar web part: This web part displays a color-coded calendar which can be customized to show events from multiple calendars.
  3. Quick Links web part: This web part can display a list of links to frequently accessed pages or documents.
  4. SharePoint search for document library web part: This web part allows one to search for documents that are in a document library.
  5. Employee directory web part: This web part displays a list of employees in one’s organization.

Monday, January 1, 2024

Top 4 Best Practices for SharePoint 2019

The following are the top four best practices for SharePoint 2019

  1. Plan the information architecture: In SharePoint 2019, every site is a site collection and can be associated with a hub. A hub is a flat collection of sites which share navigation, branding, and other elements.
  2. Personalize the page banner: Use good text descriptions and use quick links for the most relevant material. Show long text in the form of collapsible sections.
  3. Evaluate site performance: Use the site performance feature to evaluate the performance of a SharePoint site.
  4. Keep the content up-to-date: Ensure that the content is up-to-date and relevant to the intended audience.