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Tracy van der Schyff

Facilitating The Evolution of Human Capabilities

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SWAT: SharePoint Weapons and Tactics – Part 1

Why do we invest in a product and then insist on micro managing it - just because we don’t trust people? In my next couple of blogs we'll be looking at the 'weapons' that exist in OTB SharePoint and the... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #21: SharePoint Wiki Pages with clickable Metro tiles

Just having some fun today with racing flags and angry birds. In this post I'll recap on changing the background image on a SharePoint page, adding clickable metro tile icons and removing the transparent page overlay. Time to build: Approximately... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #20: Editing SharePoint Survey forms and rerouting Finish Buttons

In today's post we'll be looking at editing the survey form (page) as well as adding a Thank You page which reroutes the user to another page after submitting / closing the survey. Create the survey: 1. Site Settings 2.... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #19: Using metadata, filtered views and alerts in SharePoint as a ‘reporting tool’

If you’re new to SharePoint, one of the first terms you’ll come across is Metadata. In this blog I’ll give you an overview and show you how to use metadata in a document library to summarize and “report” on data.... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #18: Image maps in SharePoint 2013

For any SharePoint lover (who like me cannot code from scratch to save their life), the loss of the Designer View in SharePoint (Designer) 2013 was devastating, to say the least. A bit like the Matrix without the sunglasses. I... Continue Reading →

The lighter side of Microsoft #16: Resizing Promoted Links in SharePoint

In this blog we'll be looking at resizing the promoted links (default size is 150x150px) and wrapping them to create an Employee Toolkit. For more information on Promoted Links, see my previous blog: The lighter side of Microsoft #15: Wrapping... Continue Reading →

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