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Tracy van der Schyff

Facilitating The Evolution of Human Capabilities

The lighter side of Microsoft #22: Design Principles

So you're creating sites, libraries and lists in SharePoint, building some cool stuff on Wiki Pages / Web Part Pages? Guess what Cupcake?! You're a developer. Just because some really clever people worked super hard and pre-built all the code... Continue Reading →

SWAT: SharePoint Weapons and Tactics – Part 2

Part 2: In my previous post I talked about micro managing SharePoint environments, just because we don't trust people. Getting to grips with what SharePoint is capable of will grow your trust in its ability to micro manage the daily... Continue Reading →

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 →

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