What is that groundswell you are hearing? Is it the most popular and widely used responsive framework is getting an overhaul? As many of you are likely aware, I am a big proponent of responsive frameworks as a rapid development tool for building responsive SharePoint sites, and in particular I have been a supporter of […]
SharePoint 2016 Preview and Version 16 Branding Elements
August 27, 2015 By 9 Comments
About once every three years we SharePoint geeks get an odd kind of gift that we get in an odd kind of digital package. Just like a child waiting for days, weeks or more, looking at that shiny new gift under the Christmas tree, we eagerly await the next version of SharePoint. Remember when we […]
SharePoint 2016 Preview Released – A First Look at Branding
August 26, 2015 By 3 Comments
Exciting news on the SharePoint 2016 front, Microsoft announced the availability of the public preview for SharePoint 2016 yesterday. Check out Bill Baer’s post on the Office 365 blogs regarding the release including where you can go to download the preview if you want to learn more. Wait, why should you need the download link? […]
Content Query Webpart Hacks – Reference the ItemStyle in ContentQueryMain
July 20, 2015 By 1 Comment
Let’s look at another Content Query Webpart (CBQ) hack, following up on my previous post on a CBQ method to access the webpart title in your XSLT. As before, this next hack will also work in SharePoint Online, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2010 (and 2007 for the truly brave souls). One of my pet peeves with […]
Way Back Machine – Content Query Webpart Hacks – Reference the Webpart Title in a XSL Style Sheet
July 14, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Content search in SharePoint Online (and SharePoint 2013) is powerful and all, but sometimes the good-old Content Query Webpart (CBQ) is much easier and quicker to configure, and even customize (sometimes), for certain types of content rollups. Or possibly there are other search restrictions that require a specific project to revert to the trusted CBQ. […]
Join Me at European SharePoint Conference 2015
July 10, 2015 By Leave a Comment
In case you missed it, the European SharePoint Conference 2015 program is now available and I’m excited to announce that I am speaking at Europe’s largest SharePoint and Office 365 event in Stockholm Sweden from 9th-12th November 2015. This is my second time speaking at ESPC and I know without a doubt that this is […]
Ignite 2015 Yammer Sessions
May 19, 2015 By Leave a Comment
All things Yammer were discussed at Microsoft Ignite 2015 in Chicago, not to mention my session on Socializing SharePoint I presented with Naomi Moneypenny. In case you missed this session, it is now available on Channel 9 which you may stream now. If you like what you learn or you think Naomi and I do […]
Ignite 2015 – My Thoughts and Highlights, or What I Don’t Want to Forget Just Yet
May 14, 2015 By Leave a Comment
The first Microsoft Ignite conference was huge to say the least. The count I last heard was just over 26,000 people converged in Chicago for almost a week to discuss, learn and digest a confluence of Microsoft technologies. There was so much going on at Ignite, it is impossible to truly recap the entire event […]
Ignite 2015 Announcement – There will be no SharePoint Designer 2016
May 11, 2015 By 14 Comments
Does SharePoint 2016 need “Don’t Panic” in large friendly letters on its cover? Based on a few recent, panic driven conversation I’ve had with others, it may help. As far as I can tell, a bombshell of an announcement, if it could be called that, was made in the last time slot, on the last […]
SharePoint 2016 Roadmap Update Announcement
April 16, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Big news today coming from Microsoft on SharePoint 2016. Seth Patton, Senior Director of Product Management for the SharePoint Team, provided us an update on SharePoint 2016 at the Office Blogs. If you are interested in what Microsoft has released regarding SharePoint 2016, I highly recommend you read the post, but there a few points […]
