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Top 10 tips you must put in place today to create an amazing SharePoint list user experience

Top 10 tips you must put in place today to create an amazing SharePoint list user experience

SharePoint Online lists and document libraries can be pretty bleak places to spend time. Most often, they are set up in a way where the user experience is the last priority. Here is my top 10 list of tips you can put in place today to ensure your lists have a fantastic user experience!

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

17 min read
Build a custom Netflix Search Experience In SharePoint Online using PnP Modern Search

Build a custom Netflix Search Experience In SharePoint Online using PnP Modern Search

The search experience within SharePoint Online is limited. In this tutorial, I am going to show you how you can create a totally custom search experience for your users using the PnP Modern Search web parts

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

20 min read
Build a Spotify podcast user experience in SharePoint using a Custom JSON list view

Build a Spotify podcast user experience in SharePoint using a Custom JSON list view

In this SharePoint Online Tutorial, we look at how we can build a Spotify podcast Network-style user experience within a modern SharePoint Online Communication site using a hub site and custom json list view.

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

25 min read
Understanding Site Permissions in SharePoint Online

Understanding Site Permissions in SharePoint Online

In this SharePoint Online Tutorial we look at how permission within a SharePoint Online site work. We start with the basic concepts and default behaviour. Followed up with options to customise and finally wrapping up with some best practice for site permission management!

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

16 min read
Top 2 most common ways to use SharePoint Metadata in your sites

Top 2 most common ways to use SharePoint Metadata in your sites

Metadata is a term that many people find confusing or think it's going to be too difficult to set up and actually use within their SharePoint Intranet site. The truth is, it can be quite simple! In this post, I will provide a breakdown of the top 2 simple use cases for SharePoint metadata that you s...more

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

15 min read
How to roll up content from multiple SharePoint Online sites to a single separate site page

How to roll up content from multiple SharePoint Online sites to a single separate site page

In this tutorial we are going to see how we can use managed meta data, content types and the highlighted content web part to aggregate (or roll up) content from multiple SharePoint sites onto a separate SharePOint site. Ideal for those 'Our Policies' Intranet pages!

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

15 min read
How to build an Apple user experience in SharePoint using the text web part

How to build an Apple user experience in SharePoint using the text web part

We are going to build a version of the Apple Watch landing page within SharePoint Online. After completing this tutorial you should have learned a great deal on how to structure a SharePoint page to create an engaging user experience.

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

10 min read
How to build a Netflix-style user experience in SharePoint Online for video - ShareFlix

How to build a Netflix-style user experience in SharePoint Online for video - ShareFlix

We are going to build a SharePoint Online flavour of Netflix (and probably YouTube now that I think of it). Complete with a site homepage which displays a hero or promoted movie as well as displaying the latest from multiple categories of movies.

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

10 min read
How to create engaging SharePoint Online news posts that will make the New York Times jealous

How to create engaging SharePoint Online news posts that will make the New York Times jealous

In this SharePoint Online Tutorial we discuss how to structure your news posts to make them engaging and consistent to optimise for end user experience. We will then create one step by step with each step and the rationale behind it explained

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

21 min read
How to manage news publishing within your SharePoint Intranet Site

How to manage news publishing within your SharePoint Intranet Site

SharePoint Online, as a news publication tool, can more than meet the vast majority of communication requirements and is a fantastic way to keep people in your company up to date on what's happening. However, determining the best way to manage the ongoing publication of news within your site require...more

Dan CarrollDan Carroll

Dan Carroll

20 min read