Embracing the Modern SharePoint: A Designer’s Perspective (Part 1)
This is part one of what will hopefully become a multi-part series on embracing Modern SharePoint from the perspective of a designer.
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SharePoint REST API and Lists with Folders
The SharePoint REST API support for folders is limited. The support that is there is tailored to work with documents in document libraries. Because of this I see lots of questions on how to use the REST API to perform operations on lists with folders. My suggestion is... don't. The Client Object Model has full support for folders so I strongly suggest that you use it instead.
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Using FullCalendar.io to Create Custom Calendars in SharePoint
One of the demos I teach during my SharePoint client side development workshops is how to use one of my favorite jQuery libraries FullCalendar.io. With this easy to use and quite powerful library you can create some pretty awesome calendar views for your lists and libraries in SharePoint.
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Dragging & Dropping Folders in SharePoint. Seriously.
Ah, folders… What can I say about them that I haven’t said, at least 100 times?
They’re tedious. They bury data in potentially deep structures that can make it frustrating and difficult to ever find again, therefore increasing the likelihood of duplication. They hide important information like “Checked Out.”
In short (and sometimes long) I don’t like them.
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Customize your SharePoint Classic Forms without InfoPath
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Using SharePoint Content Types to Define Types of Content
Content Types may be one of the more underutilized and misunderstood (“un-understood” may be a better word) things in SharePoint. At least in the out of the box realm of SharePoint document management.
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