Change logo size - 2013 public site
Body: To resize your logo - or any image - normally you could just add some custom css to the image. The containing element should then expand to accommodate the image. Due to poor coding practices in...
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Office 365 Public Site Video Pop Ups
Body: The problem. You'd expect the "embed code" tool to allow you to add a simple javascript pop up code to a public site page so you can have a video or other content pop up on demand. But it doesn't...
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Adding Custom Styling To The Office 365 Sharepoint 2013 Public Website
Body: A few people have asked me recently why custom code added to the stylesheet in the public site editor isn't working. For example, when they add code to make the logo bigger, nothing happens. If...
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Get more web parts for the 365 public site
Body: It's great that you can add web parts to the public site – but in one of those pointless moves seemingly designed to needlessly frustrate users – MSFT decided to limit the web parts made...
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Fix For Office 365 2010 Style Public Site When Chrome Updates Break Header
Body: If your site looks like this when viewed in Chrome: DO THIS! Declare a height for the header element by adding this to your custom stylesheet: .MS_MasterHeader { height:xxxpx; } Adjust the xxx to...
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Add A Site Description To Office 365 Sharepoint Online 2013 Public Sites
Body: Yep – removing the site description was another of those 2013 public site "upgrades"…. Has MSFT ever heard of SEO?? The 2010 asp placeholder for this element doesn't work in 2013 sites, and there...
View ArticleAccess hidden Office 365 Sharepoint Online site locations with windows explorer.
Body: When you open a site in windows explorer, you're actually exposing the root of the site which can be useful if you need to add a file to the root or view your sitemap etc. Frustratingly though,...
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Add Additional Levels To Office 365 Sharepoint 2013 Site Navigation
Body: If you want to add more levels to the drop down or quick launch navigation in a Sharepoint 2013 site, you can do it by making a small change to the master page in use. This technique should work...
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Adding A Dropdown Filter To Improve List Navigation In Office 365 Sharepoint...
Body: Sharepoint lists/libraries include various filtering options to help users find what they're looking for. But the built in, "Excel" like filters and the default form filter web parts aren't very...
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How To Access List Settings For The Contact Us Form App In Office 365...
Body: The Contact Us Form App from the Sharepoint store can't be opened in Sharepoint Designer and its submissions list comes with a limited set of ribbon tools which restricts what you can do with the...
View ArticleCentering The Logo and Navigation In An Office 365 Sharepoint 2013 Public Web...
Body: Centering a logo in An Office 365 Sharepoint 2013 Public Web Site is fairly straightforward because it has a fixed width so can be positioned "absolutely" within its containing element. The...
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Adding A “File Extension” Field To A Sharepoint 2013 Document Library
Body: The default "type" field in a SP library is configured to show a document type ICON, which isn't very useful if you want to store document types for which there's no prescribed icon. I wrote...
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Using Sub Domains With Office 365 Exchange Email
Body: If you want to set up email using a 2nd domain or sub domain (Enterprise accounts only), you may have a tough time finding instructions from MSFT. And if they exist at all, MSFT's instructions...
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Calendar Creator Free List Template - Add A Simple Calendar To An Office 365...
Body: Share events and schedules with the world! This free list template will let you add a list and simple calendar web part to Sharepoint Online 2013 public web sites. See an example here » Download...
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Using the RSS Feed Viewer Web Part To Show 365 Content On Another Site
Body: If you want to show some content from one site collection on another, the RSS Feed Viewer Web Part is an easy way to overcome the restrictions MSFT has put in place. The only caveat is the source...
View ArticleDisplay a sub site list on a parent site
Body: If you want to show a list belonging to a sub site onto a parent site, you can use a list template. BUT if you want the list to reflect changes made in either site on both sites, here's how:...
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Create “albums” in a picture library
Body: The picture library default view shows all items in the library. If you want to show different sets of images or "albums", you can create separate views and apply them where you need them. To...
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Emails Not Arriving in Office 365 Exchange? Beat The SPF Trap!
Body: After setting up O365 Exchange email, and either dutifully adding all the dns records MSFT requires or allowing MSFT to create them if on the Small Business plan, many people report that they...
View ArticleRemove a domain from Office 365
Body: A common complaint about O365 is the bizarre way Microsoft handles domain removal and the tenacity with which they hold onto YOUR domain. It should be as simple as clicking the "remove domain"...
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Wrap text around a web part in Office 365 Sharepoint 2013
Body: By default web parts fill the entire zone making it difficult to control your page layouts. One way to position other content next to a web part is to add a css float to the web part. To do...
View ArticleFix page width in Office 365 Sharepoint Online 2013 public site
Body: One of the stranger design choices in the layout of 2013 public sites, is the "narrow", left aligned page content area in the Oslo template. It looks like Microsoft allowed space for the right...
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Apply Sharepoint 2013 public site design to team site / web part pages
Body: This technique covers restyling your internal, admin and public wiki/web part pages to look exactly like your public site. It involves either changing the master page selected pages use or...
View ArticleImprove the mobile view for Office 365 Sharepoint Online public sites.
Body: It's all about width... Microsoft has a come a long way in improving mobile accessibility in 2013 Sharepoint sites by replacing the archaic table layout stucture used up until SPO 2010. In the...
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Open List Links In A New Window Without Code In Sharepoint Online
Body: A basic functionality missing from Sharepoint Online libraries/lists is the native ability to open links in a new window. If you have publishing features enabled, you can add the awkwardly named...
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Add a WORKING Paypal button to a 2013 365 public site
Body: It's well known that Paypal buttons don't work on 2013 public sites. A basic html rule doesn't allow forms to be nested so you can't add the required PP form tag within the aspnetForm page tag....
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Adding Javascript To An Office 365 Sharepoint 2013 Public Web Page
Body: Adding javascript to a 2013 public site page isn't as straightforward as it is in most properly designed content management systems. The choices presented by the page editor are the "embed code"...
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Add Multiple Contact Us Forms To The Office 365 2013 Public Site
Body: By default, only one contact us form is allowed on the public site. If you find this too limiting, here's a way you can add as many as you like. The trick is to add them to sub sites under the...
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How To Restore An Office 365 Sharepoint Online 2013 Public Site Blog Without...
Body: Based on the number of "broken blog" threads in the O365 forum, it seems the public site blog provided in O365 is pretty fragile. It's also not immediately obvious how to restore it. If you...
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Changing the Office 365 Logo In Sharepoint Online 2013 Sites
Body: To brand the top bar navigation with your own logo and hide the Office 365 one, add this to a site stylesheet: .o365cs-nav-leftAlign {background: #000 url(YOUR_LOGO_URL_HERE) 0 0 no-repeat...
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Create An FAQ Page For Your Office 365 Sharepoint 2013 Site - No Code Needed!
Body: A popular feature of web pages is the use of "named anchors" - which comprise a special type of url that takes a user to a specific section of a page, and an "anchor" that identifies that...
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How To Open A 2013 Site In Sharepoint Designer 2010
Body: After your account is converted to the 2013 platform, you get an error when you try to open a site in SPD 2010. This is a problem for many users whose operating systems don't support SPD 2013, or...
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Create A Better Slider For Office 365 Sharepoint Online 2013 Sites
Body: Your choices are limited if you're looking for an attractive slider or slideshow for your Office 365 public site. There is a slideshow web part you can use, but it's not very attractive and has...
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FREE List Template And Web Part Downloads For Office 365 Sharepoint Online...
Body: Download these free list templates and web parts and add functionality and usefulness to your Sharepoint sites!Easy: download, extract and install!Time saving: fully functional out of the...
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Add An Announcements List To An Office 365 Public Site With A Date Range Filter
Body: A Sharepoint Announcements list can be used to show news items, upcoming events, product introductions or any manner of short update-type items. For some reason, Msft decided not to include this...
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Review Of Options To Add An Ecommerce Store To An Office 365 Sharepoint...
Body: Office 365 public sites weren't designed to house things like ecommerce, and if you want a serious and professional looking store, I'd recommend you consider another platform, with self hosted...
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Add A Discussions List With Threaded View In Office 365 2013 Sharepoint Sites
Body: A discussion board without a threaded view is like, well....having a blog on one site and its associated comments on another. You never know who's replying to what. What makes Microsoft's...
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An Easy (And Free) Way To Add Ecommerce To An Office 365 Sharepoint Public Site
Body: Adding a professional looking, functional and mobile friendly storefront to an Office 365 public site is something a lot of people want to do but there isn't much information out there about the...
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Fix Text Wrapping In Drop Down Sub Menus On Office 365 Sharepoint Sites
Body: One of the most important things about a public site is the navigation - that's how people find their way around the site after all. Office 365 sites include a drop down menu that allows you...
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Reactivating A Dormant Office Pro Plus 2010 Subscription
Body: If you've downloaded Office Pro Plus to a computer that doesn't get used for a while, or the id used to validate the subscription is no longer valid, eventually the programs will start showing...
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Access OneDrive (Consumer) With Windows Explorer
Body: Microsoft evidently missed the obvious irony when they decided to reuse the "OneDrive" name for the revamped Office 365 mysite document library - OneDrive For Business - thereby giving the...
View ArticlePublish Form Submissions On An Office 365 Sharepoint Online 2010/2013 Public...
Body: In our article: "Create a custom form on your public site " we covered how to get a Google Docs form onto your O365 site to collect data. If you're looking to publish visitor comments, feedback...
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Sharepoint App Review: Stock Ticker Apps For Office 365 Sharepoint Online...
Body: Though they aren't listed as being compatible with public facing sites in the Sharepoint store, these 3 apps do appear to work fine on them. So if you want to display stock prices on your site,...
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Office 365 Sharepoint Online 2010 Public Site - Verify Your Site (Webmaster...
Body: Generate the Office 365 compatible meta tag code needed to verify your site with major search engines in 2 steps with our easy to use generator. You can also use it to add javascripts to the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Will No Longer Offer A Public Site Option in Office 365 As Of Dec/Jan
Body: RIP: Office 365 Public Sites! UPDATE: You heard it here first!!http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/3027254 "Today, we're making a difficult decision to discontinue the SharePoint Online Public...
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Retain Custom Branding For Office 365 Sharepoint Online Sub Sites (Non...
Body: If you want to create sub sites that have the same custom design as a parent site from a template, you'll find that non-publishing sites don't give you that option through the browser. The...
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Microsoft Announces "Plans" To Replace Office 365 Public Web Sites
Body: Speculation about replacement offerings for the Sharepoint Online public web site feature in Office 365 abounded after Msft announced its demise, first reported here ». Azure? Orchard? Sway?...
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View ArticleAdd scripts/iframes to Sharepoint 2013 blog posts.
Body: If you add code for an iframe or a script to a Sharepoint blog post, you'll be greeted with an annoying alert that warns you that: "some of your html may have been modified". In effect, filters...
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Add Custom Search to a Sharepoint Online 2013 Blog Site
Body: Planet Microsoft. Sometimes I think Microsoft must be living on a different planet. They provide a useful blog site template with a lot of built in functionality and enough flexibility to allow...
View ArticleEmbed Sharepoint Documents on Anonymous Sites!
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