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...
View ArticleCalendar 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...
View ArticleUsing 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:...
View ArticleCreate “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...
View ArticleShow file type in a library view (2010 and 2013)
Body: The default "Name" column added to a library view is a link and drops the file extension. The icons under "Type" indicate the file extension but show a default image except for a few file types....
View ArticleAdd the ECB (edit control block) menu to an additional field in a Sharepoint...
Body: The "ECB" menu is the contextual menu that provides quick access to functions in libraries and lists via a drop down. By default it's only attached to the "title" field but it's fairly easy to...
View ArticleAdding video to a Sharepoint Online blog post
Body: When you create a new blog site in SPO, the default blog post promises it will: "....help you share information related to a particular subject area in the form of text, images, links, and other...
View ArticleCreate a public blog site in Office 365
Body: It's easy enough to add a blog sub site to your Office 365 public site. First, open your Team Site and go to site actions / site settings / site collection admin / go to top level site settings /...
View ArticleAn Office 365 Blog served up using an rss feed
Body: How do you get a 365 blog published on your public site? MSFT makes it more difficult than it should be, but here's one way. Create a blog sub site under the public site collection in 365. Use...
View ArticleEmails 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"...
View ArticleWrap 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...
View ArticleApply 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...
View ArticleOpen 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...
View ArticleAdd 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....
View ArticleAdding 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"...
View ArticleOpen links in a new window in Sharepoint Online lists / libraries
Body: If you want your links in an SP list to open up in a new window, you can change the behavior with this simple update to the list view's xsl code. All that's needed is to add "target="_blank" to...
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