This post was created in collaboration with Syskit. Managing documents and data in SharePoint is easy, but when it comes to form data, a challenge can lie in the user interface for data entry. By leveraging different Microsoft 365 (M365) functionality and adhering to a few user experience principles, we can streamline user interaction, decrease…
Redirecting List Forms
I recently encountered a situation with a client where I was working on setting up a list for a business process. The process required users to access a dedicated site to fill out a form, and we decided to embed the new form directly onto the site’s homepage. Additionally, we wanted to display a list…
Automated Provisioning of Flows
I have a client that needed to automate their site provisioning. We are using Orchestry to handle the site setup but there are some gaps in that provisioning. The biggest gap is that they need to attach workflows in PowerAutomate to do things like approvals and notifications. Out of the box when you create a…
Creating Status Indicator using PowerApps
I was working on creating a demo for a conference session on user experience and design for Power Apps and part of that included creating a PowerApp to illustrate the point. In the session we talk about the 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design and how to map them to the work we do…
Site Design for Easy Site Page Management
Does your site pages library look totally unmanageable? Have you had instances where you can see a news post that you created but someone else doesn’t? Is your content not showing up in search or highlighted content web parts? This happens all the time and it is generally an easy fix. I had the good…
Access Denied Error on Styles Library
I am going to file this one under the “if you need to do something more than twice you should probably write it down”. This gets me frequently enough that I remember I’ve dealt with it before but not frequently enough that I can commit the solution to memory. I find myself using the SPFX…
Local Time Zones for PnP Modern Search Web Part
I was working with the PnP Modern Search Web Part which is a great tool. If you have not seen it take a look. It provides a lot of robust features that allow you to aggregate content and display results in many different ways. I recently had an issue where I had created a custom…
Deploying Application Customizers with a Site Design
Sometimes things are harder than they need to be. I have been working on Site Designs recently to automate the creation and deployment of different element in a site. For the most part things were pretty straight forward for what I needed to do, add a theme to a site, add site columns, and add…
Home is where the laptop is
This is a departure from your regularly scheduled programming of technical/SharePoint content. We originally published this on the Sympraxis newsletter. Last summer I went on an impromptu vacation with my husband to Iceland. Despite having a whirlwind tour we left the weekend more invigorated and relaxed than we had been in a long time. On…
Using Custom Color for Section Backgrounds and Page Headers
Have you ever wondered where the background colors in SharePoint modern pages comes from? You know, the ones for section background colors and site headers? Have you ever wondered how to change them to your own custom colors? I had a client that wanted to be able to set the background for the site headers…
When Pigs Fly 