SharePoint Lesson #52: Add a WebPart page and content

This tutorial features some basics for the starters with SharePoint 2013: Create a Page and add some content like text, tables, images, and videos.


        

Please find this tutorial  on Slideshare  and the complete list of German and English tutorials on

SharePoint Tips & Tricks

Modify DispForm, EditForm, NewForm in SP2013

When displaying a list item in a form (DispForm.aspx) a default set of fields are displayed. Some of the fields are not relevant to the user or should just be hidden for whatever reason.

This tutorial describes how to hide fields in forms.

Here on Prezi:



Here on SlideShare:

SharePoint Lesson #50: Modify DispForm from Peter Heffner

Creating SharePoint Forms That Don't Annoy Your Users by Wendy Neal

A great article with useful tips for a better user experience!

Read the full article on CMSWire.

SharePoint Lesson #53: Custom Lists

How to create Customs Lists and add columns in SharePoint 2013

Please find here the PREZI

SharePoint Lesson #53: Custom Lists in SP2013 from Peter Heffner

SharePoint Calculated Column Functions List

Ever wondered what you can do with Calculated Columns in SharePoint?
Here is a very useful list of functions provided by Danny Engelman:

SharePoint Calculated Columns Function List by

New Values - Old Values

What was the previous value when you updated an entry? 

Correct, it is gone!
As soon as you edit a record to modify data, the old values can't be accessed.

So, a comparsion between the new value and the old value is not possible.
As I'm not a programmer I'm looking for solutions with standard tools.

This workaround shows if the new value is larger, smaller, or equal compared to the old value. 

1 Auxiliary List; 2 Workflows; No Coding.

YouTube: YouTube Channel "SharePoint Tips & Tricks"

Prezi-Tutorial: here

SlideShare: here

How I use SharePoint with OneNote

Organizing your lists and notes with Microsoft OneNote

Corey VanDyke describes in his blogpost how to organise lists and notes with Microsoft OneNote.

Create a Weekly Reminder Workflow by Mason Jennifer Ann Mason

An easy step-by-step instruction to setup a weekly reminder Workflow in Sharepoint 2013.

Please find here the instructions: http://tw.gs/2Yuca1

Data connection between a Sharepoint List and Excel

Connect your Sharepoint list with Excel and process the data there. Take the advantage of statistics, graphs, Pivot and  much more.
No need to deal with Sharepoint directly. See the tutorial in this Prezi-Presentation

Easy Tab - Show multiple lists in a tabbed style

What to do if you have several lists which should be displayed on a single webpart page?

The web page can get longer and longer and visitors have to scroll down. Wouldn't it be much more user friendly to display the lists in a tabbed style where you can see all topics at a glance?

See here more details in this Prezi-Tutorial about setting up the webpart page with a small Javascript "Easy Tab" and your lists:

SharePoint Lesson #7: Easy Tabs from Peter Heffner

How to stop inheriting permissions

By default permissions are inherited when a new object (sub-Sharepoint, list, library,...) is created.
Sometimes it is neccessary to stop inheriting the permissions and set individual permissions.
This Prezi-Tutorial describes how to stop inheriting permissions, create new user groups and give permissions only to those groups.

SharePoint Lesson #4: Stop inheriting permissions from Peter Heffner

12 reasons folders in SharePoint are a bad idea

1. Usability. Nested folder structure is only known to the person who created it. Also, too many sub-folders tend to “hide” things.

2. URL length limitation. SharePoint adds all folder and sub-folder names to URL. Overall URL length is limited to around 260 characters. You are out of luck if you create too many sub-folders.

3. File URL. Moving file from one folder... [read more]

Get the GUID for a SharePoint List or View

The GUID is a 128 Bit (16 Bytes) unique number like {936DA01F-9ABD-4D9D-80C7-02AF85C822A8} and identifies Microsoft documents, but also Lists and Views.
Here is how to retrieve the GUID (Global Unique Identifier) of a Sharepoint List or View.

SharePoint Lesson #2: How to get the GUID from Peter Heffner

Import of Excel-Sheets

Most the time it is a better user experience to view a list at a glance rather than downloading the complete Excel-file and open it in Excel.
Also for collaboration it has many advantages compared to circulating files by mail.

Here is the English Tutorial (Prezi) about importing Excel worksheets as SharePoint lists.

SharePoint Lesson #1: Import an Excel file from Peter Heffner