Automatically created managed properties*
Story Time Several days ago I ran across an article on MSDN that talked about the automatic creation of managed properties in SharePoint 2013. In summary, if you create a site column (not a list...
View ArticleExtending Search Web Parts
Here is code sample showing how to extend the search core results web part in SharePoint 2013. This can also be used for the content by search web part because it inherits from the search core results...
View ArticleRefiners on OSSSearchResults.aspx page
In SharePoint 2010 you can customize the refinement panel on the results page of a search center. Unfortunately the default search scope “This Site” uses the OSSSearchResults.aspx page. This is a...
View ArticleHow to Deploy Display Templates in SharePoint 2013
A few months ago I posted a question on an MSDN forum asking how to deploy display templates via feature. Several people had suggestions but John Ross provided many helpful comments that really made me...
View ArticleJavaScript Templating with SharePoint 2013 (Part 1)
After a very long hiatus I am back hoping to contribute to the SharePoint community. It’s been too long. Today I want to touch on a subject that is getting much traction in the MVC and front end...
View ArticleJavaScript Templating with SharePoint 2013 (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 of JavaScript Templating with SharePoint 2013. In part 1 I tried to lay a foundation for the next posts. If you haven’t read it, I’d suggest you at least breeze over it so this post...
View ArticleJavaScript Templating with SharePoint 2013 (Part 3)
Welcome to Part 3 of JavaScript Templating. In this post we will use the SharePoint 2013 Search API to build a Birthdays web part based on user profile data. And my procrastination worked for the good...
View ArticleOffice Web Apps ‘You don’t have access to this page’
Recently I had a request to show display a document in an iframe using Office Web Apps in SharePoint 2013. Pretty straightforward. In fact, Office Web Apps makes this easy. If you click the File tab in...
View ArticleQuick Tip: Change Search Result Page Client Side
One of the major limitation of the OOTB search navigation is that it is scoped to the web level. Not ideal for multiple subsites. Not practical for multiple site collections. So I was tasked with...
View ArticleSharePoint Conference 2014 Wrap-Up – Takeaways, Highlights, & Lowlights
I was fortunate enough to attend SharePoint Conference 2014 (SPC14) in Las Vegas last week. I had a little time to reflect so I put a blog post together to wrap-up the conference from my perspective....
View ArticleBirthdays and Anniversaries
After much procrastinating and work, I finally revisited the Birthdays widget I introduced in JavaScript Templating with SharePoint 2013 (Part 3) about a year ago. The template was well received and...
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