Development

The Problem with Managing Hierarchical Data Tracking and organizing hierarchical records in SharePoint can be challenging without the right tools. Relational data that has parent-child relationships, like organizational charts or product categories, quickly becomes difficult to manage as it scales. SharePoint list functionality alone lacks effective ways to connect records into broader hierarchies. Attempting to…

Common Integration Challenges When integrating SharePoint with external systems and applications, several common challenges can arise that impede interoperability and data flows between the platforms. Understanding these potential pitfalls upfront enables developers and architects to design robust integrations that avoid these problems. Managing Different APIs and Protocols SharePoint provides a wide array of APIs across…

Understanding User Needs To create a SharePoint interface that matches users’ needs and workflows, it is critical to first understand those needs through analysis of current pain points and key tasks. By surveying end users and reviewing analytics on platform usage, designers can discover areas for improvement. Analyzing Current Workflows and Pain Points Observe how…

What is Authentication and Why Does it Matter? Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of a user or process looking to access a system or resource. It involves validating credentials like usernames, passwords, or security tokens to ensure the entity is who they claim to be. Robust authentication is critical for security and…

Registering Custom CSS in SharePoint Registering custom Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allows SharePoint users to customize the look and feel of their SharePoint sites beyond what is available out-of-the-box. By registering custom CSS, users can alter fonts, colors, layouts and more to tailor SharePoint to their specific branding needs. What is Custom CSS Registration Custom…

The Problem With SharePoint’s Default Look SharePoint’s out-of-the-box user interface can feel generic and dated to many users. The default styling uses a lot of grays and blues that don’t necessarily match most companies’ branding. There is often a desire for custom branding through cascading style sheets (CSS) to match internal site aesthetics with a…

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allow you to control the style and layout of web pages without needing to edit the underlying HTML. By leveraging custom CSS in SharePoint, you can customize the look and feel of pages to align with your branding, improve usability, and enhance the user experience. Some key benefits of using custom…

The Problem: Finding the Right Balance for Branding When embarking on a SharePoint branding project, site owners face a choice between two main technical approaches: modifying the master page or using alternate CSS. Both allow customization of fonts, colors, logos and layouts to align with an organization’s visual identity. However, each approach has trade-offs to…

What is Happening When the Error Occurs When attempting to load the SharePoint context in an Angular application, a common error encountered is a version incompatibility between the SharePoint framework and Angular. This mismatch prevents the SharePoint libraries and objects from properly loading and integrating with Angular, resulting in context loading failures. The error typically…

Why Move Away from Master Pages and Web Part Pages? Master pages and web part pages have been the traditional way to build SharePoint sites and pages. However, they have some limitations when trying to implement complex single page applications (SPAs) using modern JavaScript frameworks like Angular: Limited capabilities for dynamic functionality – Master pages…