Referencing a custom css file in a master page
For small customisations I will sometimes insert styles using a Script Editor web part, but the best way to apply custom style sheets is via the master page. Here’s how I do it: 1. Upload the custom .css file…
SharePoint 2013 – show the breadcrumbs
In SharePoint 2013 the breadcrumb has been hidden from the Seattle master page. If, like me, you miss this functionality and want to enable it again just follow these steps: 1. Launch SharePoint Designer 2013 and open your site 2….
SharePoint 2013 – The tagging service is currently unavailable
Today I tried to post something on my News Feed using a hash tag, but was promptly hit with the following error message: Something went wrong The tagging service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. I was also unable…
Customer Feedback for SharePoint Server 2016
If you’d like to tell Microsoft what features or fixes you’d like to see in the next release of SharePoint Server then now’s your chance, as they are listening to user feedback on UserVoice. You can propose your own ideas,…
SharePoint 2013 – configuring the Workflow Service
Today I have installed the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Management Service, as out of the box I can only create SharePoint 2010 Workflows in SharePoint Designer. Before starting I have: Created a service account in Active Directory and added it to…
SharePoint 2013 – remove the site logo link
Today a user requested that I remove the link from the site logo that is displayed in the top left of the page. I didn’t think this was possible until I had a dig through the code of the master…
SharePoint 2013 – hide the quick launch
Today I was asked to hide the quick launch on a SharePoint 2013 page. The easiest way to achieve this was to use the Script Editor web part with the following CSS: <Style Type="Text/CSS"> /* — Hide the quick launch…
SharePoint 2013 – Increase the Distributed Cache size
In order to improve performance I am increasing the cache size for the Distributed Cache Service using the Update-SPDistributedCacheSize cmdlet. Here are the steps to do so: 1. Update the cache size: Use-CacheCluster Update-SPDistributedCacheSize -CacheSizeInMB 2048 2. Stop the service…
Remove the title from a news feed web part
If you would like to hide the title of a news feed web part you can do this by adding a Script Editor web part to the page and editing the code snippet to include the following: <style type=”text/css”> .ms-microfeed-siteFeedTitleArea…
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