Error in the Microsoft SharePoint Server People Protocol Handler
Today I noticed the following error in my search crawl log: Error in the Microsoft SharePoint Server People Protocol Handler After a bit of troubleshooting I realised that I had to update the content source to replace sps3://mysite.mydomain.local with sps3s://mysite.mydomain.local…
SharePoint 2013 prompting for credentials after enabling SSL
I have enabled SSL in SharePoint 2013 and configured FQDNs for external access. Since doing this, users are continually prompted for credentials. This was because the URL contains dots (‘.’) and IE treats this as an external site, so wasn’t…
Configure continuous crawl on an existing content source
I’m working on a SharePoint farm where documents don’t appear in search results until the next day. To ensure they appear in search results within one hour of being uploaded I will configure a continuous crawl on the content source:…
SharePoint 2013 – Search Query Suggestions not working
If you find that query suggestions do not work in your SharePoint 2013 Search then here are a few things you can try. Enable search suggestions 1. Log into Central Administration 2. Navigate to Manage Service Applications -> Search…
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…
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…
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