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In our SharePoint 2013 farm we have some Content Search Web Parts that display content based on a search query. These work fine in our production environment but in the DR environment they just produce an error (as per the…
SharePoint 2013 – hide the suite links box using CSS
I have been asked if it is possible to hide the Yammer, OneDrive and Sites links at the top of a particular site (without disabling them completely): An easy way to achieve this is by placing a Script Editor web…
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…
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…
Using the RSS Viewer web part
I’ve started to include various RSS feeds on pages as it’s a good way of including interesting content on home pages. For example, on the home page of the IT department I’ve included feeds for security advisories and latest virus…
Configure proxy server for SharePoint
When adding some RSS feed web parts I realised that I need to configure a proxy server for SharePoint to access the Internet as they don’t have direct Internet access. This is the error I was receiving: Configuring the proxy…
Using the Drop Down Navigation web part
I find the Drop Down Navigation web part very useful for adding quick links to a page. It generates a drop-down menu of URLs from a SharePoint list. Once downloaded and installed on the server the web part becomes available…
Installing a web part using the command line
I have downloaded some web parts for my site and need to install them on the server – this is quite easy using the command line. Here is the how to do it: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\BIN\stsadm.exe -o addwppack…
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