Monday, December 30, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to setup Content Approval and Versioning for a List in SharePoint 2013.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint Lists and Libraries.
How to setup Content Approval and Versioning for a List in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint 2013 Versioning and Content Approval belong to the powerful document management features. They can be setup on the Versioning Settings page. When Content Approval is enabled, you can create items as drafts and they will not be visible to other users until a user with Approve permission approves them. Versioning Settings provide the ability to create copies of a document each time when it is edited and also add comments for each version. It is very useful for document protection, because using this feature you can restore any document to its earlier version. Learn more about Content Approval and Versioning on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Friday, December 27, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to setup list or library name and navigation in SharePoint 2013.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint Lists and Libraries.
How to setup list or library name and navigation in SharePoint 2013.


It is very important to create your library and list apps with descriptive names and setup a URL for them. Note that unlike list and library names their URLs are setup while app creating and cannot be changed later. In addition, you can create a permanent link to the apps on the Quick Launch to make navigation easier for users. Take a look on how to setup list or library names on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

PlexHosted team wishes you Merry Christmas!

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At the end of 2013 year, we realize this milestone was made possible by the support of clients, friends, and associates like you. As we face these changing times together, we look forward to a partnership of continuing success.

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Monday, December 23, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to remove a SharePoint 2013 site.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Sites.
How to remove a SharePoint 2013 site.


If you have mistakenly created a new site or you do not need a SharePoint site any more you can easily delete it. SharePoint provides out of the box functionality to remove sites. Note that if the site you want to delete contains sub-sites, you will not be able to delete it until you delete all sub-sites. Learn how to delete sites on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Friday, December 20, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to manage site content syndication in SharePoint 2013.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Sites.
How to manage site content syndication in SharePoint 2013.


Site content syndication or RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication) in SharePoint 2013 allows you to get the latest updates about the changes on a site. It is another handy feature of SharePoint that helps users to stay acknowledged about what is happening on sites. Learn more how to enable RSS feeds for SharePoint 2013 sites and site collections on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to manage features in SharePoint 2013.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Sites.
How to manage features in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint features can be activated at different levels and to activate them you need to have sufficient permissions. SharePoint sites includes some features activated by default. Some features are activated by default only if a site has been created with specific template. SharePoint site collection administrator has the ability to activate features on the Site Collection and Sites level. Learn the levels of activation, permissions necessary for them, and see the tutorial on the PlexHosted Wiki.

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to work with templates in SharePoint 2013.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Sites.
How to work with templates in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint provides a number preconfigured templates and the option to create a custom ones to create sites. If have a customized site that was modified to meet specific needs of your organization and you want to create more sites with the same settings, you do not need to customize new sites from the scratch. You can save your site as template either with content or without it and them use this template to create as many site with the same configuration as you need. This feature is also handy when you need to move your site to another SharePoint farm, custom templates are created in .wsp format and can be deployed as sandbox solution to the external farm. Learn more how to work with site templates on the PlexHosted Wiki site

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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to share a SharePoint 2013 site.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Sites.
How to share a SharePoint 2013 site.


SharePoint 2013 provides several ways to grant users access to the sites. SharePoint administrators can use Share button to grant permissions to users to specify who and on what level will have access to the sites content. When a new site created it can inherit permissions form the parent one, or an admin can create unique permissions for it. Learn more about sharing options in SharePoint 2013 on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to manage user permissions in SharePoint 2013.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Sites.
How to manage user permissions in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint uses a role-based security system to protect the content. The level of access to SharePoint sites and their content is determined by permissions assigned to users. There are different levels of security, permission levels and permission groups in SharePoint and you can manage them according to the needs and policies of your organization. You can assign permissions to access sites, pages, apps and items to users by several ways. Learn more about SharePoint 2013 user permission management on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to change a site theme in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Sites.
How to change a site theme in SharePoint 2013.


If you want to change the default blue theme of a SharePoint 2013 site, you can easily do this using a number of built in look and feel designs. Changing a theme may be very useful for your sites organization. If you have a complex sites hierarchy,the sites may blur together and look very similar to each other. Changing themes for a separate site or for a set of related sites may help to make navigation better and also improve your brand. Changing themes is a first step on the way of SharePoint branding and customization.

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Sunday, December 08, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to create a site in SharePoint 2013.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Sites.
How to create a site in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint site is a main data container. It is the place where all your lists, libraries, pages and other content are stored. On the SharePoint platform you can create a hierarchy of sites to organize content and business process. Like in your file system you create folders and subfolders, you can create sites and sub sites on SharePoint 2013 using built-in site templates. Visit PlexHosted Knowledgebase to find out more about creating sites in SharePoint.

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Friday, December 06, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to edit Web Part pages in SharePoint 2013.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to edit Web Part pages in SharePoint 2013.


If you create multiple views for your SharePoint lists and libraries, then you know that pages used for these view are Web Part pages. Web part page is also used as default home page for some SharePoint sites, for example, for blog site. Web Part page can contain only Web Parts and you cannot place content there in the same way as on Wiki pages. You need to add Content Editor Web Part to add static content on the page or Image Web Part to add an image. Learn more how to edit Web Part pages on PlexHosted`s Wiki site.

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Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to customize Web Parts and App Parts on SharePoint 2013 pages


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to customize Web Parts and App Parts on SharePoint 2013 pages.


All Web Parts and App parts added to your SharePoint webpages can be easily customized and edited. You can change the view of Web parts and App Parts to make them showing exactly what you need. You can modify them to display the content in a way it is necessary and edit Web Part settings and properties according to page design. Visit PlexHosted Wiki to get the detailed information about editing SharePoint 2013 Web and App Parts.

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Monday, December 02, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to move Web Parts and App Parts on SharePoint 2013 pages


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to move Web Parts and App Parts on SharePoint 2013 pages.


When you work with SharePoint 2013 webpages, you can customize them according to your needs - you can add and remove different Web Parts and App parts, for example. What is more you can move them on the page to make sure that they are located according to your vision and requirements. This enables you to create your own unique layouts of a page. Learn more about moving Web Parts and App parts on SharePoint pages on PlexHosted Wiki site.

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to remove Web parts and App parts from the SharePoint 2013 pages


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to remove Web parts and App parts from the SharePoint 2013 pages.


In the process of customization SharePoint pages you may consider to remove web parts and app parts from the default or created by users pages. When you remove web or app part form the page, it will be permanently deleted with all its settings from this page. Alternatively, you can close web and app parts. In this case they will remain in "Closed parts" group and you will be able to re add them to the page with all their settings later. Take a look at the both ways to remove web part or app part form the page on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to add Web parts and App parts to the SharePoint 2013 pages


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to add Web parts and App parts to the SharePoint 2013 pages.


While creating pages in SharePoint 2013 you can not only add a static content, but also web parts and app parts to show the data. Web parts expose built in SharePoint functionalities that can be added to the pages. This may be Excel spreadsheets showed in browser, InfoPath forms or filters. App parts allows to show the information stored somewhere else at the site on your web page. It is mainly list and library apps all the changes in which will be reflected on the page. But also you have an option to add apps form the SharePoint Store, like weather forecast. Web parts and app parts give you powerful capabilities to create live and useful webpages on your SharePoint sites.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to setup alerts on SharePoint 2013 pages


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to setup alerts on SharePoint 2013 pages.


It is very important to stay acknowledged about the changes in documents, but is also necessary to be informed when information changes in SharePoint pages. The easy way to achieve this is to subscribe to alerts at the necessary pages. It this case each time a page has been modified you will receive a message notification. How to setup alerts for SharePoint pages you can find on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to manage page history and versions in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to manage page history and versions in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint Wiki pages library as any ordinary SharePoint library provide users with content management features. Just like version history can be enabled for documents, you can enable page history and page version management for wiki pages. This helps to view all modifications of the page and revert it to the previous state at any time. “Page History” page allows to view the content of the page with marked deletions and has the list that shows all versions of the page with date and time of creation in the navigation pane. This list allows to compare easily different page versions. Additionally, you can navigate to the “Version History” page where you can view the content and images of each version created.

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Friday, November 22, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to add a link to a SharePoint 2013 page


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to add a link to a SharePoint 2013 page


While editing SharePoint pages you have option to add links to other existing and nonexistent pages using forward links method. This method allows not only to link pages but also create new ones with a few clicks. Learn more about how to create forward links at the SharePoint 2013 pages on the PlexHosted Wiki.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to change a page layout in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to change a page layout in SharePoint 2013


SharePoint 2013 provides the capabilities to create webpages with different content. Each SharePoint page is based on a certain page layout. Layouts define the number of zones and how the content will be presented on the webpage. They are based on the content type with predefined number of site columns. When editing a page, you can change the layout according to your needs and show the information in a way you want. To learn how to change webpages layout click on “Learn more” button.

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to edit a page in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to edit a page in SharePoint 2013.


In SharePoint you can create pages to store different information and edit any page according to your needs. In case you have sufficient permissions you can modify sites home page and any other page if it organized improperly or you need to update the content. SharePoint allows editing pages directly from a browser or using editing tools like SharePoint Designer. Note that if content needs to be approved before publishing, it is better to use publishing pages.

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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to create a page in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Webpages.
How to create a page in SharePoint 2013.


You can use SharePoint webpages to present information on your site. This can be information about your organisation, apps, images, tables links etc. Using Wiki pages, Publishing and App pages you can place any content and web parts for different purposes. For example you can create a company knowledgebase. More information about SharePoint pages you can find on PlexHosted Wiki

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to create a Document Library in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint Lists and Libraries.
How to create a Document Library in SharePoint 2013.


As it have been already said, in SharePoint 2013 the key components are Lists and Libraries using which you can store, track and manage different types of data. SharePoint libraries are designed to store files like word documents, excel, PDF, video and audio content. In the library you can create, store, edit and manage files and make team work on documents much easier. Rich SharePoint content management features allows effective cooperation and metadata fields makes finding, sorting and joining files into groups easier. Take a look at PlexHosted Wiki page to learn more about SharePoint libraries.

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to create a list in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint Lists and Libraries.
How to create a list in SharePoint 2013.


In SharePoint 2013 the key components are Lists and Libraries using which you can store, track and manage different types of data. SharePoint 2013 has introduced users new apps model and all lists and libraries are now complex apps with cloud-driven functionality. Depending from the type of information you are going to store at your SharePoint site, you can choose from the variety of in-built apps.When you need to create new list, first of all, you need to define what type of information you are going to store in it. On the basis of what you are going to manage you will easily find is the most suitable list type. You can also modify lists, add columns or hide them, to develop the app that exactly meets your needs. Alternatively, you can build your own app from the scratch using Custom list app.

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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to sync SharePoint 2013 library to your computer.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint Lists and Libraries.
How to sync SharePoint 2013 library to your computer.


SharePoint 2013 provides users with a great feature that allows to quickly connect to the necessary files without accessing SharePoint site and work with them in the offline mode. In SharePoint 2013 you can synchronize SharePoint libraries with your PC and manage items without internet connection. When you sync library to the computer a local copy of the library is created. You can open and edit files and when get back online all these changes are synchronize back to SharePoint. This capability is especially helpful for “on-the-go” individuals inside your organization.

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Saturday, November 09, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to follow documents in SharePoint 2013 libraries.


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint Lists and Libraries.
How to follow documents in SharePoint 2013 libraries.


With SharePoint 2013 you can always be updated with the latest news and be aware of changes in the important documents. This can be done by setting up alerts and in this case you will be notified about changes via email or a text message. But in case you do not want to receive multiple emails, there is another option to track updates. You can follow the necessary documents and all the changes will be shown in one single place – Newsfeed. How to follow documents you may find on PlexHosted Wiki.

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