Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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Microsoft SharePoint 2013How 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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