CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a simple styling language used to format websites. Because of ever increasing design demands, it is constantly changing and upgrading. Some interesting new functionalities, that were added in the previous year were an increased first letter, variable fonts, logical properties and values, scroll snapping, test for browser support and improvements to the media query. Read the rest
Category: Development
Website Dark/Light Mode
CSS specifications are constantly changing so CSS is constantly getting new functionalities. One of them is media query for dark mode: prefers-color-scheme: light/dark. Dark mode is gaining popularity as is it supposed to cause less harm to eyes, makes nighttime reading easire and prolonges battery life of some devices. Read the rest
Office UI Fabric Persona with Skype for Business Status Integration
Today I want to show you a simple SPFx Web Part solution to connect the new Office UI Fabric React component named Persona with the status from Skype for Business (Lync).
Persona is used for rendering an individual’s avatar, user information and presence. Read the rest
Close SharePoint Dialog Box with the Esc Key
When we want to check or edit a SharePoint list element without navigating around different pages, we can use a dialog box. The dialog box has been available since SharePoint 2010 and is very useful as the user can quickly return to the list from which he started by closing the dialog box, eliminating the need to navigate different pages. Read the rest
Radio Button or Dropdown Menu
Forms (input fields, entry validation, error reporting) are an essential part of the user experience, on mobile apps and on web applications. They are the best source of interaction with the user.
Two very important controls are radio buttons and dropdown menus. Read the rest
Web/Site Templates in SharePoint Online Modern Pages? No problem.
Let’s imagine that we want to have a site template with a predefined design, sections, web parts on it, lists with additional fields, custom page settings etc. etc.
If you are familiar with SharePoint On-Prem versions, you probably know that we have Site Definitions and Web Templates for stuff like this. Read the rest
@PnP/Generator-SPFx
The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) has become and extremely important part of Web Part development and Modern Site (Team Site, Communication Site) design. It eases development of Web Parts and extensions and our work with SharePoint data. It features user-friendly tools and extensions. Read the rest
Your Company Needs a Reliable and Robust Web Presentation
An efficient website is a crucial part of a company’s sales activities. And when sales are going well, the company as a whole grows and develops.
These are more or less well known facts. But there are many ways to present your content on the web. Read the rest
SPFx and Microsoft Bot – Starting point
Today I want to share with you something new within this blog – Microsoft Bot Framework.
And because I love SharePoint and I work with it for a while, SharePoint Framework (SPFx)and MS Bot Framework is my way to start this journey. Read the rest
Custom CreatePublishingPageDialog in SharePoint? No problem!
Let’s imagine that we have multiple types of articles with multiple page layouts and we want to call Add a page dialog for each of them.
The problem is in SharePoint OOTB CreatePublishingPageDialog.aspx page which is called when you choose Add a page from Site Actions menu. Read the rest