Along with acting as VP of BIWUG (Belgian Information Worker User Group), Elio is an independent contractor for his own consulting company, Struyf Consulting.
In the previous posts I explained how to create a new refiner control, but there is one search data type that needs some special attention. The search data type that will be explained in this post is the FileType. In this post I’ll show you the things that are so special about working with filetypes.
Read moreIn the previous post I explained how to create your first search refiner control template. The template that was created wasn’t that useful, because it missed the refinement actions. In this post I explain how to add these refinement actions to your template and what to do once results are refined.
Read moreIn the first part of this blog post series about custom search refiner controls, I’ll describe what is minimal needed to create a clean refiner control display template. This template can later be used as a starter’s template for the creation of other refinement controls. Create a New Search Refiner Control Template The first thing you’ll need to do, is creating a new HTML file in the Master Page Gallery.
Read moreAs you may already know and seen, there has been quite a lot of improvements to create or change UI elements from SharePoint 2013, especially UI objects of search. A topic that I wanted to blog about for quite some time now (first time I started this post was in April) will show you how to create your own custom refiner display templates.
Read moreYesterday we had the first Biwug Quiz. One of the questions was the following: Display Templates require one of the following options: HTML JavaScript JavaScript & HTML XSL Everyone has answered that you need the JavaScript and HTML file, but this isn’t correct. The correct one was number two JavaScript. To clarify the answer I will show you why you don’t need the HTML file.
Read moreThe SharePoint 2013 rating system slightly changed a bit. In SharePoint 2013 you can now choose to use likes or star ratings. This functionality can be turned on via the Rating settings in the list. Show image List Rating Settings Styling the SharePoint 2013 star rating involves some work. The only “quick” option you have is to apply a composed look to your site.
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