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Hi, I'm Dan and I run Academy 365. You can expect a wide range of "How To" videos packed with tips, tricks, and best practices on SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Lists, and other Microsoft 365 applications. We are a little different from many of the M365 videos on CZcams. We create our solutions and tutorials with a massive focus on end-user experience!
We also like to experiment with solutions to give you examples of how you can push SharePoint Online to replicate some familiar user experiences which you may not have thought possible!
Visit us at the Academy 365 site to check out our training courses. We create courses based on real-world practical use cases and examples so you can get up to speed on what you need and not waste time on what you don't.
Check out our 'SharePoint Intranet Site Builder Master Class' course to learn everything you need to build an Intranet site in SharePoint Online - www.academy365.io
We also like to experiment with solutions to give you examples of how you can push SharePoint Online to replicate some familiar user experiences which you may not have thought possible!
Visit us at the Academy 365 site to check out our training courses. We create courses based on real-world practical use cases and examples so you can get up to speed on what you need and not waste time on what you don't.
Check out our 'SharePoint Intranet Site Builder Master Class' course to learn everything you need to build an Intranet site in SharePoint Online - www.academy365.io
SharePoint Page Headers are gone... Create your own!
In this video, we look at SharePoint Page header design. With Microsoft finally allowing us to remove the default page header, we now have a massive opportunity to create our own styles and experiences 🙌
👨💻 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- How to remove the default SharePoint page header
- How to create your own page header using section backgrounds
- My tips and tricks to use this capability to create seamless header-scapes (that’s now a word I promise!)
🎯 WHY WATCH
This video aims to demonstrate ways to combine the recent UI updates to Sharepoint Online to think outside the box and get creative with our pages. We are in unpredicted territory where we can finally replicate UI design, which is commonplace within external websites, right within our sites. This video explains how I am doing it and walks through some examples. Hopefully you take away a little inspiration 😁
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🎓 INTRANET SITE BUILDER MASTER CLASS COURSE: www.academy365.io/course/sharepoint-intranet-site-build-master-class
🎉🎉🎉 Use coupon code FLASH25 for 25% off (limited availability) 😁 Just enter at the checkout!
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🎥 VIDEO SECTIONS
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - What we are building
1:57 - How to remove the default page header
2:53 - How to add a custom section background
3:26 - Page Header formatting tips
5:19 - How to use background gradients to blend sections
7:00 - Create a custom background image in Figma
9:28 - How to set the focal point of a background section image
10:18 - How to create custom section backgrounds in PowerPoint
12:32 - How to change the font colour of a section from black to white
14:03 - Another page example using the same technique
👨💻 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- How to remove the default SharePoint page header
- How to create your own page header using section backgrounds
- My tips and tricks to use this capability to create seamless header-scapes (that’s now a word I promise!)
🎯 WHY WATCH
This video aims to demonstrate ways to combine the recent UI updates to Sharepoint Online to think outside the box and get creative with our pages. We are in unpredicted territory where we can finally replicate UI design, which is commonplace within external websites, right within our sites. This video explains how I am doing it and walks through some examples. Hopefully you take away a little inspiration 😁
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🎓 INTRANET SITE BUILDER MASTER CLASS COURSE: www.academy365.io/course/sharepoint-intranet-site-build-master-class
🎉🎉🎉 Use coupon code FLASH25 for 25% off (limited availability) 😁 Just enter at the checkout!
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🎥 VIDEO SECTIONS
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - What we are building
1:57 - How to remove the default page header
2:53 - How to add a custom section background
3:26 - Page Header formatting tips
5:19 - How to use background gradients to blend sections
7:00 - Create a custom background image in Figma
9:28 - How to set the focal point of a background section image
10:18 - How to create custom section backgrounds in PowerPoint
12:32 - How to change the font colour of a section from black to white
14:03 - Another page example using the same technique
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See what I created... NEW SharePoint Custom FONTS and IMAGE backgrounds
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In this video, we are looking at the new CUSTOM FONTS and SECTION BACKGROUND IMAGE functionality within SharePoint Online 🙌 👨💻 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: • Custom Fonts: Learn how to add custom fonts to your SharePoint sites • Section Backgrounds: Learn how to effectively use the new section background (plus some handy tips!) • Site Build Along: Follow along as we replicate the Ben & Jerry's website h...
How I designed the Spotify Intranet Homepage
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In this video, we are going to build a Homepage for the Spotify SharePoint Online Intranet 🙌 👨💻 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: • Custom Colour Theme: Create your very own brand colour theme • Efficient Navigation: Integrate over 40 essential links right on your homepage. • Dynamic Content: Seamlessly incorporate multiple news feeds and an events section. • Departmental Access: Create quick links to variou...
Create interactive infographics in SharePoint Online
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In this video, we will look at 3 approaches to displaying infographic or diagrams within SharePoint Online sites (that I bet nobody else does!) 😁🔥 In approach ❶, we look at how we look at how we can use some of the most basic web parts to present our content in an engaging manner and I share my top tips for images and text. 🎯 In approach ❷ we look at how you can create clickable images so that ...
How to create CUSTOMISED colour themes in SharePoint Online like a pro!
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In this video, we will look at how you can create custom SharePoint Online colour themes that can be used within your sites! Site colour themes are an excellent way to incorporate your organisation's branding into your SharePoint Online site; however, the standard way to create themes is quite limited 😣 I’ll show you how to add additional branding colours to your themes to really bring them to ...
6 ways to create Document Templates in SharePoint Online
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In this video, we are going to look at the many different ways people create document templates within their SharePoint Online sites!🔥 We explore the top 3 ways people normally create document templates, and then we look at 3 ways that SharePoint wants you to do it! 😁 Providing your users with document templates can really help drive consistency and efficiency with document management. No more ...
How to build AMAZING SharePoint custom web parts - NO CODE REQUIRED!
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In this video, we are going to look at an innovative method to create any user experience imaginable within SharePoint Online!🔥 And the best part... you don't need to be a developer or understand a single line of code! 😁 And the second best part... it's free, and you can do it today! 🎉 We are going to use a tool called Figma, and its design and prototyping capabilities to create some SharePoint...
My Top 5 Secret SharePoint Online Intranet Site Page Types (Intranet demo!)
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In this video, I'm going to walk you through my go-to top 5 page types that I always use when designing and building my SharePoint Online Intranet sites. ⭐️⭐️ Designing Intranet sites can feel daunting. With the massive variation of options available to us within SharePoint Online, it's so easy to lose track of the bigger picture and target user experience. The 5 page types I explain and demons...
How I CONQUERED the SharePoint CONTENT TYPE Fear
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In this video, we will explore SharePoint Online Content Types together and clear the fear that surrounds them! We’ll do this by putting them to good use by building a project management tracker! 🤓 By the end of this video, you will be a certified content-type ninja! 🥷 Not to mention that you will have built a best-in-class project management solution within your site! 🔥🔥You will understand wha...
SharePoint Tutorial - Top 10 things you must do today to create an amazing list user experience
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SharePoint Online Lists can be pretty bleak places to spend time. Most often, they are set up in a way where the user experience is the last priority… and rarely considered… 😔 BUT... me being a user experience nut, this kind of thing keeps me up at night! So… I decided to jot down my top 10 list of things I always do/consider when creating a SharePoint Online list or document library to ensure ...
🔥 SharePoint Tutorial - Use a custom JSON list view to create a video playlist on your Intranet
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SharePoint Tutorial - How to build a custom search page experience
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SharePoint Intranet Site Build Master Class | Course Intro | Academy365
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Awesome Content! How can I cut off the background from figma? Where did you find this type of content? I mean the tricky about the hide UI functionallity.
How do I protect the site Home page, when clicking "News" adds a page rather than a list item? I want managers to be able to share news but not muck with anything else.
Sorted it! News modules are on sub-sites only, with the home page gathering the stories; nobody needs edit access to the Home page now.
Very helpful, Dan, Thank you!
Thank you for laying out the pre-requisites for a beginner like myself. I now know what permissions I should ask for to get the customized results. Thanks again! Also - do NOT stop making these videos. I know only very basic things about SharePoint, but this type of information is the good stuff. Keep 'em coming!
Wow, this is what I've been looking for! I've gone through the whole process and decided to replace some of the darker shades for other branding colors we use. However, my new theme doesn't reflect the new colors. My accent color appears in the theme, but it doesn't replace the darker shade within the text font colors. Are we not able to swap out more than one?
Loving your videos mate! They have been super helpful and I have used a bunch of your tutorials to improve our sites - Thanks! In regard to the 'Sidebar Menu' list, the user can double-click the item which takes them to the list details page. This is also the default action on mobile devices when the user clicks on the list item. Is this the case in your example and if so, do you know how to prevent this?
I cant get chatgpt to update the JSON to align the image to the left and have text to the right. Keeps not changing it. Can you post your JSON?
The same issue. Can someone please post JSON code?
Absolutely amazing demo. Such a simple yet very effective communication and training. Love it! Always wait for your video to show up,
All I can say is YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!
Thanks for that! 🙌
We are waiting for more videos of JSON formatting
Working on it, anything in particular?
markdown does not support png? i have image with transparent background but its displayed as white. Also extra white border visible around the section.
Is it possible to create a multi-select filter? So for instance, I can select movies tagged as "Award-winning" and "Children & Family"?
Hi, Yes this is possible. I fyou edit the filters web part and click the 'Edit' button under 'Customize filters, you will see a check box option to enable 'Multi Vales'. This is the setting you are looking for. Hope this helps! 😉
Thanks you!How to put other color in my site?
Check out this video here czcams.com/video/BzkHmZADmh8/video.html it provides a walkthrough of the process
Probably the best SharePoint tips and tricks on the entire Net ❤🎉 keep it up man! We’re all here taking notes 😊
Thanks so much, I really appreciate that! ✌️ I'll do my best 😁
It's very clever but clearly you aren't creating a custom web part at all. So, I kinda feel I was hooked in to your video under false pretences 😁 Would I use this in a production environment? No. For the simple reason that you're then a hostage to fortune i.e. if/when Figma decide to change how their product works - especially if you're using a free account. If Figma, for instance, decide to limit free accounts to X views per day or added "Made with Figma" slap bang in the middle, then your beautifully crafted "web parts" are suddenly not so clever. ☹ However, if it's possible to export this out of Figma as a fully functioning web page which you could host separately, then I'd change my opinion. But it is still an inventive trick nevertheless. 👍
Thanks for the comment and sorry for the false pretences... Well yes, it technically is not a coded web part but more of an alternative approach to get the effect. This definitely falls into the experimental category of things you can try and provides an opportunity to get creative without the need to code. I do agree that there is always that risk with free versions of an application but my personal thought on that woud be that if you are using a free version and are getting real value out of it, then I tend to support the product and sign up (as long as it is not exstorsionate of course!). I would not use this approach for a critical area like a homepage but you can have a hell of a lot of fun with it in specific scenarios... and if all else fails, being aware of apps like Figma and learning to use them is a valuable skill in itself for visual communication. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this one, very good points to consider! 😁
Man !! thank you !!
You are very welcome! Thanks for your thanks! 😉
"SharePoint as entertainment". I thought it was just me.😉
Lol, now that you point it out... maybe it was ambitious to say that 🤣 we should have a beer! 😉
Please let this come out soon!!! I need this in my life.
It was out and then rolled back for some strange and mysterious reason. Microsoft are letting the side down here without communicating why they have removed this feature after literally introducing it. Maybe somebody has the answer?. In the mean time, if you want a page with no header, you can always go to site pages, copy the existing 'Home' page and then edit that as a new page. It will not have the page banner. It's a long standing work around. Just note that you won't have the option to publish these copied pages as 'News Posts'. 😉
Thank you, this video will help me a lot!
Thanks you, I'm really glad to hear that! 🙌
Aaaand... they're back :) I've created well over 50 PnP Search-powered pages in the past few weeks without a header section. Only to come back to work this morning and see that all the old header sections are back without the option to remove them. Same on my demo tenant. Thank you Microsoft.
Yea I woke up to that same change myself. The new toolbox (not very useful as far as I can see) was also there so I'm guessing the header being removed is a bug associated with that update. I'm sure they'll fix it soon
@@Academy365-Dan Regardless, keep up the good work. Love the creativity!
Oh hell yeah! 👍
I loved these avatars you used. Does anyone know if it's possible to create a custom one of these?
This is the asset collection I used for this video if it helps www.ls.graphics/products/guuulp-2-illustration-constructor
Doesn't seem to work on lists that contain videos because they now open in Stream, which has both a Download button and a screen record feature, so no obvious way to protect proprietary video content. Works great for other lists, tho'.
I am so glad I've found your channel! Another masterclass! I am curious to see how we can utilize all the new AI features MS is planning to rollout by the end of the year.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it too ;-) Me too, can't wait to have play!
Thank you Dan! 🙏 Love how aesthetically pleasing the site designs are.
Thank you very much. I spend an unatural amount of time iterating on them! 🫣
Very nice. Good video and ideas, as ususal. 👍👍Thanks so much.
Thank you!!
This is great! Loved for the detailed walk-through in Figma. I did not know that I could use prototypes in SharePoint. Using markdown for images is a game changer, thanks for sharing your knowledge.❤
My pleasure 😁
Next, full page width sections that allow any webpart please.
For sure, just waiting for my 'make the impossible... possible' tool in the mail first 😉 As far as I can tell, there just isn't much room to manoeuvre with this one and I find the options we do have don't quite work for me. One option though that I have found is good would be the hero web part in a full width section. HOWEVER... not in the tiles layout (this is massive in a full width section and hides the rest of the page), choose the 'Layers' layout and go with a maximum of 2 layers (I generally just use 1 layer). TIP... if you change the section background you can change the colour on the text part which can be nice. Hope this helps! 😁
Your channel is, by far, the best I've seen so far. Well done. Others are so basic I feel like I'm reading Microsoft Learn docs.
Couldn't agree more...
Wow, thanks so much for that. I'm certainly trying not to come across as a MS Learn Doc so this comment is a serious nudge that I'm on the right track! Thanks man! 🙌😁
Love this! I am hoping this will roll out ASAP!
It did and then rolled back and I'm hoping it re-rolls out asap. A lot of people scratching their heads trying to understand this decision at the moment! 🙃
Got my popcorn! This is long overdue and I'm excited to update my SharePoint portfolio. I'm also looking forward to your master class! I hope to sign up soon to enable my career change during this time of my career transition.
Hope that popcorn had melted butter on it! 😉 Best of luck in the career change! Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions, maybe I can help!
Not sure how I found you but I am so glad that I did. I have learned so much from your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Just amazing!!
Thanks so much for commenting, I'm glad we found each other too 🥰 I really appreciate your comment!
Loving all this info! I am getting obsessed with Sharepoint :D
Thank you for taking the time to create this video! FANTASTIC!!!
You're most welcome! 😁
Hi thank you for this tutorial. It works! I just have one problem the sharepoint page when it’s loading the attached embed keep showing figma loading. How to hide this? Need help please.
Hey! I'm afraid you can't (or at least I've not figured that part out). It is certainly a compromise but hopefully the value of the prototype out weights the loading inconvenience!
Hi thank you for this tutorial. It works! I just have one problem the sharepoint page when it’s loading the attached embed keep ahowing figma loading. How to hode this? Need help please.
Always nice to see innovative thinking
Thanks so much 😁
Thank you so much!!
Thank you!! 👋
Is there a video resource in which you explain how to remove the default banner with the title as the first section?
I'm actualy editing a video which includes this very topic as I type! I'll have it out this week :-D
How do you get that view and edit buttons within the row like that
Hey, I covered that in this video.. czcams.com/video/8TPJ2ya3BcU/video.html Skip to 27:37 for the steps 😁
Learning a lot from your content. Really
Excellent, that's really great to hear! 🙌
Hi @Academy365-Dan, I am desperate to understand if we could use lists to work as a PIM (Product information management) which I think its possible after watching bunch of your videos, where we create product information but the question is the assets. Our goal is to have a folder with photos like, photoshoot photos of ambient or ecommerce products, and when someone searches for one SKU they can find all the images related to that SKU, even if one image has 3 SKU's in ambient..
Hey! I think there could be many solutions to this. One might be to have a "sister" document library where you have a folder for each SKU containing the images. You could then link to this folder from the the product row in the list. Another option would be using a custom search method with the PnP Modern Search Web Parts. This would be a lot more advanced but potentially worth the investment of time to figure out if this is supporting a core process within your business.
Wish you would go into more detail about the colour slots. Also When I copied the code I had two slots disabled. Is that normal?
Which slots were disabled? Maybe I can help
You are just a killer. I’m impressed. Thanks for such great content.
Thanks so much, don't tell the police I am a killer! (sorry, very bad dad joke right there!) 🫣
23:00 Wish you had mentioned that requirement earlier :/ I am trying to build a better SharePoint experience for my team at a multinational company.... So I guess none of this cool stuff will work for me.
Hold on, I was actually able to change that setting. Hah!
Great stuff, glad you got around it! Best of luck with the UX, I'm sure it will be great!
this is a mega wonderful tutorial.
Thanks so much!
This is excellent, and helps so much to elevate the boring SharePoint my company produced. Would Adobe XD work the same as Figma for your Approachs? I have access to XD and not Figma (Company IT restrictions).
Hey! Thanks for the kind words. Yes, XD will work the same for sure. I used to use XD myself! Very similar to Figma
Great video! How did you manage to place a filter on the secondary page with the chips (8:24)? Does each product have a page and views for each one? Or is there a way to make just one page that is filtered based on a parameter?
Hi! The chips page is just a regular site page, so there would be a dedicated site page per menu Item. You're spot on with the set up 👍... I set up a list called nutritional info and aligned it with each product (or at least that's what I would have done if I had the time). Then, within that list I would have had a view per product. Then, I created a seperate list of sizes (SML MED LRG) which I used to dynamic filter on the page.
I still consider myself a 'rookie' in the SharePoint arena. I have a looooooong way to go to become a SPoint Gladiator ... but ALL of Dan's videos have been VERY helpful training videos. I only recently tripped across Academy 365 and have been binge watching ever since. It has been like getting a drink of water from a firehose. But they are so well done and presented that I just keep going (but I know I will circle back and watch many more times ... over and over). This video was pretty deep for me, but I NEVER would have found these features and techniques on my own. Thank you ... thank you ... thank you...
Wow, thanks for this! I'm delighted that you find the content useful :-D
Thank you for this video. Great information. I am just getting started with lists and forms. I have one list that has a major horizontal scroll issue. Is there a way to have a lookup list that has all of the same options for every row in the original list but it can be customized? Essentially I am trying to track which software add ons each requestor has approved. The list of available add ons is the same but each requestor or row in the main list can have different ones