Promoted Links in SharePoint 2013

In this post you going to know that how to create and work with promoted links in SharePoint 2013. Simply follow the steps below.

1. Open your site and go the Site Contents.

2. Click add an app.

3. Scroll down in Your Apps page and in Apps you can add section click Promoted Links.

4. Type a name for your promoted links list and click Create.

Now you have created the promoted links list. Let’s see how to add links to the promoted list.

5. Go to Site Contents and click on the promoted links list that you created in previous step.

6. Go to New in Items tabs and click New Item.

7. Insert the information for the promoted link as following:

- Title – [Title for the Link to display when in Tiles View]
- Background Image Location – [Background image URL for the Link to display when in Tiles view.   This Image should store in SharePoint Picture Library]
- Description – [Description for the Link to display when in Tiles View].
- Link Location – [Navigate URL of the Link when click on it.]
- Launch Behavior – [Launching behavior of the Link]
- Order – [Order of the Link to display when in Tiles View]

 

8. Click Save when you done.

Now you have added a link to your promoted links list. Follow the same steps as above to add more links. 

Note: You can switch between Tiles view and All Promoted Links (List edit mode) view anytime by selecting the view from Current View dropdown under Manage Views section in List tab.