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.

CAML Query with Lists in SharePoint 2013

Single Line of Text
<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="Name" /><Value Type="Text">EmployeeName</Value></Eq></Where>
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Multiple Lines of Text
<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="Address" /><Value Type="Text">EmployeeAddress</Value></Eq></Where>
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Choice
<Where><Contains><FieldRef Name='Province'/><Value Type='Choice'>East</Value></Contains></Where>
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Number
<Where><Contains><FieldRef Name='Quantity'/><Value Type='Number'>0</Value></Contains></Where>
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Date and Time
<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="CurrentDate" /><Value Type="DateTime" IncludeTimeValue='FALSE'>2001-01-01</Value></Eq></Where>
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Lookup By Lookup Name
<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="State" /><Value Type="Lookup">Arizona</Value></Eq></Where></Query>

Lookup By Lookup Id
<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="State" LookupId="TRUE" /><Value Type="Lookup">4</Value></Eq></Where></Query>
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Yes/No
<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="Active" /><Value Type="Boolean">1</Value></Eq></Where>
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Person or Group By SPUser.Name
<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="Author" />Value Type="Text">Josh McCarty</Value></Eq></Where></Query>

Person or Group By SPUser.ID
<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="Author" LookupId="TRUE" /><Value Type="Integer"><UserID /></Value></Eq></Where></Query>
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Hyperlink or Picture
<Where><Contains><FieldRef Name='URL'/><Value Type='URL'>http://facebook.com</Value></Contains></Where>
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Calculated
<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='Status' /><Value Type='Calculated'>Completed</Value></Eq></Where>
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CAML Operators
<Eq> – Equals
<Neq> – Not Equals
<Gt> – Greater than
<Geq> – Greater than or Equals
<Lt> – Less Than
<Leq> – Less Than or Equals
<sNull> – Is Null (Is Empty)
<BeginsWith> – Begins with a string
<Contains> – Contains a string
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ORDER BY
<OrderBy> <FieldRef Name="[Field_Name]" Ascending="True" /></OrderBy>

Ex: <Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="Name" /><Value Type="Text">EmployeeName</Value></Eq></Where><OrderBy> <FieldRef Name="Name" Ascending="True" /></OrderBy>

The default value of Ascending is TRUE (By Default Order is in Descending)

Common SharePoint URLs

Sometimes you want to jump right to a specific system list, page or go to the edit mode in a SharePoint site. The following is a list of SharePoint URLs to get to commonly used administrative functions on a SharePoint site. The majority of the URLs require administrator permissions on the site and a few require administrator permissions on the SharePoint server.

(For SharePoint 2013/ 2016 you might want to add "15", "16" respectively after "/_layouts/")

Site settings page:

/_layouts/settings.aspx

View all site content page (Site content):

/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx

Site content and structure page:

/_layouts/sitemanager.aspx

Manage site collection features - CASE SENSITIVE

/_layouts/ManageFeatures.aspx?Scope=Site

Manage site features:

/_layouts/ManageFeatures.aspx

Sign in as a different user:

/_layouts/closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true

Welcome Page (Default page settings):

/_layouts/AreaWelcomePage.aspx

User Information List:

 _catalogs/users

_catalogs/users/simple.aspx

Change Site Master Page:

/_layouts/ChangeSiteMasterPage.aspx

Page Layouts and Site Templates:

/_Layouts/AreaTemplateSettings.aspx

Master Page’s library:

/_catalogs/master page/Forms/AllItems.aspx

User Information list per Site Collection:
/_catalogs/users/simple.aspx 

/_catalogs/users/detail.aspx (also see)
/_layouts/userdisp.aspx?id={UserID}&Force=True

Login using Windows credentials:
/_windows/default.aspx

Web Part Maintenance Page:

? Contents=1

Also see:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/how24/archive/2013/05/23/famous-sharepoint-urls-amp-locations.aspx