a blog by Rajesh

How to sort the folders in document library without coding? 1. Create a new  Folder Content Type 2. Add a Sort Order  column 3. Associate the Folder Content Type  with the document library 4. Update the All Documents  view to Sort with Sort Order column. 5. Add the folders with the content type created to add the Sort Order sequence. If the above followed, your folder sorting should work fine.

Designing Solution Integration with SharePoint : Mobile integration : 1. Infragistics Shareplus : Mobile UI ( http://www.infragistics.com/shareplus ) CRM & Best User friendly UI 2. Sales force - for better efficient UIs and workflows ( http://www.salesforce.com/ap/ ) Best looking public facing sites : 3. Sitecore : to create public facing websites more easily. ( http://www.sitecore.net/ ) Workflows : 4. K2 : powerful workflows ( http://www.k2.com/platform/workflow-software ) 5. Ninetex : user friendly workflows (  http://www.nintex.com/ ) 6. Bamboo : another well known workflow tool ( https://store.bamboosolutions.com/c-16-workflow.aspx ) Project management Tool : 7. Jira : Issue and Agile project tracking tool ( https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira ) BI & Dashboards : 8. Power BI : Powerful BI customization ( https://powerbi.microsoft.com/ ) 9. ArcPlan : Best BI dashb...

Content Hub Publishing : Sharepoint content hub publishing can be tedious some times with some of the following issues : 1. Content type publishing fails with the pre-import check on the existing sitecolumns 2. Cleaning up of the published content types 3. Rolling back to the previous stage Content Hub cleanup solution : Recently , I surfaced the above issues in implementing few content types in a content hub. It took  hours of tiresome troubleshooting on the content hub, ULS and content type error log. Finally, the issues have been resolved with loads of powershell scripts. I have posted the scripts in codeplex in thought of helping someone having the similar issues.  The scripts are free to download and availale at the following link : https://rajesh.codeplex.com/releases/view/616417 Hope it helps someone out there. Happy Sharepointing!

Information Architecture Information architecture determines how the information in that site or solution—its webpages, documents, lists, and data—is organized and presented to the site’s users. Information architecture is often recorded as a hierarchical list of content, search keywords, data types, and other concepts. Ways to improve the organization's information architecture efficiencies Use metadata to make it easier to search for and compare related data or content. Manage versions and records to ensure that you can tell which is the authoritative version of a document. Catalog and store information properly so decision-makers can find and rely on the right data. Design navigation and present information so that users can find important sites and information. Integrate your information architecture with your environment's search strategy, so your users can find the right information. Information architecture includes the wireframe and site map, search an...