Microsoft Sharepoint Web Parts

"Tip of the Day" Sharepoint Web Part

The "Tip of the Day" Web Part selects a random entry from the specified Sharepoint List or a selected RSS Feed and displays a picture, a title and a tip. The Web Part can be used with Windows Sharepoint Services V3, MOSS 2007, Sharepoint 2010, Sharepoint 2013, Sharepoint 2016 and Office365/Sharepoint Online.   You can configure the following web part properties: the Sharepoint list containing the tips RSS Feed URL for external tips the List fields corresponding to the picture, title and tip an optional picture (contained in a Sharepoint picture library) show a new tip every day or on every page refresh This allows you to display random data contained in any Sharepoint List by specifying the desired Sharepoint List name and the desired list column names.    Product Price Tip of the Day Web Part for SP 2007 and SP 2010 30 day Evaluation Version Free Tip of the Day Web Part for SP 2013 30 day Evaluation Version for Sharepoint 2013 Free Tip of the Day Web Part for SP 2016 30 day Evaluation Version for Sharepoint 2013 Free Tip of the Day Web Part for Office365  Sandbox Version Free Tip of the Day Web Part Sandbox Version (on premise only) Free Tip of the Day Web Part License Key per Server License USD 60.00 Web Part Installation Instructions Deployment  Instructions for SP 2010 Deployment  Instructions for SP 2013/2016 Tips selected from Sharepoint List Tip received from RSS Feed

Installation Instructions:

1. download the Tip of the Day Web Part Installation Instructions (PDF file, see above) 
   
2. either install the web part manually or deploy the feature to your server/farm as described in the instructions.

3. If you decide to create a new Sharepoint "Tip of the Day" List to store the Tip of the Day entries, create a new Sharepoint List anywhere in the Sharepoint site collection (the web part is able to access any list within the site collection).
   The list needs at least the following 2 columns to hold the entries:
    - Title
    - Tip (Abstract)
   
   
   
4. Configure the following Web Part properties in the Web Part Editor "Miscellaneous" pane section as needed:
   
   

   Site Name: Enter the name of the site that contains the Sharepoint List holding the tips: - leave this field empty if the Library is in the current site    (eg. the Web Part is placed in the same site) - Enter a "/" character if the Library is contained in the top site - Enter a path if the Library is in a subsite of the current site (eg. in the form of "current site/subsite") - enter the URL of the site collection if the List resides in another site collection List Name: Enter the desired Sharepoint List name. View Name: Optionally enter the desired List View of the list specified above. A List View allows you to specify specific data filtering and sorting. Leave this field empty if you want to use the List default view. If you specify a View, please make sure to include the "Title" column in your View. Tip Title Field Name: Enter the desired Library Column name that contains the titles (Default="Title") Tip Text Field Name: Enter the desired Library Column name that contains the abstracts (Default="Tip") You can alternatively specify a "Field Template" by entering the desired List columns (surrounded by curly braces). You can specify HTML tags and CSS styles to freely format the text. Example: <FONT face="Lucida Console">{Tip}</FONT> <DIV style="padding:5px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: silver">{Description}</DIV> <A style="COLOR: lightblue" href="someurl">more information..</A> <br>Author={Source} Tip Date Field Name: (optional) enter the name Library Column name (of type "Date Only") that contains the Tip's date. This allows to assign a specific date to each tip. The List entry matching today's date will be shown as today's tip. If no List entry matches today's date, the entry assigned to January 1, 2000 will be shown as a default tip. URL Field Name (optional): Enter the desired Library Column name that contains the hyperlink to a detail page for the specified tip. If this field is set, the Tip Title will point to the corresponding URL. If you want to automatically link to the corresponding Sharepoint List Detail View page, enter the keyword "DetailView" into this field. If you point the web part to a Sharepoint document library, enter "URL Path" to point the tip to the selected document RSS Feed URL: If you want to display a daily tip using an RSS Feed (as opposed to fetching tips stored in a Sharepoint List), enter the URL of the external RSS feed. You can leave all the above fields empty in this case. Example: http://www.microsofttraining.net/rss/tipsall/applications (shows a daily Microsoft tip supplied by Microsoft Training) Image URL (optional): Enter the Sharepoint URL of the desired image to be displayed. Leave this field empty if you don't want to provide an image. Enter "Lightbulb" if you want to display the default lightbulb image: You can alternativley enter the name of a List column that holds an individual image URL for each item. Background Color (optional):  To set the desired Web Part Background color, enter either a HTML color name (as eg. "yellow") or a hexadecimal RGB color value. Leave this field empty if you don't want to use a specific background color. You can alternativley enter the name of a List column that holds an individual color setting for each item. Text CSS Style (optional): enter the CSS styles to format the 'Tip' text. Example: font:16pt Cambria;color:brown Title CSS Style (optional): enter the CSS styles to format the 'Tip' title. Example: font:24pt Cambria;color:blue Max. nbr. of words displayed: limits the number of words to be displayed in the web part. If the tip word count exceeds this limit, the tip is truncated and a ..more link is displayed (if a detail link is defined in the "URL Field Name" field). Show new tip every n days: shows a new tip on every n days (see the option below) when clicked. Otherwise a new tip is displayed on every page refresh. Rotation Frequency in Days: if the above option is enabled, please enter the number of days to show the same tip. Open Links in new window: opens the links in a new browser window. License Key: enter your Product License Key (as supplied after purchase of the "Tip of the Day Web Part" license key). Leave this field empty if you are using the free 30 day evaluation version. You can check the evaluation period via the web part configuration pane: