Add Simple Widgets to Your SharePoint Page | EndUserSharePoint.c When I teach beginning SharePoint users, I describe web parts as "little widgets you can drop on your page". That usually does the trick. However, what if you REALLY want to put some widgets on your page? How would you go about doing that? I sent out a link to the SharePoint World Cup Template demo site I created from Andy Dale's framework template. I tweaked it a little with some widgets to make it a little less geeky. "I've never added a widget to a page. Hey, EndUserSharePoint, right? Get Started First thing we have to do is go find some widgets worth putting on the page. Look over the widgets and see which one you like. Copy the code from the widget. Embed the Widget Code Go to the page where you'd like to place the widget. Open the Tool Pane in the web part (Edit -> Modify SharePoint Web Part), and choose the "Source View" button. Summary That's it! I would really like to see what other people are doing with their SharePoint World Cup template page. Happy widget-ing.
Filtering with Web Part Connections | EndUserSharePoint.com Have you ever noticed the 'Connections' option on web parts and wondered what it was meant to do? Have you played with it a bit, tried connecting one thing to another only to have nothing happen? Did you do a web search to try to figure it out and come back with results like "Connection Interface Pair: ICellProvider, ICellConsumer" and then give up, just to assume that was something you needed Sharepoint Designer to master (and you don't have Sharepoint Designer?) Turns out creating a 'connection interface' between web parts is really simple; the hardest part is visualizing the purpose! Below is an example showing an abbreviated view of a list of stats we collect to monitor productivity: This list actually deals with a number of issues I see people struggle with on Stump the Panel, so I'll walk you through the capture of the information, just in case it helps to explain some other questions that might arise. Here is what the New Item entry looks like: Filter to just a month?