Ryan Clark

Do you want to add a video to your SharePoint page? The cool thing is that there are four methods you can use which will allow you to add any kind of video from any source. In this short guide, I want to show you the different methods you can use to add videos to SharePoint Online. Let’s get started. Method #1: YouTube YouTube is the top video platform in the world. It’s one of the top sources of videos that people share. In SharePoint Online, there is a web part specifically for YouTube. All you have to do is […]

Have you accidentally deleted a SharePoint site collection? Well, there’s a likely chance, depending on when the site was deleted, that the site collection is completely intact and recoverable. In this quick guide, I want to show you how to easily restore a deleted SharePoint site collection in two easy-to-follow methods. Let’s get started. What happens when you delete a site collection in SharePoint? The good news here is that you can still recover a deleted site collection. The bad news is that there is a time limit. Specifically: When you recover a site collection, the actual restoration time depends

Have another page in mind to use as the homepage? Well, it’s certainly easy to do in SharePoint, even if the option is a little well-hidden. In this quick guide, I’ll give you a walkthrough of how to make any page on your site the homepage in two simple steps. Let’s get started. What does a site homepage mean? Basically, when you get into a SharePoint site, you will be greeted by the homepage of the site or the default page. If your site is a stack of papers, the homepage is the topmost paper, which is what you see

Do you want to add an RSS feed to your site? It’s a handy way of automatically keeping your users up to date on news from an external site. In this article, I’ll show you two methods of adding a modern RSS feed to your site in SharePoint Online. Let’s get started. What is an RSS feed? RSS means really simple syndication or site summary. It’s basically a feed that aggregates news and monitors for new updates. You can make use of RSS to embed news from other sites to your SharePoint sites and make it updated at a set

Need to search for something in SharePoint Online? Thanks to the modern experience, searching for a document or an item is quite easy and intuitive. In this article, I’ll show you how easy it is to search in SharePoint Online and where you can conduct a search. Let’s get started. How search works in SharePoint Online A common question I encounter from clients and first-time users is how they will be able to find their files easier. Naturally, there is the option of hunting down the library or list where the item or document resides. But what if you forgot

Feeling stuck on how to make a SharePoint enterprise wiki site collection work on the modern experience? This is one of the most common questions that I encounter from my clients, especially those who are used to the classic experience. In this article, I’ll walk you through creating a SharePoint enterprise wiki that will work on the modern experience. Let’s get started. Creating an enterprise wiki site Have you tried creating an enterprise wiki site before through the classic experience? It’s still possible to do so now. However, sites and pages created using the enterprise wiki template don’t work with

Need to create checklist items in SharePoint? Currently, there isn’t a direct way of doing that. However, there are some options for you to choose from. In this guide, I’ll show you how to create a checklist in SharePoint Online in different ways step-by-step. Let’s get started Checklist options in SharePoint Online If you want a functional checklist, the only way to do it as of now is to use other Microsoft apps and embed them on the homepage. There are other built-in methods (discussed in #3). But I can’t say they’re to everyone’s taste since they don’t technically work

Need to create a copy of an existing custom list? Fortunately, the process now is straightforward, unlike the classic way of duplicating a custom list in SharePoint Online. In this guide, I’ll show you how you can easily duplicate a custom list in SharePoint Online in three short steps. Let’s get started. The modern way of creating a list in SharePoint Online In the past, if you want to create a copy of a list, you have to do two steps: The problem with this is that the steps weren’t that friendly to new users. They also needed the user

Found the App Step in SharePoint Designer Workflow grayed out? The good news is that it’s quite easy to enable App Step in SharePoint. The only thing you need is the Workflow App ID. In this guide, I’ll show you how to enable App Step in SharePoint to elevate workflow permissions step-by-step. Let’s get started. What is App Step in SharePoint? Have you created a SharePoint 2013 workflow? If you did, then you must have encountered some problems when a user who started the workflow doesn’t have the right permissions. That’s understandable. With SharePoint 2013 workflow, the initiator must have