Mavention wins the Mavim 2013 Best Partner Deal Award
The fruitful collaboration between Mavim and Mavention has resulted in the development of the SharePoint connector and Mavention Rules SharePoint Publication. The latter solution, Mavention Rules...
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‘Like’ Publishing Pages in SharePoint 2013
‘Liking’ content is one of the new capabilities of SharePoint 2013. And while it works perfectly for Documents and List Items, it doesn’t seem very useful for Publishing Pages. So how would you Like a...
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Inconvenient creating Publishing Pages in sites with Managed Navigation
Managed Navigation is one of the great new capabilities for building public-facing websites in SharePoint 2013. And while it offers great results, it’s challenging to work with from the end-user...
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Easy getting back to the Start screen in Windows Server 2012 on remote sessions
Are you logging in remotely to Windows Server 2012 machines and having trouble getting back to the start screen?Windows Server 2012Windows Server 2012 is a great operating system that offers a lot of...
View ArticleMinifying JavaScript and CSS files in Visual Studio 2012 with Mavention...
A new version of Mavention SharePoint Assets Minifier with support for Visual Studio 2012 has been released.Minifying JavaScript and CSS files has been a known performance optimization technique for...
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SharePoint 2013 Query Spelling Inclusions for the masses
One of the capabilities of SharePoint 2013 search is the ability to provide spelling suggestions for search queries. And while this capability is configured for scale by default, you might wonder how...
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Building global navigation in SharePoint 2013
One of the new capabilities of SharePoint 2013 is Managed Navigation which is a perfect candidate for build cross-Site Collection navigation. Unfortunately, by default, Managed Navigation is limited to...
View ArticleMavention is NEN-4400-1 certified
Mavention is NEN-4400-1 certified.Mavention has been awarded NEN-4400-1 certification. NEN-4400-1 certification means that our general administration and payroll administration meet the defined quality...
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Global navigation in SharePoint 2013 revisited
Recently I wrote about how you could create consistent global navigation across multiple Site Collections with SharePoint 2013. This article presents some improvements to the concept presented...
View ArticleSet a default value for PublishingStartDate
Whenever you are using SharePoint as a publishing platform for news you will end up using some sort of DateTime fields to determine an article should be published. Out of the box you will have the...
View ArticleSpeaking at SharePoint Connections Amsterdam 2013
I just received word that I will be speaking at the SharePoint Connections Amsterdam 2013. I will be giving a session about navigation in a multi site collection environment. Hitting some of the...
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ItemDeleting events get fired when deleting a Content Type
Recently I have been working with ItemEventreceivers to do some more complex tasks like extending the default approval flow. It included using almost all events that where available and it all worked...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 and its new Web Content Management capabilities
Recently I had an interesting discussion with Shawn Shell of Consejo Inc. about the new Web Content Management capabilities of SharePoint 2013.What started as exchanging a few tweets:So WCM...
View ArticleSharePoint Evolution Conference 2013 presentations
Last week on the SharePoint Evolution Conference 2013 I presented two sessions on SharePoint 2013 Web Content Management.P&M302 Real-life building public-facing websites with SharePoint...
View ArticlePresenting at SharePoint Connections Amsterdam 2013
On the upcoming SharePoint Connections Amsterdam 2013 conference I will be presenting a session on SharePoint 2013 Web Content Management.Real-life building public-facing websites with SharePoint...
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Inconvenient embedding SlideShare presentations and other widgets in...
One of the improved capabilities of SharePoint 2013 is embedding widgets in rich content. And while it seems to just work at the first glance, it can be very inconvenient in certain scenarios.Widgets...
View ArticleSharePoint and BPM seminar organised by Mavention and Mavim
On Thursday 23 May 2013, Mavention and Mavim join hands in organising a seminar called 'Completing Information in SharePoint while Bringing Business Process Management to Life'. The Dutch-spoken...
View ArticleSpaarne Hospital launches website on cancer care
The Spaarne Hospital has gathered all information on cancer treatment and care provided to patients in the Oncology Centre in one website: www.zorgbijkanker.nl. This means the hospital's Oncology...
View ArticleOptimizing SharePoint 2013 websites for mobile devices
The mobile market is growing continuously, and in the near future, more mobile devices than desktop computers will be used to surf the web. To ensure a user-friendly experience, we must optimize...
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Inconvenient Catalog Item Page and ‘Page not found’ (404) experience
Using one Catalog Item Page you can publish the contents of hundreds of items on your website. But what will you see if you type the wrong URL?SharePoint 2013 Search-driven publishingOne of the great...
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