SPServices Stories #17: Multiple Form Fields Autocomplete for SharePoint 2010/2013 using JavaScript

This entry is part 16 of 21 in the series SPServices Stories

Introduction Anyone who follows this series knows that I’m always on the lookout for interesting and useful implementations of SPServices. A few weeks ago, a tweet in my feeds caught my eye: Just posted multiple fields autocomplete jQuery plugin using @sympmarc's SPServices http://t.co/Z8WJSDVakQ — Plumsail (@plumsail_sp) August 21, 2013 Anton Khritonenkov, who is a Technical…

Single-Page Applications (SPAs) in SharePoint Using SPServices – Part 1 – Introduction

Single-page applications (SPAs) are nothing new on the Web. However, like Responsive Web Design (RWD), SPAs are gaining favor as a way to enable real work with an improved user experience (UX). From the Wikipedia definition of SPA: A single-page application (SPA), also known as single-page interface (SPI), is a web application or web site…

Item ‘Modified By’ Value Doesn’t Change: Fixing a Damaged Column Schema

I ran into an odd situation the other day at one of my clients. When people edited existing list or library items in *some* lists (we couldn’t discern a pattern) the Modified By (Editor) column value did not change. The date/time stamp (Modified) was updated, but not the person who made the modification. We found…

SPServices Stories #16: Beginning SharePoint Development with KoSp – Knockout for SharePoint, REST API and SPServices

Introduction There were a few tweets from Ashok Raja today that caught my eye. Blogged: Introducing #KoSp – #Knockout binding handlers for #SharePoint 2013 and 2010 #RestAPI and #SPServices http://t.co/WC0TsfTqjf — Ashok Raja (@Ashok_Raja) September 10, 2013 Blogged: Beginning #SharePoint development with #KoSp – #Knockout for SharePoint , #RESTAPI and #SPServices http://t.co/ZQRyjsErKp — Ashok Raja (@Ashok_Raja)…

SPServices Stories #15: Custom Client-side Calendar Query for Office 365 SharePoint Site Using SPServices jQuery Library

This entry is part 15 of 21 in the series SPServices Stories

Introduction My friend and fellow MVP Becky Bertram (@beckybertram) recently acquiesced to my suggestion to try using SPServices to solve a challenge she had in rolling up calendar items across lists. I know it may often seem that since SPServices is my hammer that I always say to whack the nails with it, but sometimes it’s…