Using Content Types in SharePoint with Search-Driven User Interfaces

Using Content Types in SharePoint with Search-Driven User Interfaces

Content Types are a fundamental building block in SharePoint. Every object you upload or create in a SharePoint list or library gets a Content Type assigned to it, whether you realize it or not. If you create an item in a list, by default, it gets the Item Content Type. If you upload a file…

Clean Up Unwanted Site Columns from Content Types and Lists/Libraries

Another day, another chunk of PowerShell. Sometimes when we iteratively build out our information architecture, we’re over-zealous. It seems like we need a set of Site Columns to maintain metadata on lists or libraries, but in the end, we decide we want to trim away a few of the Site Columns we’ve created. Or, maybe…

Dear Microsoft: Site Designs for Good Information Architecture – Too Brittle?

Site Designs (See the Site design JSON schema article for all the great things we should be able to do with them) continue to seem like an awesome way to roll out a sound information architecture, yet they are still buggy and lack some basic reliability. I wish Microsoft would pay more attention to this…

Information Architecture in the Modern World: Chasm One – Managing Content Types

We’re in an interesting time in the SharePoint world. Rather than waiting for three year product cycles like we did in the past, we’re along for the ride. To me, it feels like we’re nearing the end of one of the cycles, as modern SharePoint has almost fully taken hold – at least in Office…