Customizing My Sites by Mike Doyle
- 1. Customizing My SitesByMichael Doyle
- 2. About MeMichael DoyleSharePoint Architect for Waggener Edstrom WorldwideEmail: mdoyle@waggeneredstrom.com or doyle@techelixir.comTwitter: @SharePointNinjaBlog: www.sharepointninja.comOr aiimcommunities.org/sharepoint
- 3. The My Site Dilemma3I installed My Sites but nobody uses them. Now what?
- 4. Increasing My Site UsageMake it easier to get to
- 5. Integrate My Site training into new hire training
- 6. Add custom properties that make sense for your organization
- 7. Make People Search easy to get to
- 8. Integrate operationally critical pages into My Sites with personalization pages.
- 9. Use intranet feature storiesMy Site Navigation OptionsStick with current My Site navigation
- 10. Make My Sites a one-click on home page
- 11. Make the My Site the user’s home page
- 12. Integrate My Site pieces into the home pageOTB My Site NavigationMy Site
- 13. My Profile
- 14. My Settings
- 15. Sign in as Different User
- 16. Sign OutHiding the Welcome buttonAdd Visible=“false”
- 17. Navigation LevelsTop LevelSub Level
- 18. Top Level NavigationFrom the site settings at the My Site’s host site collection level choose Top Link Bar
- 19. Under the User Profile service application in the personalization sites area.Note: Audience based links. My Sites Sub NavigationVia the quick launch
- 20. Or appending _layouts/AreaNavigationSettings.aspx to My Sites top level directory.Quick Launch Settings
- 21. Sub Navigation considerationsPhase in Tags and Notes
- 22. Consider the redundancy of organization chart
- 23. Value of memberships (shows SharePoint site memberships and Outlook distribution lists)
- 24. Value of colleaguesPersonalization Site Creation
- 25. Add Personalization site linkIn Central Administration navigate to Service Applications-> User Profile Service ->My Site Settings -> Configure Personalization Sites
- 26. Click on New Item
- 27. Add link to site
- 28. Choose audiences if neededPersonalization ExamplesHuman Resources Targeted to different groups (i.e. Regions)
- 29. Manager’s Page
- 30. New Hire Page
- 31. Contractor PageColleague and Outlook connection
- 32. Everybody or not EverybodyMake the decision to allow visibility options early on.
- 33. Controlling visibility is often seen as unnecessary complications and may inhibit My Site adoption.
- 34. If profile fields are all set to everybody and the user can’t change, remove the visibility dropdown from master page.Removing “View My Profile as seen by”Remove or hide the line (i.e. add Visible=“false”)<SPSWC:AsSeenByrunat="server" id="ddlAsSeenBy" SelectionMode="Single" autopostback="true"/>on person.aspx (only page with it)
- 35. Profile PicturesNo longer tied to a person’s personal content area.
- 36. Now stored in central area (http://<my site host>/User Photos).
- 37. Three sizes stored but not original (144x144, 96x96, and 32x32)Newsfeed ConsiderationsLots of items are tracked by default.
- 38. Users can change what is tracked.
- 39. Some companies might view the level of exposure as intrusive or afraid that users may be spending too much time looking at what others are doing.Newsfeed Options
- 40. Organizational Chart ConsiderationsInteractive one requires Silverlight which may be an issue in some environments.
- 41. Shows up in three places within My Sites and once on People Search.
- 42. In some companies titles reflect pay grade and may be sensitive information.Tags and Notes ConsiderationsNew concepts in SP 2010
- 43. Adding a note also sends an email.
- 44. Tags and Notes can quickly add up. Doesn’t take much space but the number of items can increase crawl time.
- 45. Built in tag/note maintenance is cumbersome (read time consuming)Managing Notes/Tags
- 46. My Site page locationsRoot of My Site host.
- 47. Overview (default) – person.aspx
- 50. _layouts directory (file system)
- 52. Tags and Notes – thoughts.aspx
- 54. Memberships – MyMemberships.aspxEditing My Site PagesCan use SharePoint Designer to edit files located under My Site Host
- 55. Other files can be opened as individual files with other tools but don’t appear as part of the site.
- 56. Always make backups. Designer can throw in code that makes recovery difficult.Multiple Page IssuesItems that cross pages
- 57. Everything in the Mysite.master (or master page chosen).
- 58. The top level menu
- 59. The sub level menu
- 60. Profile information is displayed independently on each page.Personal Content Sites
- 61. Personal Content Site ConcernsEach person is a site collection administrator
- 62. Each site can have it’s own theme (theme does not inherit) and potentially it’s own master page
- 63. User’s can potentially delete their own sites (yes, I have seen this happen)
- 64. Increases administration needsThemesSame themes used in the Office 2010 suite.
- 65. Easy to apply.
- 66. PowerPoint has the best and easiest to use theme editor.
- 67. Limited.
- 68. Combination of themes and CSS is probably your best bet.Themes
- 69. Getting My Site InformationSharePoint Web Controls
- 70. Web Services
- 71. SharePoint Object ModelSharePoint Web ControlsRegister SPSWC at top
- 72. User Profile data accessible via adding<SPSWC:ProfilePropertyLoader id="m_objLoader" LoadFullProfileOfCurrentUser="true" runat="server"/>
- 73. User profile data can be put anywhere on a pagei.e. <SPSWC:ProfilePropertyImagePropertyName="PictureUrl" RenderWrapTable="False" runat="server"/> Social Web ServicesPeople.asmx
- 74. Useful for getting a list of users.
- 76. Provides profile information based upon an individual user.
- 78. Useful for dealing with tag data.User Information List IssuesStill in SharePoint 2010
- 79. Users who are added individually or have visited the site collection.
- 80. Provides data for the drop down for people list.
- 81. Can cause problems when user logon changes.What about My LinksThey are not on My Sites by default
- 82. To add them back edit one of the pages (such as person.aspx) and put the Quick Links control on there.
- 83. Being replaced with the Tag cloudTwitter on Your Overview PageGet a widget from Twitter.comCreate a User Profile PropertyCopy the code into a Content Editor Web PartModify it with Javascript to read in User Profile PropertyInstructions at http://www.sharepointninja.com/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=54
- 84. Twitter Example
- 85. Outlook integration with My SitesMy Site info is visible in Outlook once the social connector is configured.
- 86. Can be found by going to the View tab on Outlook and clicking on People Pane and going to Account settings.
- 87. Pulls in activities and status updates.Hooking up My SitesUsers have to enter My Site Host and user name/password.Current Outlook Social ConnectorsSharePoint My Sites
- 88. Facebook
- 89. My Space
- 90. Linked In
- 91. MSN MessengerNote: Relaxed privacy settings on most social sites can cause some accidental sharing of private information.Facebook ScenarioYou have the FB social connector added and you received an email from someone who is also your friend on FB. It shows recent activities of that person including anything someone has posted on their wall (i.e. pictures, profanity, etc.) right at the bottom of your Outlook.
- 92. Depending on privacy settings you don’t even have to be friends to see information.Facebook Social Connector Example
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