SharePoint Color Palette Tool

A couple of months ago I wrote an article about the new look of SharePoint 2013, focusing on the new Site Collection themes for SharePoint. I gave a couple of examples for the new built-in themes included in SharePoint 2013.

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How to Debug SharePoint Autohosted Applications using the Windows Azure Service Bus

As you know SharePoint 2013 introduces a new development model, known as the App Model, that allows you to create and deploy applications for SharePoint On-Premise and SharePoint Online in Office 365. If you want to know more about how to build applications for SharePoint, I recommend you to visit the Build apps for Office and SharePoint portal created by Microsoft. There you can find a lot of useful information and resources about this new development model, how to build apps, and so on.

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Site Collection Themes in SharePoint Server 2013

Whether you are using SharePoint as your enterprise portal or company website, your clients and users pay a great attention to your website design. In my experience, one of the critical success factors for implementation of an Enterprise Portal is choosing the suitable design that will improve user experience.

Here is the default theme of SharePoint 2013. The good news are, your SharePoint site does not have to be Blue and White anymore!

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You’re so vain you probably think this feature’s about you

You have been waiting patiently and we are pleased to announce that the feature you’ve been asking for has finally arrived.  Vanity URLs are here!  Read this blog post quickly so you can lock yours in today.

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