{"id":1885,"date":"2012-12-22T19:16:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T03:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainlitter.com\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2012-12-22T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T03:16:44","slug":"sharepoint-2013-promoted-sites-just-what-are-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/22\/sharepoint-2013-promoted-sites-just-what-are-they\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint 2013 Promoted Sites \u2013 Just what are they?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have seen any demo\u2019s of the new SharePoint 2013 Team Site, you will already be familiar with Promoted Links.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nothingbutsharepoint.com\/sites\/eusp\/Pages\/SharePoint-2013-New-List-Promoted-Links.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u2019s a good introduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image_thumb4.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"387\" height=\"83\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Figure 1: Promoted Site Links, as you\u2019d find them in your Team Site<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m going to take a moment to discuss \u201cPromoted Sites\u201d as I went looking for a quick overview and didn\u2019t see much of anything anywhere \u2026 not even on TechNet yet.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the Central Administration Description &#8211; <strong>Use this list to promote certain sites to users. Sites added here will appear on Sites page in user&#8217;s My Sites. Use audiences if you want a link to only appear for a specific set of users. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Promoted Sites \u2026 Yum<\/h2>\n<p>In a picture, these are are Promoted Sites (Below)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image_thumb5.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"587\" height=\"330\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While they look the same, the difference is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Promoted Links<\/strong> \u2013 Promoted Links are a <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">list<\/span>, sorry, an App that you create in a site\/web and sprinkle on your team page (or wherever you want. Easy to work with and might be different, all over the place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promoted Sites<\/strong> \u2013 Promoted Sites are created by your (farm or whomever designated) admin, centrally, in the User Profile Service Application Settings, and displayed centrally (and targeted, if you want by Audiences) to give a consistent set of dynamic links\/icons to recommend key sites to your users when they click on the \u201cSites\u201d navigation.\u00a0 I.e you will follow sites, SharePoint will suggest sites based on what it knows about you but you can also provide a tidy, graphical (sexy) interface for the most important site links you want to suggest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image_thumb6.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"387\" height=\"202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cool. What do I need?\u00a0 Where do I go? What do I do?<\/h2>\n<p>Ok.\u00a0 First off, I\u2019m assuming you have SharePoint 2013 Standard at a minimum as Foundation won\u2019t provide you with the User Profile Service Application.\u00a0 Next, you need to have a healthy User Profile Service Application (I\u2019ll save you some time, everyone goes to that \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harbar.net\/articles\/sp2010ups.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">purple site\u201d<\/a> for the best way to employ UPS).<\/p>\n<p>Once UPS is up and running, My Sites are rolling, etc. you then want to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Central Administration<\/li>\n<li>Open Managed Service Applications<\/li>\n<li>Manage your User Profile Service Application<\/li>\n<li>Choose \u201cManaged Promoted Sites\u201d under \u201cMy Site Settings\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Create your links and you are good to go.\u00a0 What follows is a quick visual tour from step 4 on\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image_thumb7.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"572\" height=\"61\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/SNAGHTML13c3633c.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"SNAGHTML13c3633c\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/SNAGHTML13c3633c_thumb.png\" alt=\"SNAGHTML13c3633c\" width=\"279\" height=\"133\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image_thumb8.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"582\" height=\"357\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are the two links I\u2019ve employed so far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/12\/image_thumb9.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"552\" height=\"228\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope this helps clarify what\/how Promoted Sites work. Happy Holidays everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Sean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have seen any demo\u2019s of the new SharePoint 2013 Team Site, you will already be familiar with Promoted Links.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t, here\u2019s a good introduction. 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