2021 Origami Connect Enhancements for SharePoint Intranets
In 2021, Origami Connect improved SharePoint intranet analytics, directories, employee search, news experiences, banners, alerts, feedback collection, org charts, quick links, and content management tools.
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Analytics & Insights
Heatmap analytics, scroll-depth tracking, Google Analytics support, and Info Directory search analytics helped intranet owners understand how employees use pages and search content.
Directories & Findability
Site Directory, Info Directory, People Directory, Org Chart, and personal bookmarks improved how employees find sites, people, forms, resources, and organizational information.
Communication Tools
News Carousel, Important Alerts Bar, Feedback app, Idea Directory, Poll, banners, and quick links received updates for clearer employee communication.
Performance & Usability
Origami improved load speed, permissions behavior, authoring controls, UI fit, caching, link handling, and root-site compatibility across several web parts.
Key 2021 Releases
In-Page Analytics Heatmap
Origami added in-page analytics with heatmap reporting so administrators and power users could see where employees click on SharePoint pages.
Released 2021
Site Directory Ownership from SharePoint Owners Group
Site Directory was updated to show site ownership from the SharePoint Owners group, helping employees see more accurate and up-to-date site owner information.
Released 2021
Site Directory UI Improvements
Site Directory received interface updates for tighter layouts, including right-side panels, site tag placement, and cleaner owner name display.
Released 2021
Info Directory Editing and Search Improvements
Info Directory added a search icon, item deletion from the edit panel, delete confirmation, improved authoring controls, and better search matching for forms and resources.
Released 2021
News Carousel Events Panel Control
News Carousel added the option to show or hide the events panel, giving page owners more layout flexibility when events are displayed elsewhere on the SharePoint page.
Released 2021
Banner Text Size Controls
Banner added text size controls so page editors could better tune the visual hierarchy of SharePoint page headers.
Released 2021
People Directory Additional Profile Attributes
People Directory added support for displaying custom searchable employee attributes such as assistant name or other profile fields.
Released 2021
FAQ Sorting and View More Controls
FAQ added configurable sorting and the ability to limit how many FAQs appear before showing a View More button.
Released 2021
Important Alerts Bar Date Filtering
Important Alerts Bar was updated so only alerts within their configured start and end dates appear to employees.
Released 2021
Poll Suggestion Fixes
Poll suggestion behavior was corrected so new poll suggestions save properly into the SharePoint list.
Released 2021
New Modern Org Chart
Origami introduced a modern Org Chart with improved navigation, branding, options, caching, and support for hiding selected users.
Released 2021
New People Directory Look and Options
People Directory received a refreshed interface with paging, configurable result counts, compact and full contact views, field visibility controls, and profile photo support.
Released 2021
Premium FontAwesome Icons
Origami added support for thousands of premium FontAwesome icons, expanding icon choices for links and visual page elements.
Released 2021
Info Directory Search Analytics
Info Directory added analytics for employee searches, including search volume, result counts, searches with no results, and top search terms.
Released 2021
Feedback App
Origami added a Feedback app so intranet owners could collect employee feedback directly from SharePoint pages with theme-aware styling and customizable headers.
Released 2021
Heatmap Analytics with Google Analytics
Origami made it possible to collect heatmap and scroll-depth analytics in parallel with Google Analytics tracking.
Released 2021
Personal Quick Links / My Bookmarks
Origami added a personal bookmarks app so employees could create and manage their own private list of quick links.
Released 2021
News Header and Quick Links Load Speed Improvements
News Header and Quick Links received performance improvements to help intranet pages load faster, with caching used for news items.
Released 2021
Banner Style Guide Color Picker
Banner added approved style guide colors so authors could select brand colors without needing to know exact HEX values.
Released 2021
Idea Directory Improvements
Idea Directory added support for choosing the SharePoint site where posts are stored, showing or hiding author names, and resolving author display issues.
Released 2021
Explore the full 2021 archive
These highlights summarize major Origami Connect updates released in 2021. For the full archive, view the original community release notes.
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