2022 Origami Connect Enhancements for SharePoint Intranets
In 2022, Origami Connect expanded its SharePoint intranet design toolkit with full-width sliders, modern quick links, personalized banners, people directory search, KPIs, timelines, FAQs, video, carousels, and easier page editing.
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Modern Homepage Design
Full-width sliders, homepage carousels, banners, quick links, and image controls helped SharePoint pages feel more polished and easier to navigate.
Employee Findability
People Directory, quick links, FAQs, collapsible content, and improved authoring made it easier for employees to find information and resources.
Metrics & Communication
KPI dashboards, targeted metrics, posts, press releases, videos, and carousels helped teams communicate updates and performance data inside SharePoint.
Simpler Page Editing
More content could be managed directly from web part properties, reducing the need to edit supporting lists or leave the SharePoint page.
Key 2022 Releases
Full-Width Homepage Slider
Origami added full-width homepage slider options, including versions with and without quick links, giving intranet homepages a more modern landing-page experience.
Released 2022
Full-Width Quick Links
Modern full-width quick links used more screen space, displayed larger tiles, and created cleaner navigation experiences across devices.
Released 2022
Skills and Expertise Search in People Directory
People Directory added support for employee skills, expertise, interests, and past projects, making it easier to find colleagues by what they know, not only by name.
Released 2022
Modern Personalizable Banner
Slick Banner introduced a full-width banner with multiple display styles and the ability to greet employees by name for a more personalized SharePoint landing page.
Released 2022
Process and Timeline Web Part
Process and Timeline made it possible to show onboarding steps, project timelines, company history, and guided processes with responsive visual layouts.
Released 2022
KPI and Metrics Dashboard
KPI and Metrics Dashboard helped teams display key metrics to all employees or selected audiences, with styling options and Power Automate-supported automation.
Released 2022
Video Support in Slick Banner
Slick Banner added support for embedded YouTube, Vimeo, and other video sources directly inside the page banner experience.
Released 2022
Page Footer Layout
Origami added a footer-style page design approach using the banner at the bottom of the SharePoint page to create a polished footer area.
Released 2022
Carousel with Expanding Quick Links
Carousel with Expanding Quick Links combined a homepage news carousel with quick links, automatically moving extra links into an expandable section.
Released 2022
KPI Audience Targeting
KPI targeting allowed metrics to be shown to specific groups or people so employees only saw the most relevant KPI information.
Released 2022
Banner with Links
Banner with Links gave department sites and team sites a stronger visual header with useful links built into the banner experience.
Released 2022
Modern FAQ App
Origami introduced a modern FAQ app compatible with existing FAQ list data, giving help content and knowledge base pages a cleaner interface.
Released 2022
Posts and Press Release Carousel
Posts and Press Release Carousel helped teams display content from multiple sources in one place for newsrooms, homepages, and communication sites.
Released 2022
Video Carousel
Video Carousel made it easier to show multimedia content from different sources on learning, development, communication, and employee resource pages.
Released 2022
Quick Links Edited Directly on the Page
Full-width quick links could be managed directly from web part properties, reducing the need to connect quick links to a separate SharePoint list.
Released 2022
News Managed from Web Part Properties
News carousel content could be managed directly from the web part properties, allowing page editors to update news without leaving the page.
Released 2022
Simplified FAQ Authoring
FAQ content could be managed directly from web part properties, making it faster to create, preview, and update frequently asked questions on SharePoint pages.
Released 2022
Banner Image Focal Point Controls
Banner image focal point controls allowed page editors to adjust image positioning without repeatedly cropping or resizing the original image.
Released 2022
Advanced Quick Links Resizing
Quick Links gained advanced resizing controls so page owners could fine-tune the size and spacing of link tiles for different layouts.
Released 2022
Enhanced KPI Authoring
KPI authoring was simplified so page editors could add and manage relevant KPIs directly from the web part properties.
Released 2022
Collapsible Content Web Part
Collapsible Content helped teams break long SharePoint pages into easier-to-read sections using expandable content areas.
Released 2022
FontAwesome Icon Picker for Quick Links
Quick Links added a built-in FontAwesome icon picker so editors could choose icons directly from the app.
Released 2022
Half-Image Banner
Banner Half-Image introduced a new layout for creating polished SharePoint page headers with minimal design effort.
Released 2022
Explore the full 2022 archive
These highlights summarize major Origami Connect updates released in 2022. For the full archive, view the original community release notes.
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