2023 Origami Connect Enhancements for SharePoint Intranets
In 2023, Origami Connect added major SharePoint intranet capabilities for search, forms and templates, events, anniversaries, social posts, employee feedback, banners, quick links, multilingual support, and modern page design.
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Search & Findability
Search Banner and Finder helped employees search forms, templates, documents, folders, and content across SharePoint document libraries.
Employee Engagement
Anniversaries, Social Corner, User Feedback, RSVP tracking, and audience-targeted posts helped teams make SharePoint more interactive.
Modern Page Design
Image rounding, custom fonts, image pickers, color pickers, stock photos, video banners, and improved banner controls made pages more polished.
Personalization & Targeting
Quick Links, Posts Carousel, Staff Directory, and calendar updates added more targeting, sorting, filtering, and personalization options.
Key 2023 Releases
Search Banner Web Part
Search Banner was introduced to help employees find forms, templates, and popular documents directly from a prominent intranet page header.
Released January 2023
Finder Web Part
Finder was added to help employees browse and search forms, templates, policies, and other important documents from SharePoint libraries.
Released January 2023
Anniversaries Web Part
Anniversaries made it easier to celebrate employee milestones, work anniversaries, birthdays, and upcoming dates on SharePoint intranet pages.
Released January 2023
Image Rounding Web Part
Image Rounding gave SharePoint out-of-the-box images a more modern look by rounding image corners in news, countdowns, and other page areas.
Released January 2023
Social Corner Web Part
Social Corner introduced a flexible bulletin-board style experience for posts, ideas, shout-outs, recognitions, announcements, and new employee welcomes.
Released January 2023
Carousel with Links Enhancements
Carousel with Links added height controls, image tinting, and the option to hide the links panel for cleaner SharePoint homepage designs.
Released 2023
Direct Manual Links in Web Part Properties
Origami web parts gained direct links to their manuals inside web part properties, making it easier for page editors to find configuration guidance.
Released 2023
Link Tiles Web Part
Link Tiles introduced a new quick-links design for SharePoint pages, including layouts that work well alongside banners and homepage sections.
Released 2023
Calendar and Events Web Part
Calendar and Events added a color-coded SharePoint calendar experience where employees can pick dates or date ranges and view related events.
Released 2023
Finder Default Folder and Nested Folder Support
Finder added support for loading a default folder on page load and showing nested folders in a structure that matches the source document library.
Released 2023
Multiple Anniversary Feeds
Anniversaries added support for multiple feeds so organizations could separate work anniversaries, birthdays, and other milestone content.
Released 2023
User Feedback Web Part
User Feedback allowed intranet teams to collect employee feedback directly from SharePoint pages and save responses into a SharePoint list.
Released 2023
Advanced Multilingual Support
Origami web parts added language configuration options so page owners could customize control text and improve multilingual SharePoint experiences.
Released 2023
Calendar RSVP Tracking
Calendar added RSVP tracking so employees could confirm attendance and event organizers could better plan seating, food, and logistics.
Released 2023
People Directory Visibility and Sorting
People Directory added options to hide users without changing Active Directory and sort staff profiles by attributes beyond first name.
Released 2023
Image and Color Pickers
Origami added image pickers for banners, carousels, and posts, plus color pickers across multiple web part properties for easier visual configuration.
Released 2023
Banner Image Focus Controls
Banner image focus controls made it easier to adjust how images appear in page banners without repeatedly editing or cropping the source image.
Released 2023
Custom Font and Stock Photo Support
Banner, Carousel, Search Banner, and Posts gained more design flexibility through font controls, stock photos, and easier image selection.
Released 2023
Social Corner Posting Controls
Social Corner added clickable links and emails, improved visibility for shared URLs, and posting controls for page editors or all users.
Released 2023
Search Banner Gradient, Image, and Font Enhancements
Search Banner added gradient glow controls, image backgrounds, and hundreds of font choices to create more visually engaging SharePoint search experiences.
Released 2023
Finder Link Behavior, Preview, Multi-Library, and Full-Text Search
Finder added document previews, link opening controls, multi-library views, and the ability to search within document text.
Released 2023
Quick Links Audience Targeting and Custom Icons
Quick Links added audience targeting, custom PNG icons, and flexible roundness controls so links could be personalized and styled more precisely.
Released 2023
Posts Carousel Targeting and Expiry
Posts Carousel added department targeting, image picker support, and expiry dates so content could be shown to the right employees at the right time.
Released 2023
Banner with News Web Part
Banner with News introduced a more engaging news banner for SharePoint, with support for rotating news, automatic site news, and richer homepage communication.
Released 2023
Calendar Rollup from Multiple Sources
Calendar added the ability to roll up events from multiple SharePoint sites or Microsoft 365 groups into a single view.
Released 2023
Video Carousel and Video Banners
Origami added more video styling options and support for using video inside banner experiences to create richer SharePoint pages.
Released 2023
Heading and Separator Web Part
Heading and Separator added custom font and styling options for SharePoint headings, helping page owners create more branded page sections.
Released 2023
Explore the full 2023 archive
These highlights summarize major Origami Connect updates released in 2023. For the full archive, view the original community release notes.
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