2024 Origami Connect Enhancements for SharePoint Intranets
In 2024, Origami Connect expanded its SharePoint intranet web part library with richer page design, stronger news experiences, improved search and navigation, better employee directories, more flexible calendars, alerts, quick links, tabs, and employee engagement tools.
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Modern Page Design
Origami added more styling controls, custom fonts, gradient headings, banners, tabs, cards, icons, and visual layouts to help SharePoint pages look more polished.
News & Communications
News Center, Banner with News, alerts, social reactions, comments, category filters, and cross-site news sources made intranet communication more flexible.
Navigation & Search
Top Navigation, Search Banner, Finder, Quick Links Plus, and page copy improvements helped employees move across SharePoint sites and find content faster.
Employee Engagement
People Directory, Kudos, Anniversaries, Calendar, FAQs, Tabs, and interactive content updates helped create more useful employee-facing intranet pages.
Key 2024 Releases
Custom Fonts for Banners and Carousels
Banner with News and Carousel with Links added support for hundreds of custom fonts, giving intranet teams more control over homepage branding and page design.
Released January 2024
Banner with News View More Button
Banner with News added a configurable “View more” button that can point employees to a dedicated page with additional news and updates.
Released January 2024
Origami Page Copy Tool
Origami introduced a Page Copy Tool to help copy SharePoint pages across site collections, making it easier to reuse successful page designs across intranet sites.
Released January 2024
News Center with Category Filters
News Center added category filters so organizations can group, tag, and display SharePoint news more clearly across intranet pages.
Released January 2024
Rich Charts and Graphs
Origami added rich charts and graphs so intranet teams can communicate data visually inside SharePoint pages.
Released January 2024
Collapser and FAQ Rich Text Support
Collapser and FAQ web parts gained rich text and link support, making it easier to format answers, policy explanations, help content, and knowledge base sections.
Released January 2024
Finder Across SharePoint Sites
Finder was updated to show and search document library content from any SharePoint site, not only the current site, as long as users have permission to access the content.
Released 2024
People Directory Custom Fields
People Directory added support for additional custom fields on contact cards, such as extension, assistant, or other SharePoint profile information.
Released 2024
Quick Links Plus
Quick Links Plus introduced new designs, expanded FontAwesome icon support, custom PNG logos, rounded link styles, and slider behavior when many links are shown.
Released 2024
Tabs and Tabs with Cards
Origami added Tabs and Tabs with Cards web parts to help organize large amounts of SharePoint intranet content with icons, rich text, images, and adaptive card-style layouts.
Released 2024
Calendar Event Highlights and Category Filters
Calendar gained better month-view event visibility and category filtering, making it easier for employees to browse events by date and topic.
Released 2024
News Center Comments, Likes, and Cross-Site Sources
News Center added the ability to comment and like posts inside the web part, hide social reactions, and read news from other SharePoint sites.
Released 2024
Banner Plus and Promo Alert Banner
Origami added new banner and alert options for important messages, promotional content, targeted alerts, and rich SharePoint page callouts.
Released 2024
Kudos and Recognition Updates
Kudos helped organizations promote employee accomplishments, with later updates for system language settings and optional emoji visibility.
Released 2024
Top Navigation
Origami Top Navigation added large multilevel navigation, link descriptions, logo and color controls, security group targeting, navigation hiding, mobile behavior improvements, and additional color options.
Released 2024
Embed Plus and Button Plus
Embed Plus made it easier to show external reports, slides, and embedded systems inside SharePoint pages, while Button Plus added stronger call-to-action options.
Released 2024
Heading and Timeline Enhancements
Heading added section links and gradient text options, while Process and Timeline added resizing controls for more flexible SharePoint page layouts.
Released 2024
Search Banner Multi-Source Search
Search Banner added the ability to search documents from multiple libraries and sites, with additional options to hide folders while still searching content inside them.
Released 2024
Slick Banner and Half-Image Banner Updates
Slick Banner and Banner Half-Image received new layout, font, color, and image positioning options for more flexible SharePoint page design.
Released 2024
Carousel with Expanding Links Enhancements
Carousel with Expanding Links added premium FontAwesome icon support and separate call-to-action labels for each slide.
Released 2024
Explore the full 2024 archive
These highlights summarize major Origami Connect updates released in 2024. For the full archive, view the original community release notes.
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