Designing SharePoint for Mobile App users
The SharePoint mobile App is a great way to access your content when you’re away from the office. If your user community uses the mobile app then it is important to design pages that will display nicely on a phone when designing SharePoint pages. The page, section layout and web-part order all play an important part in making a great mobile experience. If you have a two column section, all of the web-parts in the left hand column appear first and then the right hand column. On the mobile app the news web-part is displayed first and then quick links. I have used a new section to push the Company Events and Employee Spotlight below the Quick Links. If these web-parts were in one section, they would appear News, Events, Quick Links, and finally Employee Spotlight. Other things to consider when creating SharePoint sites for mobile users include the choice of web-part layouts, navigation elements and types of content. The carousel layout for the News web-part reduces scrol...