This release marks the beginning of a significant transformation for SharePoint content editing with BindTuning web parts. We've redesigned the editor experience for ultimate simplicity and intuition, starting with major updates to our News and RSS Feed web parts.
You'll find a new, unified data source configuration experience, improved layout and sort options, new actions configuration, and more flexible content creation and customization, all within a streamlined editing interface. Expect these user experience improvements across all BindTuning web parts in upcoming releases.
This release includes a crucial new feature: the ability to filter BindTuning web parts using URL parameters. For web parts connected to SharePoint lists, this opens up unprecedented possibilities. Going far beyond standard SharePoint capabilities, this feature is key to creating highly personalized and interactive content displays, including the development of sophisticated Single Page Applications directly within your intranet. It empowers you to dynamically adapt content for every user and scenario.
General improvements span all web parts, such as upgraded analytics for deeper insights, merged license/about sections, and fixes for impactful issues with list pickers.
Several web parts—including Celebrations, News, Quick Links, RSS Feed, Stocks Ticker, and Table of Contents—receive targeted bug fixes to improve reliability and user experience.
New Features
This update brings exciting improvements to how you manage and display content:
"RSS Feed" & "News" web parts: New UX Standard
Some web parts: Filtering BindTuning web parts content via URL parameters
RSS Feed web part
New Experience for Adding Feeds
Added a dedicated “Configure Data Source” panel for feed setup: Configure Feed Name, Tag, Color, Icon, and Default Image.
Feed Label layout position renamed to Feed Name; Feed Alias layout position renamed to Tag.
Existing aliases will be converted into Feed Labels and repositioned at the top of the card.
Layout Configuration Enhancements
Carousel layout options reordered, grouped logically, and standardized to align with News Web Part, including Caption Position and Carousel Height configuration. Display Limit renamed to Maximum Number of Items to Show.
New Field Layout and Sort panel, accessible from a button, replacing the former “Configure Layout”. Includes:
Field mappings for layout and auxiliary actions (e.g., publish dates, links).
Hide/show layout fields.
Drag-and-drop reordering (where applicable).
Default Sort Configuration is now placed here to more clearly differentiate from end-user sort configuration (under Search Filter Sort)
Actions Section
User Actions renamed to Actions to support standardization across all web parts. Includes Click Action configuration (Open in new tab, same tab, or modal). Removed Option to show the feed site in a modal (due to frequent errors).
Search, Filter & Sort
Enabled by default for end users in new web part instances; Tooltips updated for three search modes, to guide usage. Searchable, sortable, and filterable fields are mapped to the layout.
Other Improvements
Licence and About merged into a single section.
Colour pickers updated to support transparency.
Feed Cache Refresh moved next to Deep Links, consolidating all admin buttons in one place.
News web part
New Content Creation Experience - Redesigned form to add news for all data sources:
Clear sections to group fields for better usability.
Two intuitive ways to add content:
From Link: Automatically uses metadata to populate as much of the form as possible.
Manual Entry.
Creation form now includes sections for Media, Content, Links, Dates, and Audience Targeting. Slight variations across web parts as implementation progresses.
All media content (news and videos) supports alternative text, continuing accessibility improvements introduced previously.
New “Configuring Data Source” experience - revised configuration panel for :
SharePoint List: Filters now visually organized by type, including new filter method using URL with query parameters.
News Posts: data source filtering remains as before but configurable item limit is removed from panel – the web part now fetches the maximum items possible
All data sources: Default sort configuration is moved under the new Field Layout and Sort panel.
Layout Configuration Enhancements
New Field Layout and Sort panel, accessible from a button, replacing the former layout configuration. Includes:
Field mappings for layout and auxiliary actions (e.g., publish dates, links).
Hide/show layout fields.
Drag-and-drop reordering (where applicable).
Default Sort configuration is now placed here to clearly differentiate from the end-user sort configuration (under Search Filter Sort).
Card customization is more flexible:
Automatic 15% transparency is no longer mandatory.
Text customization allowed.
Category settings
Category customization with icons and colors reworked for a more visual experience, configurable with rules.
Highlighted News
Updated display: news highlighted are positioned as the first items displayed – removed previous configuration that arranged highlighted news in a separate, “accordion-like” section
Panel for searching, highlighting, and reordering news has been simplified.
Both end users and editors can now search across the entire data source, not just displayed items.
Actions Section
Updated to include two subsections:
Click Behavior, including the choice of where to open content (New tab, Same tab, Modal) and if in Modal, which content to display (original site or content only)
Additional Actions, including an option for users to add news.
Search, Filter & Sort
Enabled by default for end users in new web part instances.
Default search/filter/sort fields are preselected but configurable
Available fields were reviewed to exclude irrelevant options (e.g., image or link).
When multiple SharePoint lists are selected:
Fields displayed as: Layout fields, Shared fields across lists, and Fields from List 1/2/3…
Other Improvements
Social engagement was visually simplified, and the deep dive article corrected.
Licence and About merged into a single section.
Query content by URL Parameters
Advanced Content Filtering: Enabling Dynamic SharePoint Experiences
Added support for filtering BindTuning web parts via URL parameters, when SharePoint lists can be configured as data sources.
Available for:
Accordion (v3.2.2.57)
Calendar Events (v4.0.2.88)
Calendar View (v2.0.2.22)
Carousel (v2.0.2.24)
Celebrations (v2.2.2.36)
Documents (v4.0.2.30)
Image Gallery (v3.1.2.32)
Lists (v2.0.2.35)
News (v3.1.2.91)
People (v3.1.2.27)
Quick Links (v4.0.2.38)
Stream Pro (v2.0.2.22)
Improvements
All web parts
Analytics Update Across All Web Parts - Introduced enhanced analytics capabilities to collect detailed settings and configuration data for each web part.
Delivers an updated intranet dashboard enriched with deeper insights into content performance and engagement.
Simplifies debugging by providing visibility into applied configurations.
Enables data-driven product evolution based on actual usage and user needs.
This applies to all web parts, across SharePoint versions.
Fixes
Accordion (v3.2.2.57)
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Web parts no longer fail to load for users without admin permissions.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Accordion (v3.2.2.56)
File Picker no longer closing itself when choosing a different source tab.
Calendar Events (v4.0.2.88)
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Calendar Events (v4.0.2.87)
The default selected data source no longer causes infinite loading within the content section.
Calendar View (v2.0.2.22)
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Carousel (v2.0.2.24)
Updated link with requirements for applying social engagement features across web parts.
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Web parts no longer fail to load for users without admin permissions.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Carousel (v2.0.2.23)
File Picker no longer closing itself when choosing a different source tab.
Celebrations (v2.2.2.36)
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Resolved a date-calculation error in the web part that caused some work anniversaries to show an additional year.
Celebrations (v2.2.2.35)
File Picker no longer closing itself when choosing a different source tab.
Documents (v4.0.2.30)
Updated link with requirements for applying social engagement features across web parts.
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Image Gallery (v3.1.2.32)
Updated link with requirements for applying social engagement features across web parts.
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Web parts no longer fail to load for users without admin permissions.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Lists (v2.0.2.35)
Updated link with requirements for applying social engagement features across web parts.
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
News (v3.1.2.91)
Updated link with requirements for applying social engagement features across web parts.
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Web parts no longer fail to load for users without admin permissions.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Resolved an issue where the API responsible for retrieving news post information would occasionally fail to return data.
Corrected an issue where configuring both “News Image” and “News Thumbnail” fields in SharePoint list mapping could conflict, resulting in blank images being displayed.
Custom label options for “Author” and “Date” have been removed from the layout configuration, since these fields are no longer shown in the layouts.
News (v3.1.2.90)
File Picker no longer closing itself when choosing a different source tab.
People (v3.1.2.27)
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
People (v3.1.2.26)
The default selected data source no longer causes infinite loading within the content section.
Quick Links (v4.0.2.38)
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Web parts no longer fail to load for users without admin permissions.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Addressed an issue where the Quick Links web part would vanish from the page when no visible content was present, preventing users from adding new links.
RSS Feed (v2.1.2.49)
Resolved an issue where long feed names would overflow the tag boundary; names now wrap properly within the layout tag.
Stocks Ticker (2.0.2.47)
Resolved an issue where no results were shown when using Finhub as the data provider in the web part.
Stream Pro (v2.0.2.22)
Updated link with requirements for applying social engagement features across web parts.
When creating a new list via a web part’s list picker, the loading spinner now properly disappears, preventing it from blocking access to the list’s advanced settings.
Switching the web part’s list picker to the “Other Sites” source no longer causes a duplicate site to appear selected.
Web parts no longer fail to load for users without admin permissions.
Hidden SharePoint lists are no longer shown in the list picker’s source dropdown.
Clearing the list search using the X icon now resets the filtered results as expected. This resolves issues where the list picker would not update properly when selecting lists from different sites.
Stream Pro (v2.0.2.21)
File Picker no longer closing itself when choosing a different source tab.
Table of Contents (v3.1.2.12)
Hidden items in the Table of Contents now remain hidden after migration, addressing a problem where they were incorrectly displayed.
Adjusted the Table of Contents floating button position so it correctly fits the side panel when new panels appear in the page (Edit item, Add item, etc.). This ensures the floating button always appears at the start of the main page content section.