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I need to create a section on a page that is similar to the standard tile feature that SharePoint comes with

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I was thinking of creating a new list with columns for Title, href link, background image

How do I then craete this? I need to pull the data from the list such as the background image and show it as a tile on the page.

Does anyone have an idea on how to acheive this?

Thanks

FYI - I'm knowledgeable in html and a bit of javascript but not at all in Sharepoint

I'm using Sharepoint online

Thanks again

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No need to develop something on your own. The templates with tiles is available so you can create your own list. It's called Promoted Links and are available when you create a new list.

If you can't find it, make sure that the Team Collaboration Lists feature is enabled.

EDIT

Managed to get what i think you want. Remember that a default tile size is 150x150px so your images should be in the same size. I've disabled the effect, and pushed the title linke below the box.

<style type="text/css">
.ms-tileview-tile-root {
    height: 170px !important;
}
.ms-tileview-tile-content {
    height: 190px !important;
}
.ms-tileview-tile-detailsBox {
    height: 50px !important;
    background-color: white;
    top: 140px !important;
}
.ms-tileview-tile-detailsListMedium {
    height: 170px;
}
.ms-tileview-tile-titleMedium {
    color:#000;
    font-size: 1em;
}
.ms-tileview-tile-titleMediumCollapsed {
    height: 0px;
}
</style>

Will give you this result:

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  • Is there a way to change the background of the tile to a jpg, and instead of the text appearing on the tile, just have it appear below? To confirm - each tile will have a different jpeg – ChrisBull Mar 17 '17 at 12:08
  • Well, yes.. The promoted links accepts both jpg and png, but the benfit is that a png background is transparent. You mean show the title below the actual tile? – Christoffer Mar 17 '17 at 12:10
  • Yeah so I just want the picture and then a title under it, no special effects or anything, and then you can click either to go to a page – ChrisBull Mar 17 '17 at 12:14
  • You would need to a lot of custom CSS, if you just want pictures on a row with links below it, you should be able to insert a HTML table when editing the page, add your images and add a link to each picture, as well as a text link below it. Then you can change the style for the table to none to hide the borders. – Christoffer Mar 17 '17 at 12:18
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    @ChrisBull See my updated answer. No jQuery needed. :) – Christoffer Mar 17 '17 at 13:22

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