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Complete Guide to ShortPoint Design Elements

ShortPoint offers a collection of over 60 powerful design elements that will transform your SharePoint intranet pages into something truly engaging. Whether you're crafting navigation menus, showcasing your content beautifully, or adding those interactive features that users love, these incredible elements give you all the flexibility and functionality you could ever need. And on top of that, you won't need a single line of code!


Why Use ShortPoint Design Elements?

ShortPoint Design Elements are:

  • Designer-crafted for an instant polished, professional intranet
  • Intuitive to guarantee engagement and a seamless user experience
  • Highly Customizable with control over style, size, color, and visibility
  • Connectable to a variety of data sources, including SharePoint and Microsoft 365 apps
  • Responsive to make sure it looks great on any device

Each element is built to be used as-is or customized to fit your brand identity.


Complete List of ShortPoint Design Elements

Here's the full list of ShortPoint Design Elements with links to detailed articles about each one.


New Design Elements

Content Boxes

Versatile containers for organizing and presenting text-based information in a clean, structured format

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CTA Card

Demand attention and drive user-specific actions with compelling call-to-action cards

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FAQs

Present frequently asked questions in an expandable accordion format that keeps pages clean

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Gradient Text

Transform ordinary headlines and key phrases into stunning visual statements using smooth color transitions

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Icon Boxes

Combine eye-catching icons with concise text to create visually appealing content blocks

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Image Boxes

Transform static images into interactive content containers that engage users through stunning visuals

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News Cards

Display organizational updates, announcements, or blog posts in engaging card layouts

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Person Cards

Showcase team members, leadership, or department contacts with professional profile displays

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Quick Links

Deliver instant access to frequently visited pages, documents, or external resources

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Search Box

Integrate powerful search functionality directly into any page for quick information access

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Steps

Guide users through processes, workflows, or sequential information with clear visual progression indicators

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Basics

Abbreviation

Add abbreviations with tooltips to explain acronyms and shortened terms

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Button

Add call-to-action buttons with customizable styles and links

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Divider

Separate content sections with stylish dividing lines

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Image

Insert images with text overlays, cropping, and resizing options

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Link

Create rich preview links with images and text from linked content

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Popover

Add interactive tooltips and popovers

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Tooltip

Add helpful tooltips to any content

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Typography

Blockquote

Highlight important quotes or testimonials in an elegant format

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Dropcap

Create stylish opening paragraphs with enlarged first letters

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Emphasis

Draw attention to specific text with various emphasis styles

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Label

Add labels to categorize or tag content on your page

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Lead

Create introductory text that stands out from the rest of your content

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List

Display SharePoint list items with rich formatting options

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Small

Add fine print or secondary information in smaller text

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Layout

Accordions

Organize content into collapsible sections perfect for FAQs and lengthy content

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Alert

Display important messages and announcements

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Info

Present highlighted information boxes

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Note

Display important notes, tips, or warnings to users

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Panel

Organize content into labeled sections with various panel styles

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Row

Structure your layout with customizable rows and columns

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Section

Define distinct sections on your page with background options

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Tabs

Display content in tabbed interfaces for better organization

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Text

Add and format rich text content with the powerful text editor

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Toggles

Add toggle switches for showing and hiding content

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Well

Create contained sections with subtle backgrounds

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Media

Background

Add background images, colors, or videos to sections

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Before and After

Create interactive before/after image comparisons

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Frame

Embed external content in stylish frames

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Image Caption

Display images with descriptive captions

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Image Carousel

Create rotating image slideshows with automatic transitions

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Image Titles

Combine images with titles for content cards

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Slideshow

Build custom slideshows with images and content

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Textshow

Create expandable text sections with show more/less functionality

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Vimeo Video

Embed Vimeo videos directly into your pages

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YouTube Video

Embed YouTube videos with customizable players

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Lists

Date List

Display items organized by date in timeline format

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File List

Display document libraries with various layout options

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Icon List

Create lists with icons for better visual organization

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Image List

Show collections of images in grid or list layouts

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Simple List

Create basic lists with clean, minimal styling

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Misc

Code

Inject custom HTML, CSS, or JavaScript code into pages

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Counter Boxes

Show animated counting statistics and metrics

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Countdown

Add countdown timers for events or deadlines

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Events

Showcase upcoming events with dates and details

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Icon

Add icons from various libraries to enhance visual appeal

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Map

Add interactive maps with location markers

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SharePoint Web Part

Embed native SharePoint web parts into your ShortPoint designs

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Tickers

Display scrolling news or announcements

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Tiles

Create interactive tile layouts for navigation or content display

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TOC Navigation

Create sticky navigation menus based on page structure

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Social

Facebook

Embed Facebook feeds and content

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Instagram

Display Instagram posts and feeds

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LinkedIn

Integrate LinkedIn content and profiles

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Viva Engage

Embed Viva Engage (Yammer) feeds and conversations

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X

Display X (formerly Twitter) feeds and tweets

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Getting Started With ShortPoint Design Elements


New to ShortPoint Design Elements? Start with these essential resources to build pages quickly and confidently.


ShortPoint Academy Courses


ShortPoint Support Articles


General Design Element Features


ShortPoint Design Elements give you the power to create professional, engaging SharePoint pages without writing codefrom simple text and images to dynamic lists that update automatically from your data sources. With over 60 elements to choose from and comprehensive tutorials to guide you, you have everything you need to start designing modern intranet pages that inform, inspire, and engage your users.



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