How categories work in the Vitextra Discussions web part for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: defining the category list when a board is created, changing it later in the Board settings panel, choosing a category when starting or editing a topic, filtering the topic list with the category drop-down, what happens to topics whose category is renamed or removed, topics without a category, the Show categories setting and tips for a good category list.
Reference on the look of the Vitextra Discussions and Discussions Activity web parts: how the SharePoint site theme is copied into CSS variables on the web part, which theme slots colour text, links, buttons, dividers and badges, section backgrounds and full-width sections, the site font, the Microsoft Teams Default and Dark themes, right-to-left languages, the languages of the interface and what cannot be customised.
How to tune what readers see in the Vitextra Discussions web part: the Default view (Recent, Unanswered, Answered, Featured, My topics), the Topics per page slider and the Load more button, the title search box, the category filter, the reply and view counters and the web part title. Where each setting lives in the property pane, what it changes on the page, the defaults and recommended combinations for a Q&A forum, a community board and a small team board.
How to structure a Vitextra Questions and Answers knowledge base: defining categories in the Category choice column, grouping questions under category headers, turning on the category filter tabs, sorting by name, question order or creation date in either direction, collapsing or expanding answers by default, and which combination suits small, medium and large knowledge bases.
Reference for the appearance options of the Vitextra RSS Reader web part: what the Compact, Newsletter and Cards layouts show and where each fits, images and how they are picked from a feed, the Items Shown limit, source tabs, category tags and the search box, the web part title, and how the web part follows the SharePoint theme, dark mode, the site font and full-width sections.
How to add a new absence type, change an existing one or switch it off in Vitextra Absence & Coverage: the AbsenceTypes list columns, the seven default types, color, approval, private types, half days, yearly allowance, category and sort order, and what each change does to existing requests.
How to add public and company holidays to Vitextra Absence & Coverage: the Holidays list, one row per day, how holidays change the working days of a request, how they are shaded in the Team Absence Calendar, the Upcoming public holidays block in My Absences and yearly maintenance.
Allow employees to submit absence requests that exceed their remaining balance in Vitextra Absence & Coverage: add the AllowNegativeBalance row to the Settings list, see how the error turns into a warning, how negative balances appear and when to use the setting.
How to set the scope of the Vitextra Team Absence Calendar web part: my team, my direct reports, my department or everyone. Includes the maximum number of people, the display defaults and the Microsoft Entra ID data each scope relies on.
Configure the FallbackApprover setting in Vitextra Absence & Coverage so that absence requests of employees without a manager in Microsoft Entra ID are still routed to an approver. Covers the Settings list row, how the approver is chosen, what employees see and what to do when no approver is found.
Define which days of the week count as working days in Vitextra Absence & Coverage: add the WorkDays row to the Settings list, choose the weekday numbers, see how the setting changes the working-day count of requests and the shading of the Team Absence Calendar.
How to give each employee an individual yearly entitlement and carry-over days in Vitextra Absence & Coverage: the Balances list, how a row is matched to a person, type and year, how to find the TypeId, worked examples and what employees see on their balance cards.