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Questions and Answers vs. a SharePoint FAQ Page vs. Viva Engage: Which Knowledge Base to Choose

A practical comparison of the ways to run an internal FAQ in Microsoft 365: a modern SharePoint page with collapsible sections, a SharePoint list shown with the List web part, the classic wiki, Answers in Viva Engage, and the Vitextra Questions and Answers web part - editing, search, categories, employee questions, moderation, licensing, Teams and where each one fits.

10/31/2026 Lidija Reising 28

Questions and Answers Web Part Settings Reference

Complete reference of the property pane of the Vitextra Questions and Answers web part, group by group: the Not Configured screen and the Data Source link, the Behavior switches (Allow Users to Ask a Question, Enable search box, Copy Link), the Show/Hide switches for Attachments, Contact, Detail Link, Video and Show Comments, the Appearance options (Collapse by default, Category Filter, Group By, Sort by, Sorting, Page Size), the About group, default values and the required list columns.

10/31/2026 Lidija Reising 39

Questions and Answers: A Quick Guide for End Users

How to use the Vitextra Questions and Answers knowledge base on a SharePoint page or in Microsoft Teams as a reader: expanding answers, searching, switching categories, opening attachments, videos and detail links, contacting the expert, commenting and viewing existing @mentions, copying a link to a question and asking your own question.

10/31/2026 Lidija Reising 47

Questions and Answers: Frequently Asked Questions

Short answers to the common questions about the Vitextra Questions and Answers web part for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: where the content is stored, how to connect an existing list, Markdown and rich answers, search and categories, employee questions and moderation, comments and deep links, permissions, Teams, languages and themes, licensing and the trial.

10/31/2026 Lidija Reising 29

Rich Answers in Questions and Answers: Markdown, Video, Attachments, Detail Links and Contacts

How to make answers in the Vitextra Questions and Answers web part more useful than plain text: Markdown formatting in the Answer column, embedded YouTube, Vimeo and video-file answers through the Video URL column, file attachments shown as cards, the More Details link, the Contact person with a live profile card, the Show/Hide switches that control each block, and what readers see.

10/31/2026 Lidija Reising 30

Searching the Knowledge Base and Paged Loading in Questions and Answers

Reference for how search and paging work in the Vitextra Questions and Answers web part: which columns the search box covers, how the query is run on the server, special characters and languages, the "nothing matches" state, the Page Size option (All, 10, 20, 50, 100), the Show more button, server-side sorting across pages, how search, categories and paging interact, and the 5,000-item considerations for large lists.

10/31/2026 Lidija Reising 44

Troubleshooting Questions and Answers: Not Configured, Missing Columns, Hidden Questions and Permissions

Troubleshooting guide for the Vitextra Questions and Answers web part: the Not Configured screen, a list that is not offered under Existing List (required columns missing), questions that readers cannot see (Published = No), the missing Ask a Question button, search that finds nothing, comments that cannot be added, videos that do not play, Markdown that does not render, the category filter that does not appear, endless loading, and the license message - with the check and the fix for each.

10/31/2026 Lidija Reising 37

Feed Sources, Sorting, Automatic Refresh and Caching in RSS Reader

Reference for how the Vitextra RSS Reader web part handles feeds: supported RSS and Atom formats and the elements it reads (images, authors, categories, dates), how several sources are merged and ordered, what happens to a feed that cannot be loaded, the Newest first, Oldest first and By source sort orders, the automatic refresh interval and the browser cache that makes the web part open instantly.

10/30/2026 Lidija Reising 51

How to Add and Configure the RSS Reader Web Part

Step-by-step guide to adding the Vitextra RSS Reader web part to a SharePoint Online page and configuring it: adding feed sources with display names and order, choosing the Compact, Newsletter or Cards layout, the number of items, images, source tabs, categories and search, sort order and automatic refresh, saving a default configuration for the Microsoft Teams personal app, and fixing the common messages.

10/30/2026 Lidija Reising 43

How to Remove a Vitextra Solution from SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams

Step-by-step guide to uninstalling a Vitextra SPFx product completely: removing the web parts from pages, removing the app from sites and from Microsoft Teams, deleting the package from the App Catalog and its recycle bin, revoking API permissions, cleaning up the data the product created and releasing the license.

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Privacy and Security in RSS Reader: How Feeds Are Loaded and What Is Sent

Reference on data handling in the Vitextra RSS Reader web part: why feeds are downloaded by the Vitextra feed service instead of the browser, exactly what the request contains, which permissions the solution needs (none), where the configuration is stored and who can read it, what is kept in the browser, how untrusted feed content is rendered safely, the hosts to allow on the network and recommendations for choosing feeds.

10/30/2026 Lidija Reising 54

RSS in Modern SharePoint Online: Why There Is No Built-in Web Part and What to Use Instead

Why modern SharePoint Online pages have no RSS web part, what the classic RSS Viewer did, and a comparison of the ways to show external RSS feeds on a modern page: a Power Automate flow into a list, the Embed web part with a third-party widget, a custom SPFx web part and the Vitextra RSS Reader - with the pros, cons and effort of each.

10/30/2026 Lidija Reising 53