Promoted Links App in SharePoint 2013 Online

In this article, we'll walk through the process of creating a Promoted Links App, as well as some of the list type's key features. Promoted Links is a new feature through which you can promote your custom links on various pages. The classic example would be the default one you see on the page as in the following.



Step 1: Login into SharePoint 2013 online.

Click "Settings" -> "Site Contents".



Step 2: Click "Promoted Links App".



Step 3: Now the app is added; add a Promoted Links as follows.

 

 

Step 4: Add List Items to the newly created Promoted Link List.



Step 5: Provide a Title, Background Image Location, Link Location and Launch Behavior. In this case, I'm going to pick Microsoft and the c-sharpcorner website as my Promoted Links and it is clearly depicted below.

 

Step 6:

• Edit the “Default.aspx" page
• Insert a Web Part under the Apps Category
• Select your Promoted Links. In this example “Custom Promoted Links”

 

Step 7:

• Check in the changes.
• Publish “Default.aspx”.

 

Step 8:

That's it. The final output is pretty cool.

• Just hover over the link.
• Click on it to go to home page of your promoted products.