SharePoint List News app
Show items from a custom SharePoint list as a news carousel. Use this when your announcements don't live in the built-in News web part but in a list you've built yourself.
Creating a SharePoint List News app
- Go to Content > Add > New app and search for the Sharepoint List News app.
- Click the app to start creating a new app.
- Enter an App name.
- Click Connect account and sign in with a Microsoft account that can read the SharePoint site. This creates a Microsoft connection in your workspace.
- Pick the SharePoint site and then the SharePoint list inside that site.
- Tell the app which list columns to use:
- Title field — defaults to
Title. - Content field — defaults to
Body.
- Title field — defaults to
- Set how long each item is shown, how many items rotate, and the styling.
- Click Create app.
Column names are case-sensitive
SharePoint's internal column name may differ from the display name you see in the UI. If posts look empty, check the list's column settings and use the internal name (often shown with spaces_replaced_with_x0020_).
All configuration options
| Setting | Explanation | Required |
|---|---|---|
| App name | A recognizable name shown in your content library | Yes |
| Account | Microsoft (OAuth) connection | Yes |
| SharePoint site | The SharePoint site that contains the list | Yes |
| SharePoint list | List within the site | Yes |
| Title field | Column used as the post title (default Title) | Yes |
| Content field | Column used as the post body (default Body) | Yes |
| Seconds per item | How long each item is shown (default 20) | Yes |
| Amount of items to show | How many items rotate (default 10) | Yes |
| Filter based on recency | Only include items newer than N days (off by default) | No |
| Filter based on recency (days) | Days cutoff when recency filter is on (default 7) | Conditional |
| Base font size (px) | Base text size (default 25) | Yes |
| Put header at the bottom / Disable header / Remove Sharepoint logo | Header and logo toggles (all off by default) | No |
| Title font family / Text font family | Fonts for titles and article text (default Arial) | Yes |
| Colors | Background, article text, article background and publisher text colors | Yes |
| Background image | Custom image behind the articles | No |