SharePoint Document Navigator by Ben Tedder

Yesterday, I came across a post by Ben Tedder: http://www.bentedder.com/freebie-sharepoint-document-navigator-1-0-built-wjquery-mobile-and-spservices/ outlining a solution that he has developed and made available on Codeplex.

The solution is currently free and is built using:

• SPServices
• jQuery Mobile
• OOTB SharePoint 2010 features

This solution can be used to present the content of a Document Library on a mobile device.

The solution can be downloaded from Codeplex here: http://spdocumentnavigator.codeplex.com/

Document Navigator

Installation is straightforward after downloading the solution. Create a new document library called “Mobile” and copy the contents of the zip file into the new library:

Contents of Mobile Document Library

I have a number of test documents within the Shared Documents library:

Contents of Document Library

On the mobile device, navigate to the “documents.aspx” page within the Mobile library that you copied the solution files to. You are then presented with a great mobile view of the document library contents. This view also includes a feature to search and refine the contents of the library:

Mobile Document Library on iPad

Tapping on one of the items, you are taken to the properties of the item and can tap to download the content:

Document Details on iPad

This work looks very promising and I look forward to seeing it being extended by Ben and others.

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