New features in SharePoint 2013 site settings

New things added in SharePoint 2013 site settings :

 

Device Channels enables you to specify certain characteristics of

your site based on the device used to view the site. A channel can

be optimized for the device to display the site in a specific way. For

example, you can set up a channel for smartphones (such as an iPhone

or Windows Phone). You could set up a different channel for the iPad

or Surface tablets. And finally, you can set up a channel for laptops and

desktop browsers.

 

Design Manager is a web-based tool that you can use to create your own

SharePoint site designs. The tool is wizard based and walks you through

uploading design files, editing your master page, changing page layouts,

and publishing and packaging your design.

 

Import Design Package enables you to import a design package developed

by a third party or in-house designer.

 

Image Renditions is where you determine how images and video should

render. You can choose a particular width and height for each type of

image or video.

 

Configuration Export is used to export a search configuration file after

you have everything set up just how you want it. You can then use the

Configuration Import setting to import on the new site.

 

Configuration Import lets you import a search configuration file. A

search configuration file can contain all the settings and details that you

have already spent the time to set up. You definitely wouldn’t want to go

through the entire exercise on every site, so you can use configuration

files to move settings between sites.

 

Composed Looks: A gallery that has to do with the look and feel of your

site. A composed look is new in SharePoint 2013; it expands on the idea

of themes and adds a background image and a master page. A number of

composed looks ship with SharePoint (and are explored in Chapter 13).

To give you a sneak peek, SharePoint ships with composed looks called

Sea Monster, Breeze, and Immerse. You can look forward to spicing up

your SharePoint site, if you so desire.

 

Schema is where you can manage properties and map the properties

that the search engine uses when searching. A property is a piece of

data about the thing that you search for. For example, if you search for

a person, you might create a property to hold the person’s department.

The search engine can then reference that property when you look for a

person in a particular department. Managing properties is only available

to site collection administrators.