SharePoint 2013 search users/group autocomplete with presence 2.0

Recently I have updated my SharePoint 2013 search users/group auto complete with presence plugin on CodePlex. Now it will look for search suggestions along with users.

Features

• Update SharePoint 2013 search input box to search people with the presence
• Redirect to Profile page on selection [optional]
• Show user picture with presence [optional]
• Show search suggestions

Prerequisites

• SharePoint 2013
• jQuery 1.8.x +
• jQuery UI JS 1.10.x
• jQuery UI CSS 1.10.x

Solution Deployment

• Deploy Arya.SearchUser.wsp using following PowerShell Command:

  add-spsolution -LiteralPath "SOLUTION_LOCATION\Arya.SearchUser.wsp"
                      

• Activate "SearchUserFeature" for particular WebApplication from Central Admin

Manual Installation

• Copy jquery.searchpeople.js, imgPreload.js, arya.searchpeople.css, loader.gif and spinner.gif to Site.
• Add reference to the page/masterpage
• Add following javascript

Settings

mySiteUrl :

My site url. User will redirect to profile page url. default: ""
e.g. http://PROFILEURL/person.aspx?accountname=NETWORID

redirectToProfilePage :

If true then user will be redirected to profile page url on selection. default: false

maxSuggetions :

Maximum suggestions to display. default: 10

showpicture:

Show user picture. default: true

showInitials:

Show Gmail like text avatar in case user profile image in not available. default: false

showSearchSuggetions:

Show search suggestions. default: true

principalType:

Principal type to search. default: 1
options:

• 0 - User, DL, SecGroup, SPGroup
• 1 - User
• 2 - DL
• 4 - SecGroup
• 8 - SPGroup

Enable search suggestions:

• Go to Central Admin
• Click on "Manage service applications" under "Application Management"
  
  
• Click on Search Service Application
  
  
• Click on "Query Suggestions" under "Queries and Results" in left navigation
  
  
• Check "Show search suggestions" and click "Save Settings"
  
  

Search without picture

Search with picture

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You can download the latest source code from codeplex