Zen Message Card is the "word from the CEO" block for your intranet home page. Each message shows the sender's photo, name and role next to the text, rotates with other messages and opens in a branded popup when it is long.
Features
Messages rotate automatically; dots let readers pick one.
Pick one or more users and their name, job title and profile photo appear automatically.
The message supports formatting, links and images, cleaned before rendering.
Long messages are previewed and opened in a popup, one message or all of them.
Show the complete message inline with a 25/75 person-to-message split.
One button in the settings creates the list with two sample messages.
See it in action
These are live replicas of the web part on a SharePoint Online page, built from the same content as our showcase intranet. Try the buttons, search and arrows. Each example lists the settings it uses.
Rohit Koonakampully RameshFounder, Zen SystemsWelcome to the new Zen Systems intranet. Everything you need for your working day now lives in one calm place: the tools you use every hour, news from every team, and the people behind our work. We built this page entirely with our own free SharePoint web…
Rohit Koonakampully RameshFounder, Zen SystemsWelcome to the new Zen Systems intranet. Everything you need for your working day now lives in one calm place: the tools you use every hour, news from every team, and the people behind our work.
We built this page entirely with our own free SharePoint web parts. It is a small proof of what we promise clients: thoughtful software, finished with care. Tell me what you would like to see here next.
Place the message card in a column and it stacks neatly next to news or a welcome text.
The popup can show the current message or every message one under the other.
Rohit Koonakampully RameshFounder, Zen SystemsWelcome to the new Zen Systems intranet. Everything you need for your working day now lives in one calm place: the tools you use every hour, news…
In a narrow column the photo sits above the message, which suits a side rail next to your main content.
Rohit Koonakampully RameshFounder, Zen SystemsWelcome to the new Zen Systems intranet. Everything you need for your working day now lives in one calm place: the…
Configuration
This is what an editor sees after choosing Edit web part. The Zen Systems group at the bottom is in every Zen web part.
Zen Message Card by Zen Systems. Leadership messages with photo, name and role, rotating from a SharePoint list.
Data source
Display
Zen Systems
This web part is built and maintained by Zen Systems and is free to use in your SharePoint Online tenant.
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| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| List name | The SharePoint list that holds your messages (default ZenMessages). |
| Create the list on this site | Creates the list with the right columns and sample messages. |
| Title | An optional heading above the card. |
| Messages to rotate | How many active messages to load. |
| Seconds per message | Rotation interval, paused while the popup is open. |
| Message display | Preview with a Read more popup, or the full message inline. |
| Preview length | Where the preview is cut, in characters. |
| Popup shows | The current message, or every message. |
| Photo width and height | Card photo size in pixels. |
The web part creates this list for you.
| Column | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Title | Single line of text | Message heading. |
Message | Multiple lines (rich text) | The message. |
Person | Person (multiple) | Sender or senders; name, title and photo come from Microsoft 365. |
PersonName | Single line of text | Name when no person is picked. |
RoleText | Single line of text | Role when no person is picked. |
ImageUrl | Hyperlink | Optional photo. |
IsActive | Yes/No | Shows or hides the message. |
SortOrder | Number | Display order, lowest first. |
Setup
Version 1.0.4 · 98 KB · .zip with the .sppkg package and an install guide. Free for any SharePoint Online tenant.
Download (.zip, package + install guide) for Zen Message CardDownload the free .zip for Zen Message Card. It holds the .sppkg package and an install guide.
A SharePoint administrator uploads the package to the tenant App Catalog, ticks Make this solution available to all sites and selects Deploy.
Edit a page, choose the plus sign and find the web part in the Zen Systems group.
Open the web part settings and choose Create the list on this site. It adds the columns shown below and sample items.
Questions
No. Profile photos are read through SharePoint's own user photo service, so there is nothing for an admin to approve.
Yes. Pick several users and each gets their own photo, name and title stacked on the left.
Yes. Zen Systems provides Zen Message Card free of charge to download and use in your organisation's SharePoint Online tenant.
It is built for SharePoint Online in Microsoft 365. We also build web parts for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, 2019 and 2016; contact us if you need an on-premises version.
Yes. We can adapt the design, add fields or build a fully custom version as part of our SPFx development service.
We build SPFx web parts and extensions for SharePoint Online, and web parts, master pages and page layouts for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, 2019 and 2016. Tell us what you need and we will reply within one business day.
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