Zen People Spotlight celebrates your people on the home page: employee of the month, new joiners, award winners or anniversaries, with the award title, photo, name and role, rotating from a SharePoint list.
Features
People rotate automatically; dots let readers pick one.
Pick a user and the name, job title and profile photo come from their profile.
Attach an image or set an image URL; initials are shown when there is no photo.
A highlighted line above the photo, such as Employee of the month.
Colours come from the site theme; the card frame is optional.
One button in the settings creates the list with three sample people.
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.
Roshni K RBusiness Analyst
Abhishek ManiApplication Delivery Lead
Harikrishna P VTechnical LeadZen People Spotlight takes names, job titles and photos straight from Microsoft 365: pick the person in the list and add an award title.
No photo? It shows clean initials. Prefer your own picture? Attach one to the list item.
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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 People Spotlight by Zen Systems. A rotating spotlight card with award title, photo, name and role from a SharePoint list.
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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 the people (default ZenPeopleSpotlight). |
| Create the list on this site | Creates the list with the right columns and sample people. |
| Title | An optional heading above the card. |
| People to rotate | How many active people to load. |
| Seconds per person | Rotation interval. |
| Photo size | Diameter of the round photo in pixels. |
The web part creates this list for you.
| Column | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Title | Single line of text | Name when no person is picked. |
Person | Person | The user; name, title and photo come from Microsoft 365. |
RoleText | Single line of text | Role when no person is picked. |
AwardTitle | Single line of text | Highlighted line above the photo. |
ImageUrl | Hyperlink | Optional photo. |
IsActive | Yes/No | Shows or hides the person. |
SortOrder | Number | Display order, lowest first. |
Setup
Version 1.0.4 · 94 KB · .zip with the .sppkg package and an install guide. Free for any SharePoint Online tenant.
Download (.zip, package + install guide) for Zen People SpotlightDownload the free .zip for Zen People Spotlight. 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.
This web part shows one person at a time. For a grid of people, contact us.
Yes. Zen Systems provides Zen People Spotlight 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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