Hi Jeff,

a full-fledged, SharePoint-style "List View" is planned for the next
upcoming major release of PeopleZen and we're working on that already.
That specific PeopleZen List Views update is scheduled for release
within the next 3-6 weeks. While most of our updates that we push out
are small, incremental improvements that go from development to test
and release within a matter of days, this particular feature is part
of a general overhaul and expansion of the underlying architecture
shared by most of our tools, which is currently on-going and will be
ready for roll-out in a few weeks.

However, even in the current release you may be able to get pretty
close to a list style output, via CSS customizations and by hiding the
user profiles picture. Let me know if you're interested in more details about that.

"I aslo saw mention of Styles that could be selected using the 'Modify Shared Web Part' option, but again I could not seem to find it."

We used to have an embedded "CSS editor" (just a multi-line text box really) in the Tool Pane but removed it because it diluted the interface and there are existing quasi-standard ways of adding CSS styles to pages or sites.

The aforementioned major update will have no-coding visual customizability tools again, though.

Sure, of course we'll be happy to do that. (In fact, I can't wait myself until this is ready to go live!)

Hi Alex and Jeff,

since you two and others are waiting for this, we will prioritize the table layout development and release a minor update for this sooner than that "big overhaul update" we're also working on. Expect this update before or around New Year's.

To get some basic end user-visible "search" going, you can connect a filter provider Web Part to the PeopleZen Web Part. Use FilterZen and you can have it provide a filter text box or drop-down list control easily.

If this isn't quite what you need, let me know!

Hi Alex and Jeff,

I'm really pleased to report that version 1.3 just became available for download, supporting both the new List-style view table display mode and better control over whether and how user names and profile pictures are both displayed and linked.

To upgrade, simply re-download, re-install and reset IIS. Your existing Web Parts should be taken over.

Hi Alex,

thanks!

"First thing I noticed is that some of the fields don't read from AD, perhaps this is due to the incorrect tags."

I should note that in this release we're not reading from AD directly, just from the MOSS user profiles store. Alternative data sources such as the "WSS User Information List" or direct AD access is planned for the "big overhaul release wave" I mentioned at the top of this thread. So if "fields don't read from AD", at this point check out the property mappings and sync settings via your default Shared Service Provider. This is the stuff PeopleZen reads at this point.

"I'm wondering if it's possible to give several "views" of the drectory (similar to the built-in sharepoint features)."

I'd be interested in a few examples of what you have in mind here.

"I would like to give the user the ability to view "Avatar cards", as you have them named, as well as list-style view table."

You mean you'd like to let them switch view modes interactively themselves? Btw, "Avatar cards" is probably not the most effective wording here, would love to hear alternative suggestions --- not being a native speaker (only having lived in England for years) means at times I can't quite figure out the best name that is self-explanatory, but also clear and simple...

"My other concern is that property id tags for the phone numbers are not working, perhaps on my end, but I have found lists of id's online and they are different but also dont function properly. Any ideas?"

Again, your best bet here is to first figure out the property names used in your AD, then double-check the property mappings for the user profile import in your default Shared Service Provider. Let me know if you get stuck here or run into any issues!

All best!

"Badges" is great, thanks for that! As for recommendations and ideas, do keep them coming, we sure enjoy making this product ever more valuable for a greater number of use-cases. I put the View switcher on the roadmap.

Happy new year's in advance, we're gonna take the day before and after off. Well let's wait and see if we can really pull *that* off. ;)

Hi Alex,

regarding your previous recommendation:

> Also, is there any way to
> have the web part reload, not the entire page? I know the users hate it
> like that since I have done something similar previously.

We have overhauled this too, now. The hotfixes are uploaded for FilterZen and PeopleZen to support this. Just the versioning hasn't changed yet since we haven't updated documentation and web site yet, hence you'll need to:

- uninstall PeopleZen and FilterZen (you can keep your Web Parts)
- completely wipe browser cache (to update JavaScripts, CSS etc)
- re-download and re-install both products
- reset IIS

...in order to get your hands at this fresh-off-the-mill update. (Of course the 'properly versioned update' will be available very within a day or two, too.)

Taking your input and that of another user, we now have:

- sorting, paging and filtering without reloads (Ajax-based but state is maintained between post-backs raised from other components on the page)
- some performance improvements
- more paging customizability and new global configuration settings
- email addresses hotlinked by default (configurable)
- optional interactive view switcher between Tiles and List views
- multi-values properties now show all values, not just the first one

Have fun and keep the feedback coming!