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Customizing your Portal from VS Code using OSX

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STEP 1 Go to extensions and Install Power Platform tools on your Visual Studio C ode STEP 2  Install .NET SDK STEP 3   On VS Code, open a new terminal STEP 4   Write the following line on the terminal to authenticate your environment sudo pac auth create -u [Dataverse URL] STEP 5   Identify your website record with the following command: sudo pac paportal list STEP 6   Download website content: sudo pac paportal download - -path / -id [WebSiteId-GUID] Once the website is downloaded, you will see a successful message on the terminal and all the Portal data display on your VS project.             STEP 7   You can edit the files directly here and update them on the portal from the Terminal, for example, I will update a Content Snippet to change the size of the logo image STEP 8 So I will do an update on my Content Snippet file to change the company icon size. If you have issues writing files on your visual studio code project, execute the next line on the terminal sudo chmod -R 777 <

Useful Apps

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Hi Folks, this is a list of some of my favorite apps. I described briefly how I'm using it. Office Lens - Mobile app This app lets you replace a scanner using your phone camera, is really easy to use, and you can save each capture in PDF, like an image, or save it on some cloud storage. Why do I love it? XD, because it detects the file/card corners that make your photo looks cleaner and not like a photo. Snagit - Desktop App This app is fantastic for creating documentation or tutorials. It offers you a lot of tools that can help to guide a user step by step to accomplish a goal, and it also lets you create videos or gifs. It also helped me to replace some standard tools of Photoshop, like creating png photos (removing background). Balsamiq Mockups - Desktop App You can create prototypes for all devices, add forms and grids, and edit the user navigation. For example, I use it with some product owners to edit a form distribution and grid columns. It's beneficial because this draf