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Brand it baby! Buy tickets by Wednesday for my next branding class...

Themes? Master pages? CSS? Page layouts? Content customization? All covered next week in my SharePoint Branding Bootcamp in Anaheim, CA. You will get a lot of one on one time with me to work on your plans, designs and issues with your SharePoint sites...

Published 04-20-2009 12:44 PM by Heather Solomon
Learn how to brand SharePoint

In two weeks I am headed to sunny Anaheim California to teach my SharePoint Branding Bootcamp . There are still seats available and I would love to have you join me for a week (April 27 - May 1st) learning how to effectively brand the SharePoint interface...

Published 04-13-2009 2:23 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Styling SharePoint with Attribute Selectors and IE6

I recently posted some methods for styling SharePoint web parts using attribute selectors . I heard back from several people about how they can't use this option due to IE6's lack of support for attribute selectors. I was aware of this at the...

Published 03-09-2009 9:40 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Controlling Single Web Parts with CSS Article Posted

I often get questions about how can a particular web part be branded separately from all the rest or be branded by type. For example you want every Contacts list to have a green header bar instead of a tan header bar. Or perhaps you want a column of web...

Published 02-24-2009 8:19 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
SharePoint Online - a solution for SharePoint hosting for small businesses

I recently got a question from James in Australia about the challenges small institutions face with using and deploying SharePoint. I know a lot of people are in this position where they want to use SharePoint but don't have the resources to support...

Published 02-24-2009 10:55 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Modifying the second level navigation arrow image

If you are working with the default navigation menus in SharePoint, you may come across the need to modify the sub menu arrow that appears to the right of the navigation text, see a screen shot: View image . Usually the first thing you will do is a right...

Published 02-09-2009 11:25 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Random Design Bits for SharePoint OTW....

I often sit and stare at the computer screen wondering what on earth I should blog about. I guess I work with SharePoint branding too much on a daily basis to have particular items stand out to me that say "Hey, blog me!". In an effort to get...

Published 02-09-2009 11:01 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
New SharePoint Training Available

At SharePoint Experts we are expanding our training offerings! I am excited about the new sessions we are hosting, the unique learning environment we are creating, and the innovative classes we are in the process of authoring. Starting the week of February...

Published 01-30-2009 8:16 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Looking for people with ActionScript skills

I am looking for a few good people with specific skills.... My day job is serving as the Director of Creative Services at SharePoint Experts. We have an immediate need for consultants with ActionScript skills who can write components in Flash. We have...

Published 01-26-2009 9:11 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Hide search on all application screens

Application screens (a.k.a. "_layouts" screens) usually don't display the search in the header. There does appear to be a few screens out there that do, and depending on your design for application screens, this may throw a wrench in how...

Published 12-04-2008 10:14 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Gantt View with custom master pages

I recently discovered that your custom master page may affect the Gantt view of a SharePoint list. I have seen the colored task bars extend past the framed container of the chart when a custom master page and CSS is applied to the site. If this happens...

Published 11-10-2008 12:45 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Top toolbar display in Firefox

If you are working with SharePoint in Firefox, the top toolbar (Welcome menu, My Site, My Links) may not display correctly. Click here for a screenshot . Add this to your CSS to correct this problem: .ms-globallinks { white-space:nowrap } This works in...

Published 11-10-2008 11:36 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
My Site Profile Picture Not Showing in Custom Master Page

I made an update to my Base Master Page today that moved the PlaceHolderLeftNavBarTop content placeholder from the hidden ASP Panel at the bottom of the file to an appropriate place in the left navigation area. The content page (\12\Templates\SiteTemplates...

Published 09-29-2008 3:56 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Article about Designers returning to roots

This has nothing to do with SharePoint. :-) I found this article rather interesting... it is about designers getting back to doing things with their hands in this uber electronic, hands on activity depraved world. Digital Designers Rediscover Their Hands...

Published 08-27-2008 11:28 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
To Breadcrumb or not to Breadcrumb?

User Interface Engineering has posted an article about breadcrumbs, and why they feel that breadcrumbs are a design cop-out. It is a good read, especially for people using SharePoint for external facing sites. » Design Cop-out #2: Breadcrumbs Personally...

Published 08-21-2008 4:02 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Create a custom search input interface

A common request is to alter the default look of the search input and button area to something that better matches a design or fits better in space that is available. When working with the default search, you are limited to the CSS classes provided to...

Published 08-21-2008 12:03 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
SharePoint Breadcrumbs - Sample of differences, chart of uses and resources

I don't think I am alone when I say "I hate the page level breadcrumb in SharePoint". While dead useful for users, it becomes a bit nightmarish for devigners . For this post I am going to ignore the Global Breadcrumb that appears in the...

Published 08-13-2008 4:43 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
A Bit More About Disabling Themes in Master Pages

Randy Drisgill came across a great challenge and weird issue with SharePoint in regards to disabling themes on custom master pages . I wanted to expand a bit more on what he has posted about. Themes can wreck havoc on master pages since by default theme...

Published 08-13-2008 12:40 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Blog and Wiki styles added to CSS Reference Chart

I added Blog and Wiki styles to my SharePoint 2007 CSS Reference Chart .

Published 08-06-2008 6:56 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Changing the Flyout Menu Arrow Hover Color

This is small, but gets me all of the time. When you are working with the Global Navigation (a.k.a. Top Nav Bar) in SharePoint and you are using 2 levels of flyout menus, the arrow that appears for the second level of items may show the wrong background...

Published 07-25-2008 3:04 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Master Page Error from Exporting file from SharePoint Designer

If you are using SharePoint Designer (SPD) to create a master page file that will then be placed on the web server for use, such as with a custom site definition or custom Feature, you may run into the following error when viewing or creating a new site...

Published 07-23-2008 5:51 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
How to Create Rounded Corners for Web Part Title Bars

Per some feedback, I added instructions to my latest branding article on how to create rounded corners for a web part title bar. » Part 3: Changing the look and feel of SharePoint components - Intro and Web Parts

Published 07-09-2008 1:25 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Branding SharePoint - Part 3: Changing the look and feel of SharePoint components - Intro and Web Parts

I have posted the next article in my branding series, which is a follow up to Part 1: Designing your SharePoint site , and Part 2: Creating the Design in SharePoint . » Part 3: Changing the look and feel of SharePoint components - Intro and Web Parts...

Published 07-08-2008 9:25 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Big Update to CSS Reference Chart

I have posted a large update to my SharePoint 2007 CSS reference chart . In addition to adding some new styles and tips, I have added "Copy to Clipboard" functionality that will copy the CSS source code for the given style to your clipboard...

Published 07-02-2008 4:05 PM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design
Content Types and CSS Resources

In my sessions last week I stressed the importance of learning about content types, and really stressed the importance of learning CSS. I have had several people ask me for some suggestions for resources for both of these topics. If you have a resource...

Published 03-12-2008 10:58 AM by Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design

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