Heather Solomon's Mirrored Blog

My Site Profile Picture Not Showing in Custom Master Page

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:56:32 GMT

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...(read more)

Article about Designers returning to roots

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:28:13 GMT

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...(read more)

To Breadcrumb or not to Breadcrumb?

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:02:51 GMT

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...(read more)

SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Create a custom search input interface

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:03:08 GMT

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...(read more)

SharePoint Breadcrumbs - Sample of differences, chart of uses and resources

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:43:44 GMT

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...(read more)

A Bit More About Disabling Themes in Master Pages

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:40:13 GMT

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...(read more)

Blog and Wiki styles added to CSS Reference Chart

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:56:15 GMT

I added Blog and Wiki styles to my SharePoint 2007 CSS Reference Chart . Posted on SharePoint Blogs...(read more)

SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Changing the Flyout Menu Arrow Hover Color

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:04:35 GMT

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...(read more)

Master Page Error from Exporting file from SharePoint Designer

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:51:03 GMT

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...(read more)

How to Create Rounded Corners for Web Part Title Bars

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:25:03 GMT

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 Posted on SharePoint Blogs...(read more)

Branding SharePoint - Part 3: Changing the look and feel of SharePoint components - Intro and Web Parts

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:25:35 GMT

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...(read more)

Big Update to CSS Reference Chart

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:05:02 GMT

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...(read more)

Content Types and CSS Resources

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:58:55 GMT

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...(read more)

SharePoint Conference 2008 Wrap Up & Slide Decks

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:05:41 GMT

First off, thanks to everyone who attended my sessions and who stopped by the SharePoint Experts booth and said hello. I got to meet a lot of people last week and it is very exiciting to see the huge interest in SharePoint branding. Thank you so much...(read more)

New SharePoint Blogger - Matt Passannante

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:59:22 GMT

He may be new to blogging, but he is definitely not new to SharePoint. I am very happy to say that SharePoint Experts Director of Implementations and Senior Trainer Matt Passannante is now blogging! Matt is a fantastic guy with an infectious enthusiasm...(read more)

SharePoint Conference - I'll be there and presenting!

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:41:40 GMT

Well like all things in life, time is zipping by and now the SharePoint Conference (SPC) is already upon us! If you are heading to Seattle next week, be sure to stop by the SharePoint Experts Booth, Ask the Experts lunch, Game Night and/or one of my sessions...(read more)

SharePoint Bootcamp Tickets on Sale!

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:45:53 GMT

Want to go to Disneyland and learn about SharePoint? Our next public SharePoint Bootcamp just went on sale for May 12-16, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County Hotel in Anaheim, CA. Say Heather, what is SharePoint Bootcamp? Several times a year SharePoint...(read more)

SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Import your CSS for SharePoint Themes

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:33:13 GMT

One of the major drawbacks of SharePoint themes is you have to reapply the theme to any site that uses your custom theme in order to see any new changes that you have made. This happens because when you apply a theme to a SharePoint site, a copy of the...(read more)

DOCTYPES and SharePoint

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:28:39 GMT

I got asked by two separate friends of mine just within a few days of each other if I had any recommendations for what DOCTYPE tag should be used in SharePoint. Honestly up until that point, I had not put a lot of thought into outside of the attitude...(read more)

UPDATED: Base Master Page - DOCTYPE

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:40:48 GMT

I have updated my Base Master Pages again, this time changing or adding the DOCTYPE tag in each. Please note that the base master pages include the HTML Transitional DTD that will display your site in quirks mode. Please replace the DTD if you need a...(read more)

UPDATED: Base Master Page

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:57:05 GMT

Please note that there has been two typos in my Base Master Page file. I have uploaded a corrected version and it is available on the Base Master Page web page on my site. Typo 1 In the HEAD area of the master page, the SharePoint tag pulling in the Theme...(read more)

SharePoint Calendar CSS - Clean and Condensed - Repost for RSS

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:06:51 GMT

I am reposting this post because Feedburner didn't pick it up.... I posted Calendar CSS code for SharePoint. Check it out here: http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/archive/2007/11/20/SharePoint-Calendar-CSS--Clean-and-Condensed.aspx Posted on SharePoint...(read more)

SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Edit Consoles Throw Off Your Design

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:10:06 GMT

If you are working with a SharePoint master page and trying to get away from using the multiple tables that the default master page uses, the edit consoles (WSSDesignConsole and PublishingConsole) may create problems for you. The issue: The WSSDesignConsole...(read more)

SharePoint Connections: It is SharePint Time

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:23:06 GMT

Going to SharePoint Connections in Vegas? If so, stop by the Coral Reef bar on Tuesday evening after the sessions. Andrew Connell is hosting "SharePoint by Day, SharePint by Night" and it will be a relaxing, low-key op to chat with one of us...(read more)

SharePoint Branding Design Gotchas

Heather Solomon - MVP, WSS - SharePoint Branding and Design — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:41:47 GMT

I have pulled together a list of items in SharePoint 2007 that may haunt your custom branding if you don't take special note to address it in the interface. Often while branding SharePoint you can get wrapped up with just working with a single web...(read more)