Content management systems are great for automation. SharePoint will keep your navigation updated as you add or delete sub-sites and pages. This is helpful but it can limit the ability to customize the UI. If you were writing the HTML code from scratch you could specify different CSS classes for each and display a different […]
Seth Broweleit
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Make a background image maintain full size of the browser window
A couple of projects ago my team created a SharePoint site with a background image that stays full size of the browser window. Recently I created it again with jQuery. To do it right takes a combination of jQuery, CSS, and HTML. To view my full working demo follow this link: View Demo | View […]
Styling Web Parts in SharePoint 2010 (Add round corners via CSS)
In previous versions of SharePoint it was impossible to add corners to a Web Part with just CSS (unless you were building sites for only the latest browsers). The best way was to style a container DIV on the Page Layout and put a Web Part Zone inside. Then, a Web Part in that zone […]
Changing the background colors in SharePoint 2010 also changes the gradients
The backgrounds in SharePoint 2010 were designed to allow end users to change gradients by simply picking solid colors on the settings page. For example if you choose an orange background color the result is a fade from orange to lighter orange. The change can be very subtle but is an effective way to create […]
A time to use “import” to add a CSS Style Sheet to a SharePoint master page
SharePoint master pages simplify and minimize the amount of work that it takes to create and maintain elements that function on multiple pages of a site. In our projects we always try to keep the number of master pages to a minimum. It means more work up front, but like so many things, it pays […]
Add a top left company logo and link to SharePoint 2007 sites with CSS
It is very common for websites to have a company logo near the top left corner of the page that links to the home page of the site. We’ll look at how to use CSS to create this element on all MOSS pages of a site. The best part about this method is that the […]
Relative positioning of cells–Something IE does best
Positioning in CSS is very useful, especially with SharePoint sites where many of the decisions were made long ago. Of course you can move around web parts and create custom page layouts and master pages, but when it comes to moving an element that was set inside of a SharePoint control, you are usually left […]