Monthly Archives: August 2005
SharePoint Usability Tip: Hide the Site Settings Link in Portal
To quickly hide the Site Settings link in portal, add this to your custom style sheet:
#SettingsOrReturnURL {display: none}
All this does is change the display of the link itself to none. So you aren’t actually removing it from the code.
WSS: Best Practices for Themes and Site Tempates
A few good CSS sites…
SharePoint Links List: Open a link in a new window
For several months I have had an outstanding user enhancement request to add the ability to choose to open a link in a new window on a link by link basis in the default SharePoint links list. AC (Andrew Connell) has worked out a solution (and it took a day or two, not several months 
) by editing the SCHEMA.XML file to modify the links list definition to do this exact functionality. Very cool! Continue reading
Very Resourceful Web Resource Site
This site made me go “damn!” Check out the resource topics: Continue reading
SharePoint Usability Tip: Test other site group views using IE’s Run As
It is always a good idea to look at your sites from the perspective of your users. But if you are using SharePoint with Active Directory as your authentication, it can be a little tricky to test your SharePoint site as a Reader or Contributor. One way to quickly test, is to use a generic AD user account and Internet Explorer’s Run As feature. Here are a few quick steps: Continue reading
SharePoint Usability Tip: Add New XXX Links and Edit Dropdown boxes
Note: This tip is more geared for Portals, as the general target audiences for portal sites are large and are Readers only. WSS sites should keep Add New and Edit functions (if appropriate) since their purpose is collaboration. Continue reading
Todd’s Open List Items in a New Window
Seeing this made me a happy woman this morning… Todd Bleeker has a nifty trick that allows you to set list or library items to open up in a new window. It has a few restrictions… it needs to be added to each instance or view of the list or library, it will apply to all of the list or library items, and it doesn’t seem to work for the Links web part in Summary view (view with the links as bullets). Continue reading
“Acrylic” available for download
“Acrylic” (code name) is the professional design program that brings together the richness of pixel-based painting and the performance of editable vector graphics for a more fluid and flexible creative workflow. Create sophisticated designs and graphic elements for your on-screen, Web, and print projects. (MSFT’s Overview of Acrylic)
You can get more info about it here and dowload it here (good luck I am still trying). Continue reading