SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Import your CSS for SharePoint Themes

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 theme is added for the site in the content database.  Continue reading

Overview of SharePoint 2003 and Introduction to the Components of the User Interface, Part Two

Overview of SharePoint 2003 and Introduction to the Components of the User Interface Part Two

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The Components of the SharePoint 2003 User Interface

Within SharePoint, Microsoft has provided several ways to customize the user interface of both SPS and WSS. This is great because we have several options for customization and we can select the method that best suits our needs and skill set. Continue reading

SharePoint Customization Article – Interface Customizations Into and Options

A lot of people face the issue of how to change the SharePoint interface and are met with a lot of info and options which results in confusion.  I have put together a brief overview of main options and talked about the issue of why straight-forward advice for this topic is hard to come by.

An Into and Overview of Options for SharePoint User Interface Customization

An Into and Overview of Options for SharePoint User Interface Customization

Through mailing lists and newsgroups I see many issues and questions over and over again, and one in particular is “How do I customize my portal or WSS site?”.

This is a tough question.  I have been in those shoes staring at the sea of information and options trying to figure out how to do it.  I have been frustrated and I understand the pain that happens trying to figure it all out.  Yet after all that, it is still a difficult question to answer.  Continue reading