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SharePoint 2003 Installs Beware, Users Can Edit With SharePoint Designer
For anyone out there who has stopped users from being able to edit SharePoint sites via FrontPage using the DisableWebDesignFeatures attribute in the Project tag of ONET.XML, be aware that users will be able to edit the site (customize/unghost) with SharePoint Designer! Continue reading
New Central Resource for Web Content Management
Andrew Connell has put together a great resource for Web Content Management (WCM), which is the next generation of Content Management Server. He has organized articles, blog posts, downloads, docs and URLs into categories for quick and easy reference. Great job AC!
SharePoint 2003 Image Reference Guides
To go with the SharePoint 2003 CSS Reference Chart I posted yesterday, here is a reference guide for images in SharePoint 2003. For popular images, it includes: Continue reading
SharePoint 2003 CSS Reference Guide
I have posted my trusty SharePoint 2003 CSS Reference guide. For popular CSS styles, it includes:
- Portal/WSS specification
- Class/ID name
- Descriptive function in site
- SPS.css and OWS.css line number and general properties
- Screenshot
New article posted: Intro to SharePoint 2003 and Customization Options
I did a bunch of work for a project that ended up falling through…. instead of letting all that work collect virtual dust, I am going to post it all on my blog. Here is the first article: 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
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
Overview of SharePoint 2003 and Introduction to the Components of the User Interface, Part One
SharePoint 2003 is a sea of terminology. Portal, WSS, templates, definitions, web parts, CAML, unghosting, areas, themes… the list could go on for quite some time. We hear these terms on newsgroups and blogs and in articles. It seems like to learn one thing in SharePoint we have to research and understand 5 more topics. On the surface SharePoint is a complex web of options, choices, components and intertwined dependencies. But under the layers of administration screens and options, SharePoint is much simpler. Continue reading
SharePoint and Cascading Style Sheets: How to update, change and reference
One of the more powerful tools in user interface (UI) customization is
cascading style sheets (CSS). CSS allows you to control the display of numerous
items from one central location or central group of files. Through a
series of selectors and corresponding declarations, the display of nearly any
item can be modified on screen. Continue reading
The Beauty of Custom Lists
I like custom lists. I use them all the time. I think they are a bit of an
underutilized gem in SharePoint. Perhaps it is the developer mind which usually
thinks custom request requires a custom solution. With a custom list you do get
a custom solution, just without the mess of doing it yourself. When I say custom list I am referring to the option on the Create page in a
SharePoint site. This is how you get to it: Continue reading