Customize the UI of web parts in SharePoint 2010

[29 Jan.]

Read Christian Stahls latest blog about how to customize a standard Web Part in SharePoint describing how to customize a standard Web Part in SharePoint by using SharePoint Designer 2010. Depending of the look and feel or factors such as accessibility, performance or cross browser stability it could be a challenge to bend the web part UI exactly in the way you want. The markup of the web parts in SharePoint contains a quite deep nested table structure and the elements do not always have an id or class.

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Centered fixed width design in SharePoint 2010 - The fast way

[17 Dec.]

There are a lot of fixed width master page solutions available on the internet and I read a lot of those solutions. Some of those require JavaScript or don’t respect the ribbon, which means that the ribbon will placed inside the fixed width design. SharePoint is smart enough to handle small screen resolutions by compacting and rearrange the icons in the ribbon, but if a normal user larger screen it gets really hard to administer SharePoint and breaks the usability completely. There is a much quicker and saver ways to create a flexible master page where only certain CSS properties needs to be changed to get any fixed width design as well as centered design with border to the left and right. Read more

SharePoint 2010 branding in practice

New book by MVP Yaroslav Pentsarskyy: SharePoint 2010 branding in practice: a guide for web developers. This book is meant for web developers or user interface developers who already know CSS, JavaScript, and HTMLto a fair extent.

The book will bridge anything else you will need to successfully apply your existing branding skills to the SharePoint world.

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