When designing a branded SharePoint site, the first task for any web designer should be to create a general SharePoint Theme. A SharePoint theme can be designed through the web browser, and then, with a bit of work, can be saved locally or deployed to a SharePoint site as a feature. The advantage to creating [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Tips for supporting clients with BlackBerry phones
March 24, 2011 – 7:50 am
Have you ever been called by a client who tells you, “I can’t get emails on my phone. Help me!” You would love to help, but struggle with guiding them through the menus on their BlackBerry because you don’t have the same model available. There is a very easy solution to this…download the simulator! Research [...]
SharePoint 2010 Branding: Understanding the Components
March 16, 2011 – 4:00 am
SharePoint gives you a lot of control over what your site looks like. On top of applying a site theme, you can also create your own CSS rules, and customize the master page that will be applied to the entire site. However, if you’re coming from a web designing background where you’re used to having [...]
Integrated Authentication – Prompted for Credentials Anyway?
March 9, 2011 – 10:59 am
Many people have difficulty setting up the connection to SharePoint 2010 such that users are not prompted to enter their username and password. SharePoint does support integrated authentication, but there are a few settings that can interfere. On the SharePoint side: Try different configuration options in SharePoint. This is done through the SharePoint Central Administration [...]
SharePoint 2010 Branding
March 2, 2011 – 4:00 am
A recent project that we have taken on is to completely re-brand our internal SharePoint site. What we wanted to achieve was to have our internal site match some recent branding changes, while still maintaining all of the functionality and flexibility of SharePoint. This is still a work in progress, but I thought I would [...]
