Fixing the slight shift on SharePoint web part titles when hovering
When customizing SharePoint sites you most certainly will make some type of change to the web part title. When editing the page you will notice sometimes when you hover over the title to edit the web...
View ArticleSharePoint 07 styles showing in my 2010 site
While testing out a customization for a client site, I noticed in the out of the box picture library that the list had some of the 2007 look and feel. While the top still looked okay, I wasn’t quite...
View ArticleAdding a Twitter feed with SharePoint xml viewer web part
Working on sites these days you have many social feeds that need to be added to your SharePoint site. One way we have accomplished this is using the XML viewer web part. You can add this into a web...
View ArticleAdding Custom Site Actions Items to my SharePoint 2010 Blog
When you first create a blog on SharePoint 2010 it seems clunky in allowing the management of posts, comments, etc. Since I have a fixed width blog I don’t use the third column. Yes you can move the...
View ArticleUsing the .s4-titlerowhidetitle in your custom master page.
When creating a custom master page you want to make sure to keep the s4-titlerowhidetitle class. If you don’t have this in your custom master page you can find the tag directly after the...
View ArticleCustomizing the search box in SharePoint 2010
In this blog post I will show you how to customize the search area in the header of your custom master page. Since this site is for an intranet, I started by making a copy of the v4.master and renaming...
View ArticleHow to properly hide ContentPlaceHolders in your SharePoint 2010 Master Page
Recently I had a friend ask me to help him with an issue on a page layout they were having. When he opened the page in SharePoint designer and went to edit the page layout, he saw this message. The...
View ArticleThe importance of keeping the SharePoint:DelegateControl...
Here is another gotcha when creating a custom master page. At times you might want to remove delegate controls that you are not using in a custom master page. Here is one delegate control that will...
View ArticleSticky Top Nav SharePoint 2010
Navigation in SharePoint is definitely a branding pain point. The code improved with 2010, but it was still missing something. Selected Parent with Drop Down When you have a parent item selected, it...
View ArticleProperly hiding the ContentPlaceHolder TitleInTitleArea on your SharePoint...
Here is another gotcha for your custom SharePoint 2010 master page. When you are creating your custom master page, you most likely will want to move some ContentPlaceHolders into an ASP:Panel with the...
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