User Interface
Removing and Replacing Default SharePoint Ribbon Styles
SharePoint 2010 (and most likely future versions) provides default styles in the ribbon. You can see these with the “Styles” and “Markup Styles” sections of the ribbon. Here is an example of the “Markup Styles” section in action. What if a client does not want the default ones in there? You could overwrite them in […]
Using a DOCTYPE in SharePoint 2007
While SharePoint 2007 certainly moved the platform forward for its time, there is no doubt that doing UI work with the CMS is nothing short of excruciating. The reason for this is (a) really, really bad markup and (b) no DOCTYPE (SharePoint Designer doesn’t help the cause either). There is a lot you can do […]
Advanced Metadata Techniques in Page Layouts
When SharePoint unveiled their web content management functionality in 2007, they included the practice on inline editing directly into the content management experience. While they were by no means the first to do so, I feel strongly that they did a very good job considering it was their first iteration of the technology. User interface […]