Monthly Archive: September 2011

Sep 28

When .selected goes rogue – help request

I offered to help a fellow SharePointier out, and had a look at her top link bar – and more importantly, why the class .selected doesn’t work. This is more common thank you think – and is an issue I struggle with, with every site I make.  And Tasha’s problem has me floored. So here …

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Sep 15

Adding a touch of Glamour – Part Two: The Menu

As seen on EUSP Veronique Palmer of Lets Collaborate mentioned this in the comments on Part One of this series: She is completely right, and it is an easier way to do it too. But in my article I wanted to introduce you to searching and working with the master page. If you ONLY want …

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Sep 09

[Humour] Lessons learnt when working late, and on deadline.

This was written by me in 2008 at 4am. I laughed when I read it again today.  I was working as a tester for a web application company. We were on our 4th night of working late with very little sleep. I still laugh. 1. When ordering dinner, make sure that you are seated in …

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Sep 08

CSS renders differently in IE8 depending on your OS

A friend of mine skyped me this brilliant article by GreyWyvern.com on how IE8 will render your CSS differently depending on what OS you have installed, and what service packs. It is insane. Poor form on Microsofts behalf but also explains why I had such trouble a little while ago at one of my clients. …

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Sep 05

Request-a-Theme: Howest, SBW, Smiley Face Store

Gene and Veronique requested themes for their sites when I wrote the “Request-a-Theme” post. So here they are. I was not able to test them, and I am sure there will be requested changes, but I want to show every one how I got to the colour schemes that I did. HOWEST Here is the …

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Sep 05

4 Themes to Help Out

I created these 4 themes whilst I was playing with colour combinations. They are free for you to use as you please, and I hope they help spice up your SharePoint site a bit You can see how to upload themes and the site logo (or company logo) here in one of my previous posts …

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