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SharePoint for IE9 - Display Language Option in Welcome menu
When creating a master page in SharePoint that should work with IE9 you will come up with some errors that at least made me walk away from that approach and settled with building designs for IE8. But...
View ArticleBranding SharePoint with .less
This is the first article of 6 that will be written, as always, when I have got the time for it. In this series I will first try to explain why you should use .less in SharePoint UI development and...
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Branding SharePoint with .less part 2 - the ribbon
Part 2 - the ribbon Let's start from the top won't we ? The Ribbon is as we all know the editor/administrator toolbar that appears across the top of each page and displays many of the most commonly...
View ArticleONE Master page: left hand navigation on my site
I have this scenario. I want to use the same master page for My Site, publishing, collaboration and Search. I have done so but with a number of bumps on the way. I thought I should share some of these...
View ArticleAllowEveryoneViewItems - Enable anonymous access to files in list
SharePoint provides anonymous access to sites and document libraries etc but for that you have to set up the policy at web application level and then for specific site or document library as per your...
View ArticleAdding local variables on a page as a user control
Quite often you need to use both server side and client side approach to build SharePoint solution as both offer different level of flexibility and functionality. One of the benefits of using mixed...
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JavaScript Template Manager - it's all on the client side
The Problem Many developers especially when writing JavaScript have a thing for writing HTML markup inside of their JavaScript code. The downside of this approach is clearly that the markup is getting...
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Unauthorized 401 - SharePoint 2013 with a custom master page
The Problem Standard promoted actions Customized promoted actions You create a custom master page. Deploy it through Visual Studio, set it to your custom/default master page and suddenly you get...
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Thoughts about Branding SharePoint 2013
"SharePoint 2013 can be branded be the tool of your choice. You can use dreamweaver, blend or whatever you like" The tool of your choice It was one of the first thing that I read about this product...
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SharePoint Designer - good or bad ?
Should SharePoint Designer be used to create your look and feel for your project? Recently I've had a lot of discussions about SharePoint Designer (SPD) and when you should use it or not. Many people...
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Designing SharePoint - Best Practices
You will be creating a design for a company which will be used in a new modern intranet and it will include at least MySite, Search, Publishing and Collaboration sites. The company will not settle for...
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What skills make a good SharePoint front-end developer ?
A front-end developer. In SharePoint. Doesn't sound too hard. - Yea, right. Front-end development in SharePoint is not like building stuff in other WCM systems or publishing engines. This is a product...
View ArticleInvalid viewstate Error in a Custom master page
When adding a new master page and moving around the delegate control with control id "SmallSearchInputBox" then you can experience an error that will appear either when editing columns or adding new...
View ArticleBrand your SharePoint App
When creating an app it very easy to get the CSS from the host web using the chrome control. This will get the corev15.css (or a themed css if applied) from a http handler. (defaultcss.asmx in the...
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O365 - bind it all together
Something wrong with the waffle Mrs. Doodle? You have the app launcher, right? The waffle that some people like to call it. It is a nice feature in an attempt to actually solve the problem of confused...
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