Monday, June 15, 2009

How to customize MOSS UI - Videos

Simple and amazing video tutorials series of how to customize MOSS UI by emagination network

PART 1: MASTER PAGE OVERVIEW AND CUSTOM DESIGN EXAMPLES. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nd7D4JwYbM
PART 2: PREPPING HTML/CSS TEMPLATES FOR MOSS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu2MIGg1sfc
PART 3: PREPPING THE FILES IN SHAREPOINT DESIGNER. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ScHtsoLXtY
PART 4: BASE MASTER PAGE CODE OVERVIEW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07zT-ab671s
PART 5: USING THE BASE MASTER PAGE TO CREATE A CUSTOM MASTER PAGE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrtQduUwAC8
PART 6: CREATING A CUSTOM PAGE LAYOUT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXoxqGgpB8g
PART 7: ASSIGNING THE MASTER PAGE AND CSS FILE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN70CjPy80Q
PART 8: CREATING A NEW WEB PAGE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga-ScG4626s
PART 9: TIPS FOR STYLING THE NAVIGATION CONTROL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_rWfdI8C-o
PART 10: CSS VARIATIONS IN A MOSS WEBSITE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqYD0f9b0Y

Regards,
Shady Khorshed

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

How To Add Reusable Content

  • Pro: Easy to maintain, flexible
  • Con: Only available in Rich HTML publishing fields (NOT the CEWP)
  • To add a new Reusable Content item:


  • Select the text / html code that you’d like to repeat
    From the top-level site, View All Site Content to
    Find the Reusable Content List
    Add a new item to the list


    • Enter a name, description (if desired)
    • Click to enter content

    • To paste in HTML, click “Edit HTML” button
    • Click OK

  • To insert a Reusable Content item in page:

    Enter Edit Mode for page
    Click to Edit Content in page content field
    In Rich HTML toolbar, click “Insert Reusable Content” button
    Choose the desired Reusable Content Item from the list