Another quick post to let everyone know that I have updated the starter master pages that are up on CodePlex. There are a couple fairly important fixes in them so if you are already using the old version you may…
This is a topic that I’ve been asked probably a hundred times since the SharePoint 2010 bits were released. Before I get into how I solve it, I’ll provide a little back story. To quote from my upcoming book, Professional…
I was asked today about hiding the Recently Modified menu from SharePoint 2010 Team sites. If you aren’t familiar with the menu, here is a screenshot of it: I did some poking around and it seems that the wiki pages…
With the release of the IE9 Beta yesterday () I’ve already started getting questions about whether HTML5 / CSS3 can be used with SharePoint. There is technically nothing that would stand in the way of using either with SharePoint (note,…
A question I get asked almost every week. Randy, how do I hide the Quick Launch for just one page in SharePoint 2010. The answer is simple my friends: Content Editor Web Part with some specialized CSS. Note, this code…
[Note, this review is slightly off topic from my standard posts, if you want to learn more about SharePoint branding, scroll down to my previous posts. Thanks!] From the second I ordered my iPhone 4, I knew I was probably…
Just a quick note to tell everyone that I have updated my starter master pages on CodePlex. I have made several minor tweaks that should help them be more “minimal” for easier use in your branding projects. Here are some…
Last week, Microsoft’s Dallas Tester () posted a new starter master page for SharePoint 2010: For those that don’t already know, “Starter” is the new term for minimal master pages that were available for SharePoint 2007. Here are some…
When I initially looked at SharePoint 2010 I was disheartened to see that my old nemesis the Name.dll ActiveX control warning was still popping up on my sites. If you haven’t seen it yet, here is a screenshot: The warning…
This probably affects anyone that has tried to make a fixed width master page in SharePoint 2010 (unless you have already noticed the error) it affects the MSDN article Upgrading an Existing Master Page to the SharePoint Foundation Master Page…