Waldek Mastykarz - Innovation Matters | SharePoint Server MVP

Right after I posted my last article on using Page Layouts for dynamic body ids and issues that you stumble on, I got one more idea on how you might leverage Page Layouts for setting dynamic body ids and still deliver a great performing solution. Read more »

While creating custom branding for SharePoint it is not only important that it looks all right, but also that it’s fully functional and that users don’t loose any of the standard functionality provided with the platform. While most elements can be easily positioned within Master Page and Page Layout some are positioned more “indirectly”. Knowing how SharePoint does the positioning can help you deliver a great User Experience. Read more »

A few weeks ago I presented you a solution for creating dynamic layouts with nothing more than some CSS definitions and a dynamic body id. Using exactly the same HTML markup you can create a different layout of your page elements what makes it an extremely efficient and easy to maintain solution. While the concept is pretty straight-forward, applying it in practice to a real-life SharePoint Server Web Content Management solution has one drawback that you should keep in mind. Read more »

Body id is a cool webdesign trick that allows designers to easily alter the layout of a page using nothing more than a single property and some CSS styling. Using the body id you can define one HTML page structure for the whole site and then, by changing the single value of the body id attribute, you can create new experiences by styling the different pieces of the page in a totally different way. While it sounds very easy and it is very easy with HTML, this trick can get very challenging when used with SharePoint. Read more »

[Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com] Recently I’ve been playing around with jQuery and some other JavaScript-based interface interactions. And so a couple of days ago I came up with another idea: the focused href. Read more »