SharePoint Design

What happened to the SharePoint 2010 Announcements web part? In WSS3 and MOSS 2007 (and WSS2) the default Announcements web part showed the Title and a few lines of the Body of the announcement. Now it just shows the Title. Well here's the answer...

Displaying relative information in the form of a master - detail view is one of the most common UI requirements. In this tip we will look at how to deal with this requirement in SharePoint using Web Part Connections.

When you create lists by default there is a TITLE column created. When a user fills out the list details you don't want this field to be displayed. How can I hide this field?

In SharePoint List, sometimes you need to display information in groups and perform mathematical operations like sum, averages and others. For instance, what if you want to see total monthly salary paid to employees for individual department?

SharePoint provides Lists to store information which is basically used in row/column formats in a tabular structure. Sometimes you need to create custom views to show only certain columns and rows. Learn how now!

In this tip we look at how to use SharePoint list views.

Every enterprise has a set of commonly used links, which is required to be standardized. Here's how to add one to your SharePoint site.

At certain times, we want to hide the details in user input forms, but also at the same time we want to maintain the data in the backend. Here is how to hide SharePoint fields by customizing Content Types.

Many SharePoint portals implement and apply the MySite feature, but how about branding the same look and feel of the parent site to MySite? Unfortunately Microsoft designed MySite to have a default format and does not allow custom branding to be effective

You are using a SharePoint blog and you want to speed up and improve the blogging experience. In a nutshell Microsoft Live Writer is a client application which allows you to create a blog entry with rich content. It is then able to post your entry direct

The scope of this article is to explain, how to create SharePoint web parts with HTML text editing input controls. Here we will go through the creation of an email sending web part with the Message field enabled for HTML formatting.

By default, SharePoint Lists provide default new, edit and display forms. Limitations include the requirement to show and edit all fields and the inability to customize formatting of the form.

I would like to selectively open specific links in a new browser window from an out-of-the-box SharePoint Links List. In this tip I show you how this can be done.

When a SharePoint list or library is added into a web part zone, whatever view I choose does not change when I update the view from the list or library settings.

I have worked hard creating a custom SharePoint list. Now I want to reuse the structure for another team in another site.

I'd like to design a portal splash page in SharePoint, but I need a way to apply permissions to different section summaries.

Every SharePoint site template (both MOSS 2007 and WSS3) has its own default layout of Web Part Zones. I would like to customize the layout of these zones for flexibility of design in a particular site.

By default, SharePoint builds a main page for every site. I would like to have multiple web pages in a site so I can build different environments for various projects and teams within a single site.

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 is a great administrator and designer tool for SharePoint. What are some of the compelling features, how do I get it and how much does it cost?

How to create custom field lookups for SharePoint columns.

Using the Sharepoint Content Editor Web Parts for free form style display of content.

Sharepoint is a content management system that provides a multitude of objects and templates to build an information portal. This tip provides an overview to help understand the different parts of the system.