Look and feel, master pages and web parts

11-19-07, 03:48 PM

jpuls

As I understand it, in MOSS 2007 the recommended approach to customize
the look and feel of a site is to use a custom master page, hand that
off to a web designer, and leave the content to those who know the
content.

In simple terms, BlackBand.master looks more black and default.master
looks more blue.

But when I set up a site with BlackBand, most of the web parts still
look like they belonged to the default master page - they are
unchanged. So, the default color scheme looks harmonious, while
BlackBand looks like a pastiche of designs.

I thought that CSS was there to drive the look top down. How far does
this go? Am I missing something?

Pointers to existing posts or documents would also be appreciated.

Thanks!

Jim

11-20-07, 08:14 AM

Daniel Ranke

Hi, you got the most details and the idea from Microsoft. Actually,
Microsoft uses a default css file "core.css" that effects every time on
the pages.

The following link explains the branding very good and shows additinal
links.

http://www.cleverworkarounds.com/200...-pages-part-1/

Greetings

jpuls schrieb:
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11-20-07, 04:14 PM

darrel

> http://www.cleverworkarounds.com/200...-pages-part-1/

Yea, read through all these articles.

They did a great job explaining the completely arbitrary and backwards way
SharePoint handles these issues.

It's broken, but at least after reading these artcles you get a better idea
of how to workaround the broken parts to some degree.

After spending months on trying to customize the files for our intranet, the
best advice I can give is: DON'T

Ask your organization if they prefer black or blue. Those are the two
choices. Pick one. ;o)

-Darrel

11-20-07, 07:57 PM

jpuls

Daniel,

Thanks for the link! Not only does it have good content, I appreciate
the
links to other sites the CleverWorkarounds author provides.

Best,

Jim

On Nov 20, 2:14 am, Daniel Ranke
<danielra> wrote:
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