The SharePoint Muse

Check-In All Pages at the Same Time in SharePoint Server 2010

Marcy Kellar — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:56:00 +0000

One of the joys of building and branding a Publishing site in SharePoint with a team is trying to get everyone to check in their work. When you are working with many people and churning out hundreds of pages a week and a custom brand, you’ll probably be cursing SharePoint’s content approval policies. Content Approval [...]

Lesson Learned: Using Fixed-Width Layouts in SharePoint

Marcy Kellar — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:41:00 +0000

One of the common pitfalls I’ve seen people unknowingly walk into when branding SharePoint is applying a fixed width layout to a SharePoint site when it isn’t called for. In this article, you will learn what a fixed width layout is and when to apply it to your SharePoint site. A fixed width layout is [...]

SharePoint Branding Tip: Dropdown Selector Arrow Not Inline with .ms-listviewtable Row

Marcy Kellar — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:02:00 +0000

This is one of those annoying SharePoint Branding “gotchas” that I often back myself into when creating custom branding for a SharePoint site. I generally waste time trying to remember what causes this issue and how to fix it so I’m posting it here so that I won’t waste a moment trying to figure out [...]

Learn The Science of “Easy-to-Use” and How To Create an Intuitive SharePoint Site

Marcy Kellar — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:35:05 +0000

Intuitive and easy to use websites are forgettable because people do not remember what they do not notice. There is a science behind ensuring a user thinks less about how to use a site and more time focusing on what is on the site. In my session, Designing Intuitive SharePoint Sites at the Ragan SharePoint [...]

SharePoint Saturday Philly (aka SharePointBowl 2012)

Marcy Kellar — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:27:00 +0000

It’s time to practice your spiral and your touchdown dance to game up for SharePoint Saturday Philly 2012. Join SharePoint MVPs, thought leaders, enthusiasts and members of the SharePoint community as they take the GeekIron on Saturday February 4th for what is being called the SharePointBowl 2012 in some circles – at least any circle [...]

Lesson Learned: When To Use Publishing in SharePoint

Marcy Kellar — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:26:53 +0000

I recently presented Lessons Learned by a SharePoint Designer at two SharePoint Saturdays (Richmond and Columbus). The session outlines 10 lessons I learned through my experiences scoping, designing, customizing and managing SharePoint projects. The session focuses on project and risk management of larger SharePoint branding projects. After some surveys and discussions, I found my audience wanted me [...]

SharePoint Saturday Richmond – Come to SharePint Tonight

Marcy Kellar — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:35:00 +0000

I am at SharePoint Saturday Richmond and I’m enjoying myself. I’m sitting in the speaker room reviewing my presentation, “Lessons Learned by a SharePoint Designer.” I’m pretty excited to get my finger on the pulse of those interested in branding and other stories about high risk branding projects. I’ll be at the SharePint tonight. I [...]

Booth Babes Equal Job Security for SharePoint-y Types

Marcy Kellar — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:28:42 +0000

This afternoon, I was on hold with Marriott trying to work out my bill from SharePoint Conference. This has become an ordeal and I’m concerned that I’m never going to see my money again. I digress. The purpose of this article is to put my thoughts in the buzz bucket about Claire Willett’s blog post [...]

20 Mobile Apps That Belong In Your SPC11 Survival Kit

Marcy Kellar — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:23:40 +0000

These apps are going to make you a wildly popular and efficient SPC11 party-goer er.. attendee. I tested so many mobile apps and then imagined myself and my tweeps using them. I asked for advice and testing from a select few (@theKicker @Drisgill, thank you for being my willing or unaware participants). The following apps [...]

More SharePoint 2010 Master Pages Available and HELLO HEATHER, Welcome Back!!

Marcy Kellar — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:02:12 +0000

Heather Solomon is BACK!! The original SharePoint branding guru has has a beautiful new SharePoint 2010 blog. Check out her post, “Just the Essentials” SharePoint Master Pages She has put together three different SharePoint 2010 starter master page files for download. These include master pages for both non-publishing and publishing sites. All are heavily commented. [...]