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Yet another Sharepoint sample site template

12 November, 2009 (12:51) | MOSS - Customization with SPD, MOSS - Master Pages, MOSS - Site Templates | By: G Vijai Kumar

Here I created a simple sample Sharepoint site template with rounded corners.
This template allows you to create a new site with rounded corners around the webparts
Download the site template
Step by step installation:

Log into your SharePoint site
Go to Site Settings, under Galleries click on Site Template
Then, click on Upload to upload the site template on to [...]

Sharepoint: Apply background color to custom list column based on other column value

1 July, 2009 (07:12) | MOSS - Customization with SPD | By: GVK

Today we are going to learn how to apply the background color to a custom list column based on other column value, firstly, I tried this scenario using calculated formula column type but some javascript code is needed to render the background color based on calculated formula value,  so I did some research and come [...]

Set task list title textbox to readonly mode in Sharepoint 2007

5 September, 2008 (14:23) | MOSS - Customization with SPD | By: GVK

One of my client asked to set the task list title textbox to readonly mode when the user selects edit item property from the context menu.
So, I thought to complete this scenario by making use of javascript

Open the EditForm.aspx in Sharepiont designer
Select one td tag to write the javascript which sets the Title textbox to [...]

Sharepoint Breadcrumb: Display's current site title

30 August, 2008 (11:44) | MOSS - Customization with SPD | By: GVK

To display only the current site title in Sharepoint breadcrumb add the property ParentLevelsDisplayed=”0″ in the <asp:SiteMapPath… tag
The below Asp:SiteMapPath tag display only the current site title
Example:
<asp:SiteMapPath ID=”siteMapPath_section” Runat=”server” SiteMapProvider=”CurrentNavSiteMapProviderNoEncode” RenderCurrentNodeAsLink=”false” SkipLinkText=”” CurrentNodeStyle-CssClass=”breadcrumbCurrent” NodeStyle-CssClass=”ms-sitemapdirectional” ParentLevelsDisplayed=”0″>
<CurrentNodeStyle CssClass=”breadcrumbCurrent” />
<NodeStyle CssClass=”ms-sitemapdirectional” />
</asp:SiteMapPath>
The below Asp:SiteMapPath tag display only the current site title parent and current site title (parent > [...]

Customize search box in sharepoint 2007

28 August, 2008 (12:11) | MOSS - Customization with SPD | By: GVK

Now, we learn how to customize the sharepoint search box
Search for the Content place holder PlaceHolderSearchArea
Add the property visible=”false” to the PlaceHolderSearchArea
As shown in below image:
Now, choose the place where you want to put the customized search box or write a new tag <td></td> below the PlaceHolderSearchArea closing </td> tag
Go to the menu Task Panes [...]