Most organizations with shared tenant accounts on SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013, will want to brand their site pages. The correct method of accessing the page design features is the “Change the Look” page, which is accessed with a click on the gear symbol on the right hand side of the top right of a […]
Build a Custom “Composed Look” for a SharePoint Online, Office 365 Team Site
SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013 has been equipped with an entirely new theming engine. Custom themes built for SharePoint Server 2010 won’t work. But the theming engine is, nevertheless, highly flexible. One method of customizing the look of an out of the box team site is to build a custom “Composed Look”, and apply it […]
Customizing the Look of a SharePoint Online Team Site from the Change the Look Page
The theme engine for SharePoint Online has been changed, substantially, from SharePoint Server 2010. Site owners should develop a familiarity with the new theme methods to make the process of making superficial changes to site appearance comparatively easy. It’s helpful, as noted in Show Off Your Style With SharePoint Theming, by Lionel Robinson, Program Manager, […]
A Different Set of Methods are Required to Successfully Brand SharePoint Online, 2013, Sites
The CSS architecture of SharePoint Online, 2013, is very different from the same architecture for SharePoint 2010. In an article titled Branding issues that may occur when upgrading to SharePoint 2013, Microsoft alerts organizations supported with branded SharePoint Server 2010 sites to do some extensive testing before migrating to a live SharePoint Online, 2013, platform. […]
Adding Dashboards to a Dashboard Library in SharePoint Online
Before we get down to the specifics of building a dashboard library inside our SharePoint Online, Enterprise E3 Business Intelligence Center (BIC) site collection, we need to note an important point. PerformancePoint Services Dashboard Designer is NOT available to SharePoint Online users. So plan on building any of the dashboards you require locally, with, for […]
BI Center Site Collection SharePoint Online Library and List Types
The following screen is produced with SharePoint Online, Enterprise Edition, once a Business Intelligence Center (BIC) site collection has been successfully added: The three prompts in the center of the screen are simple and right to the point: Explore and Analyze Data Create powerful data mash-ups of millions of rows of data from various sources […]