Microsoft recommends branding SharePoint Online, Office 365 with themes, alternate CSS and other CSOM methods rather than creating custom master pages

In a video tutorial available to the public on MSDN’s Channel 9, Microsoft presents an argument for branding SharePoint Online, Office 365 sites with themes and other CSOM methods. The title of this video tutorial is Transform SharePoint Customizations to SharePoint App Model: (02) Controlling Branding in SharePoint Using App Model. The tutorial is included […]

Consolidated Looks, Color Pallets, and Master Pages are Design Assets of SharePoint Online, Office 365

SharePoint Online, Office 365, like its on premises sibling, offers users an opportunity to create a custom look for branding sites. A quick way to build a custom look, as Yaroslav Pentsarskyy demonstrates in an exclusive video tutorial available on SharePoint-Videos titled Creating a custom look for SharePoint Online sites, is to edit one of […]

Add to the Value of SharePoint 2013 Search by Customizing How Query Results are Displayed to Users

The Search Service in SharePoint 2013 represents a substantial change from its SharePoint 2010 predecessor. Fast Search has been built into the new service. At the same time, the new SharePoint 2013 Master Pages and Page Layouts feature can be used to create custom templates for enhancing how search results are displayed to users. In […]

Working with Master Pages in SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013 with SharePoint Designer 2013

In an article on MSDN, How to: Create a Master Page Preview File in SharePoint 2013 the instructions, “Create a master page preview file” include Make a copy of a master page preview. SharePoint 2013 includes oslo.preview and seattle.preview The preferred method of working with these pages is with SharePoint Designer 2013. As a preliminary […]