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Recently, I noticed when I have the following code, my text wraps and ignores my padding for the second line. <style> .menuItemLvl2 { Padding-left: 24px; } </style> Restructuring & Recapitalization I wanted the hyperlink a tag to wrap and respect the padding. I also had highlighting on the A hyperlink tag for :hover state, so … Read more
Real World Branding with SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Sites http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee354191.aspx Heather’s Base Master Page FilesBase master page files with necessary content placeholders to run a SharePoint site. All branding and added code is stripped out. CSS Reference ChartInformative chart of popular CSS classes and IDs. Design Gotcha ListList of items to watch out for when … Read more
My last post offered clues as to why Data View web parts break. All my previous web parts were using custom Layouts to strip out all the surrounding layout tables. Here is a rough idea how the default Layout is constructed. Figure 1- The above is a default Multi-item XSLT Data View web part template … Read more
I got the following error when developing my web part and having my manager log in to check the page. But the page worked fine for me, and was not checked out, as I was not using Publishing Features. Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open this Web page in a … Read more
Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open this Web page in a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible HTML editor such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer. If the problem persists, contact your Web server administrator. This error could be caused by missing double quotes around your HTML markup attributes. For instance, the error below … Read more
I found an interesting thing about the error message I was getting with SharePoint Designer. The error is: “Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open this Web page in a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible HTML editor such as FrontPage. If the problem persists, contact your Web server administrator” I had a complicated … Read more
The Problem Visual Studio requires a ScriptManager to compile a Ajax enabled solution for a SharePoint web part. Visual Studio Error on compile says: Solution.cs: (Build Error) Error 1 The type or namespace name ‘ScriptManager’ could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C:\…\Solution.cs The Solution: A Reference dll is … Read more
SharePoint page titles when using Ajax may turn to square icons. This is the rendering of the title tag in the masterpage, or where the page title is specified. Put the title tag on one line! That’s it! No need for JavaScript or anything else when using Ajax on a page! Just edit the CORRECT masterpage, (For Publishing Portal, the default is BlueBand.master, for Team and Collaboration sites, it’s Default.master)
I have recently ran into an issue with SharePoint Designer and modifying a CSS file. The CSS file would not update my changes. I waited a 1/2 a day, checked different browsers, cleared my temp/etc, tried virtual machines that havent seen the website in months. Nothing was reflecting my SharePoint Designer CSS changes. I was … Read more