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Kyle Schaeffer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:15:00 GMT

The snow here has been crazy, and as a result the ASAE Technology Conference I was scheduled to speak at was canceled. Here at SusQtech, we decided to go ahead with our presentations nonetheless (we had prepared for them anyway, right?). We presented online, and I gave a quick webinar presentation ... (More)

The Making of SusQtech.com, Part Three

Kyle Schaeffer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:48:00 GMT

Has it really been that long since my last post? Things have been busy here at SusQtech, and if you've been eagerly awaiting the conclusion to my three-part series on "the making of SusQtech.com," then I apologize for the long delay between posts. Let's jump right back in where we left o ... (More)

The Making of SusQtech.com, Part Two

Kyle Schaeffer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT

In part one of The Making of SusQtech.com, we ambled through the tedious process of preparing our site for the real design work that we’re about to embark upon. Today, we’re up to something much more fun. I call this “the fun part” because it’s where the rubber meets the road, so to speak. This i ... (More)

The Making of SusQtech.com, Part One

Kyle Schaeffer — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:25:00 GMT

Since the recent launch of the newly designed SusQtech.com, I've received a number of questions from people wondering how I created the design, what methods and technologies I used, and how designers should approach such a comprehensive styling of the SharePoint platform. I took this as a unique op ... (More)

Replace Line Breaks in XSL

Kyle Schaeffer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:18:00 GMT

SharePoint uses XSL style sheets all over the place. Often times, I've found myself in a situation where I want to preserve line breaks from a multi-line text field in content query web parts, data view web parts, or any other area of MOSS that uses XSL. For that reason, I wrote a simple XSLT templa ... (More)

Web Part Title Word Wrap

Kyle Schaeffer — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:56:00 GMT

You've probably noticed that it's somewhat important to keep the titles of your web parts down to a minimum number of words. If your web part title is too long, the width of the web part actually expands to accomodate the length of your title. Here's a screenshot of a very simple web part I'm stylin ... (More)

Icons in SharePoint Navigation Menus

Kyle Schaeffer — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:32:00 GMT

Did you know that you can add icons to your SharePoint navigation menu items? It's not a supported out-of-the-box feature, but a little CSS and a lot of intuition can go a long way when it comes to styling a SharePoint site. As with styling any CMS site, designers should always be concerned prima ... (More)

SharePoint Calendar STYLED!

Kyle Schaeffer — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:04:00 GMT

It's big, it's tedious, and it's annoying to style. The calendar is one of the most difficult controls in SharePoint to apply a design to simply because it uses an incredible amount of CSS classes and styles. I took the time to go through the calendar, and through a painstakingly tedious process ... (More)

Design Minute: Custom Page Content Styles

Kyle Schaeffer — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:37:00 GMT

Trying to standardize header and section title styles in SharePoint content is difficult, especially if your content authors are not CSS- or HTML-savvy. When creating heading styles, many authors will use the font size and color controls to create inline CSS within the content. This is a designe ... (More)

All About Tabless Column Design

Kyle Schaeffer — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:10:00 GMT

There are a number of ways to create vertical columns in your XHTML design without using the tag and the horrendous amount of HTML that always seems to accompany it. Each method listed here is superior in various situations, so choose a good fit for your particular design. But…why? ... (More)