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Essential SharePoint 2007, 2nd Edition
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Essential SharePoint 2007, 2nd Edition

by Jeff Webb
September 2007
Beginner content levelBeginner
448 pages
10h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Changing the General Appearance

To change the title, description, and icon displayed on a site:

  1. Navigate to the home page of the site and click Site Actions → Site Settings, and then click "Title, description, and icon" under the Look and Feel heading.

  2. Change the settings on the page, and click OK to make the changes.

The color, fonts, and backgrounds used by a site are controlled by the site theme. The default theme is blue and orange with a white background. To change the theme of a site:

  1. Navigate to the home page of the site and click Site Actions → Site Settings, and then click "Site theme" under the Look and Feel heading. SharePoint displays the Site Theme page.

  2. Select a theme in the list box on the right side of the page. SharePoint shows a preview of the theme.

  3. Click Apply to change the site's theme.

In MOSS, you can also apply an alternate cascading style sheet (CSS) to redefine the styles used throughout a site. Creating CSS files is a task for web design experts, but once you have the CSS file, you can apply it to your site by following these steps:

  1. Upload the CSS file to a library within the site. Copy the address of the uploaded file; you'll need it for step 3.

  2. Navigate to the home page of the site and click Site Actions → Site Settings, and then click "Master page" under the Look and Feel heading.

  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Specify a CSS file" under the Alternate CSS URL heading. Paste the address of the CSS file in the text box and click OK.

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