Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Unleashed

Styling with CSS Alone

Sometimes, CSS may be the only means you have of styling a SharePoint site. For instance, you might not have access to SharePoint Designer or permissions to modify SharePoint master pages. In Chapter 6, CSS is used to style pages by embedding SharePoint styles directly into a Content Editor Web Part (CEWP). The CSS hid the page’s left-hand menu. The CEWP is a great way to quickly address changes to an individual page without the need to open SharePoint Designer.

For instance, imagine that you’re tasked with quickly modifying the home page of a site and you don’t have access to SharePoint Designer. Using the CEWP and CSS, you can hide elements on a page as well as style existing elements. Figure 16.6 shows the home page ...