SharePoint® 2010 How-To

Chapter 13. Customizing a SharePoint Site

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Open the Site Settings Page

• Change the Name, Description, Icon, or URL of a Site

• Change the Look of a Site by Using Themes

• Change the Home Page of a Site

• Modify the Top or Left Navigation Bar

• Create a Site Column

• Create a Content Type

• Modify a Content Type

When you are in charge of a SharePoint site, you will want to customize it to fit your view of how it should look and behave. Such customization includes changing the site’s title, the way the site looks (using themes), the page used as the home page for the site, the site’s navigation, the site’s search settings, and more.

This chapter covers these topics and explains how to accomplish some of the most common site ...