SharePoint 2010 branding and development tips and tricks

We have been doing a lot of SharePoint 2010 branding and custom development over the last 6 months or so which has kept us both busy, which is good, and away from the blog, which is not ideal. So, we thought the best thing we could do to keep generating something useful for people to [...]

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Fixed width layouts, the scrollbar and the ribbon in SharePoint 2010. A better way?

The ribbon is a massive deal in SharePoint 2010. It is a big deal in all of the Microsoft Office suite, but especially so in SharePoint Server 2010.  And it is a fundamental change to the user experience for everyone. As designers we have to start to tailor our site styles to accomodate its inclusion, [...]

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Sharepoint 2010 – No right click, open in new tab in IE

Over the past year we’ve been busy doing sharepoint design and customisation for Content and Code, the UK’s leading sharepoint solutions company, and Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year, getting involved in master pages, themes and designs for some of their clients, and the company itself. If you need this kind of work, contact us.

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CakePHP: Archive list for your blog

The site we have recently completed for a new client was built using the rapid development framework CakePHP. While there is an initial learning curve with the naming conventions and methods, once you get them right it makes quickly developing editable web sites a much more pleasant experience. We recommend checking it out. And if [...]

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Magento: Add grouped products price table to category view

Here’s a useful tip we learnt recently on a project for a client. How to add the component parts of a grouped product to a catalog list page and make them purchasable right from there. This is confirmed working in Magento 1.4. The important thing about this solution is is does not require any core [...]

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Progressive enhancement has become a buzzword of late in front end web development, and is about taking a set of web pages, and first making them work for everybody, right down to web crawlers, then adding pieces on top using css and javascript to enhance the user experience.

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