Natively, SharePoint uses v4.master for Team sites and does not give you the option to choose a different master page. To enable master page selection, you need Publishing enabled. Follow the steps below to enable publishing features (in this order). Site Actions > Site Settings > Site Collection Features (under...
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Tag Archives: 2010
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames in SharePoint vs. jQuery’s document ready
In the last few months, I’ve done a lot of integration of jQuery into SharePoint for its rich animation framework. Instantiating the jQuery has always been an interesting challenge. During the branding process and masterpage creation, everything seems to work great. As time goes on and more content is added,...
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Adding Images & Links to a SharePoint 2010 Survey
As you probably know, SharePoint 2010 (like 2007) only allows plain text in the question fields for surveys. This post explains why, and gives a solid workaround with little effort....
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Allow the browser to control the scrollbars in SharePoint 2010 (increasing browser support) when using v4.master.
This article explains how to give scroll-control to the browser instead of objects on the page (through div overflows). Why would you want this? Well, for 2 reasons: Increase browser support, and allow mobile users to view full pages in SharePoint (specifically - the browser on Android has...
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