The left navigation pane on a team site shows the Quick Launch which display links to many lists and libraries on the site. If you need to, you can hide the Quick Launch completely by embedding some style tags on the page. This is accomplished using the Content Editor web part. Furthermore, you can export this web part and utilize them on other pages as needed.
Read more »Deleting a SharePoint site is a fairly simple process. Only site administrators have the right to delete a site. A site with subsites underneath it cannot be deleted until all subsites have been deleted first.
Read more »Each site collection stands on its own and does not have a link to other site collections. However, it is a requirement many times to create one general Portal which ties all the site collections together. The Portal Site Connection functionality can be used for this requirement. In addition, this functionality can help users of My Sites tie their site to a central Portal as well.
Read more »Exporting List and Site Templates to other Site Collections
by Asif Rehmani on September 14, 2010 | 3 commentsList templates and site templates can be transferred from one site collection to another. Once you transfer a template to another site collection, it’s available for you to make sites or lists based on that template.
Read more »Lists are created using list templates. Aside from the built in list templates, you can create your own list templates as well so designers and administrators of a site can then use that template to make additional lists. When a list template is saved, it saves the list’s schema. You can also save the content of the list with the list template as well.
Read more »A custom site template can be created as a starting point for creating future sites. A site template can contain lists, libraries, pages, and even content.
Read more »On a SharePoint team site, you can configure the regional settings to display according to the geographical location of the site. In addition, people working on the same site from across the world can view the information differently as needed.
Read more »PowerPoint 2010 can be used to create an Office theme. That theme then can be used to apply to a SharePoint site. It’s a very easy and flexible way to produce themes for SharePoint Sites. Site Collection admin right is needed to add the theme to the site collection. Then a SharePoint Site Admin can apply the theme to any site within the site collection.
Read more »Sync SharePoint Team Sites Content with SharePoint Workspace
by Asif Rehmani on August 24, 2010 | 1 commentSharePoint Workspace provides an easy way to manage collaborative content of a SharePoint team site. You can also use it to manage the content offline. Document libraries, lists and external lists can all be managed this way. The only exception is the Calendar list which cannot be edited in Workspace. Other non-collaborative content on a page like web parts, text and images cannot be managed through SharePoint workspace either.
Read more »The top link bar of a site can be customized to your needs. By default, it shows any subsites that the site has, but you can also customize it to show other SharePoint content or even external content. Watch this video to see a demonstration of all the available options.
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