This is one of those annoying SharePoint Branding “gotchas” that I often back myself into when creating custom branding for a SharePoint site. I generally waste time trying to remember what causes this issue and how to fix it so I’m posting it here so that I won’t waste a moment trying to figure out [...]
Intuitive and easy to use websites are forgettable because people do not remember what they do not notice. There is a science behind ensuring a user thinks less about how to use a site and more time focusing on what is on the site. In my session, Designing Intuitive SharePoint Sites at the Ragan SharePoint [...]
It’s time to practice your spiral and your touchdown dance to game up for SharePoint Saturday Philly 2012. Join SharePoint MVPs, thought leaders, enthusiasts and members of the SharePoint community as they take the GeekIron on Saturday February 4th for what is being called the SharePointBowl 2012 in some circles – at least any circle [...]
I recently presented Lessons Learned by a SharePoint Designer at two SharePoint Saturdays (Richmond and Columbus). The session outlines 10 lessons I learned through my experiences scoping, designing, customizing and managing SharePoint projects. The session focuses on project and risk management of larger SharePoint branding projects. After some surveys and discussions, I found my audience wanted me [...]
This afternoon, I was on hold with Marriott trying to work out my bill from SharePoint Conference. This has become an ordeal and I’m concerned that I’m never going to see my money again. I digress. The purpose of this article is to put my thoughts in the buzz bucket about Claire Willett’s blog post [...]
These apps are going to make you a wildly popular and efficient SPC11 party-goer er.. attendee. I tested so many mobile apps and then imagined myself and my tweeps using them. I asked for advice and testing from a select few (@theKicker @Drisgill, thank you for being my willing or unaware participants). The following apps [...]
Heather Solomon is BACK!! The original SharePoint branding guru has has a beautiful new SharePoint 2010 blog. Check out her post, “Just the Essentials” SharePoint Master Pages She has put together three different SharePoint 2010 starter master page files for download. These include master pages for both non-publishing and publishing sites. All are heavily commented. [...]
I’ve been attending Microsoft Conferences since 2007. I can confidently say that I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for these events. I’d like to think I’ve done a decent job of making the most out of my time there. There’s always room for improvement though. And here are my 11 [...]
In the first article in this series on SharePoint 2010 My Sites, you learned about several usability issues in SharePoint 2010 My Sites. The original idea of this series was to interview real users to discover the pain points for analysis of My Sites’ usability. One of the users that volunteered to provide feedback was [...]
One of the most valuable experiences I’ve had is listening to other people share the issues they’ve had on SharePoint User Interface Design or Branding projects. I’ve also encountered several issues and “SharePoint Sucker Punches” that earned me some stripes. To help my fellow branders, project managers, designers and anyone responsible for the success of [...]
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