Comments on: Styles in the Summary Links Web Part http://www.novolocus.com/2008/04/28/styles-in-summary-links-web-part/ Whatever Andy Burns is working on... Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:58:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Andy http://www.novolocus.com/2008/04/28/styles-in-summary-links-web-part/#comment-1909 Andy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:58:26 +0000 http://www.novolocus.com/?p=515#comment-1909 Hi Mark, Yeah, I'd wondered about just getting users to use the same link style each time - that would work, as you've said. The problem is that for the customer, it needs to be obvious and easy for users who've had very little training. And yes, they also wanted Drop Down menus of links However, if this comes from the ItemStyle.xsl I might be able to do something, and presumably define a new (and clearly named) style. That's an interesting tip, thanks. With regard to applying your own CSS, there are a whole bunch of ways. If you've got your own master page I'd recommend putting your CSS in a new CSS file, and linking it in (though after the ones that pull in Core.CSS). If you're using themes, you might want to put your CSS in that too. You could put your CSS into a style tag in the head of your master page, though that doesn't seem very clever (adds to the size of each page). If you only want to apply this to certain page layouts, you could put your styles into your layout - some of the Out-of-box page layouts to this, seem them for example. Finally, if you're using a publishing site, you can set an Alternate CSS URL (go to Site Setting > Master Page, and scroll to the bottom). What I strongly wouldn't recommend doing is modifying Core.css, but you probably know that already. As for generating the CSS, well, that's kind of a bit topic to cover here! Hi Mark,

Yeah, I’d wondered about just getting users to use the same link style each time - that would work, as you’ve said. The problem is that for the customer, it needs to be obvious and easy for users who’ve had very little training. And yes, they also wanted Drop Down menus of links

However, if this comes from the ItemStyle.xsl I might be able to do something, and presumably define a new (and clearly named) style. That’s an interesting tip, thanks.

With regard to applying your own CSS, there are a whole bunch of ways. If you’ve got your own master page I’d recommend putting your CSS in a new CSS file, and linking it in (though after the ones that pull in Core.CSS). If you’re using themes, you might want to put your CSS in that too.

You could put your CSS into a style tag in the head of your master page, though that doesn’t seem very clever (adds to the size of each page).

If you only want to apply this to certain page layouts, you could put your styles into your layout - some of the Out-of-box page layouts to this, seem them for example.

Finally, if you’re using a publishing site, you can set an Alternate CSS URL (go to Site Setting > Master Page, and scroll to the bottom).

What I strongly wouldn’t recommend doing is modifying Core.css, but you probably know that already.

As for generating the CSS, well, that’s kind of a bit topic to cover here!

]]> By: Mark http://www.novolocus.com/2008/04/28/styles-in-summary-links-web-part/#comment-1905 Mark Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:21:55 +0000 http://www.novolocus.com/?p=515#comment-1905 To achieve the result mentioned at the beginning of the article you should be able you just use one of the available link styles multiple times (not sure if you have drop downs or not). By using the same item style each time, they will all have the same structure. If you don't like the available link styles you can always create your own. They are defined using XSLT and can be found in /Style Library/XSL Style Sheets/ItemStyle.xsl. Then you would need to come up with your own CSS. I found this post while searching for instructions on applying custom CSS to the summay link control. Any ideas? To achieve the result mentioned at the beginning of the article you should be able you just use one of the available link styles multiple times (not sure if you have drop downs or not). By using the same item style each time, they will all have the same structure. If you don’t like the available link styles you can always create your own. They are defined using XSLT and can be found in /Style Library/XSL Style Sheets/ItemStyle.xsl.
Then you would need to come up with your own CSS. I found this post while searching for instructions on applying custom CSS to the summay link control. Any ideas?

]]> By: Andy http://www.novolocus.com/2008/04/28/styles-in-summary-links-web-part/#comment-1528 Andy Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:46:45 +0000 http://www.novolocus.com/?p=515#comment-1528 Well... ...maybe. It's not a matter of 'drilling through' stuff so much as the structure of what you're styling. The different formats of link don't have a structure around them amenable to styling to be like the image at the top. Well… …maybe. It’s not a matter of ‘drilling through’ stuff so much as the structure of what you’re styling. The different formats of link don’t have a structure around them amenable to styling to be like the image at the top.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.novolocus.com/2008/04/28/styles-in-summary-links-web-part/#comment-1520 Jonathan Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:37:44 +0000 http://www.novolocus.com/?p=515#comment-1520 Interesting... I am wondering if the CSS could be made to work though... there are ways of writing it to drill through stuff. Interesting… I am wondering if the CSS could be made to work though… there are ways of writing it to drill through stuff.

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