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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This post is related to a larger group of posts called  Migrate SharePoint to Office 365 - Planning & Steps ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've gone with a Publishing Site Collection so that I can use the 'Alternate CSS URL' in Site Settings > Master Page. First off, thanks to the following websites which helped get me started: http://blog.sharepointexperience.com/2015/02/sptechcon-austin-february-2015/#more-2766 http://blog.sharepointexperience.com/2015/01/to-brand-or-not-to-brand/ Here's what the end result will look like (if you have the same fonts): Now for the CSS... /* Design By : Brett Randall */ /*     Design Colours: Greens/Greys/Blues */ /*     Last Modified : 28/02/2017 */ /*     Description: CSS to rebrand SharePoint Online Publishing Site Collection that is...

What is this?   A tutorial on how to set up a cool list on SharePoint where staff can manage their favourite links, ideally on the homepage of your intranet. This keeps all their commonly accessed web-stuff 1 click away, and it means you do not have to fill up your SharePoint navigation with 100's of useless links that only 5-10 people use. Woah that sounds sweet, how is that even possible!?   Well I'm going to show you how, in this tutorial we are using SharePoint Online, because then this post will be relevant for more than a year. Step 1:  Create a Custom List called 'Personal Shortcuts' by clicking Settings > Add an app , and selecting 'Custom List'. Step 2: Create a new column in your new list by clicking the List Tab > Create Column .  Call the new column ' Shortcut ', Set the Type as ' Hyperlink or Picture ' & make sure the column requires a value . Step 3: Now we need to remove the Title column from this list...

I'll make this real easy.   IF EVERY SINGLE USER NEEDS IT , then it can go on global navigation. Otherwise, you're wasting precious navigation space for links nobody wants. Still really need a selection of staff to have one-click access to something?  That's fine, you should look at implementing a personalised list of shortcuts on the homepage that each user can manage themselves.  That way that specialised safety system they access everyday takes up their screen space and no one else's. That brings me to : How To Set Up a Personalised Shortcuts List on a SharePoint Site This is almost a golden rule for me, what're your thoughts?

**UPDATE: This post is now outdated & I suggest using SharePoint Hub Sites to get Cross-Site Collection Navigation I will start by saying:   This solution sucks, but I've done my fair share of research/testing/swearing so you don't have to.  This is the best option you can currently achieve with OOTB (Out-of-the-box) functionality. Problem:  Many large companies moving to SharePoint Online have the same problem.  They have enough data that it needs to be spread out across multiple site collections.  How the data should be split up is a different story .  The fact is, they would like to have consistent Global Navigation across all site collections. Reasons why you would want the same global navigation across all site collections:  Visibility of everything that exists within the SharePoint Online Tenant Consistent navigation simplifies the User Experience, allowing them to be comfortable in any Site Collection without having to remember a ...

The other solutions I've found regarding this involve javascript/jquery.  Was unable to find any CSS that resolves the issue nicely. This seems to have resolved the issue for me so far without compromising any other areas of the site.  It hides the initial link and then goes back to displaying the rest of the navigation as per normal: <style type="text/css"> .ms-core-listMenu-horizontalBox li.static > a{ display: none !important; } .ms-core-listMenu-horizontalBox li.static > ul a{ display: block !important; } </style> Liked this post?  Check out my other posts regarding Global Navigation here: What Should Be Allowed To Go I n Global Navigation? The Best OOTB Cross-Site Navigation Solution for SharePoint 2013/2016/Online

Earlier today I wanted to modify the address of the 'Pages' library on a SharePoint 2010 site.  The reason behind this was to make the naming of the folders more user friendly for our developers who would be deploying reports there. There wasn't a way to do it from the standard GUI, so I decided to modify it in SharePoint Designer (Hey, if SP Designer allows you to do it via GUI, it's safe right? ... right!?). Bad move, as there's some behind the scenes magic that must be hard-coded to the Pages URL, which breaks the Navigation Settings page (this one: http://[sitecollection]/_layouts/AreaNavigationSettings.aspx). 'An Unknown Error has Occurred' - Great.. I'm sure there would be a way around it, but for the sake of saving a few hours of investigation, don't change the name of your Pages Library! Ciao ciao!