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Customising SharePoint

SPSFAQ0303174 - How can I customise the MOSS page title? - 0 Comments - stephencummins - Thu, Oct 4th, 2007 - Customisation
THe details are here:

http://weblogs.asp.net/avnerk/archive/2007/04/11/customizing-moss-page-title.aspx

I think this is espacially a good idea for public facing websites, as you page title will help your search engine ranking and the title will look better in bookmarks.
SPSFAQ0303173 - Can I re-skin SharePoint? - 0 Comments - stephencummins - Mon, Jun 11th, 2007 - Customisation
Yes, I recently spoke to someone who's company did this so that they could provide SharePoint via narrow bandwidth (a satellite) for people who work in areas where the infrastructure has been destroyed and they need to share information quickly via laptops and satellite phones. Cool stuff.

Here is some more information on what is involved in the process of stripping down the UI:

http://cameronmoll.com/archives/2007/05/skinning_ms_sharepoint_with_st/
SPSFAQ0303172 - What limitations are there to using SharePoint Designer? - 0 Comments - stephencummins - Tue, Apr 17th, 2007 - Customisation
SPD is great for making workflows, but it is good to be aware of the limitations:

http://blogs.threewill.com/implementingsharepoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=3

Moving these workflows is possible within the site collection if you same the list or site as a template, but not beyond the site collection, unless you use Echo 2007: http://www.echotechnology.com
SPSFAQ0303171 - Can I increase the default size of a site template from 10mb? - 0 Comments - stephencummins - Tue, Apr 17th, 2007 - Customisation
The answer is yes! Using STSADM you can increase the limit to 500MB. There are the instructons:

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/03/15/you-learn-something-new-every-day-site-template-limit.aspx

Stephen
SPSFAQ0302170 - How can I validate SharePoint file names on upload? - 0 Comments - stephencummins - Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 - Customisation
http://weblogs.asp.net/mnissen/archive/2005/11/17/430785.aspx

Mads found a method on the SPEncode static class that does this neatly for you.
SPSFAQ0302169 - A good way to display a users inbox in SPS - 0 Comments - stephencummins - Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 - Customisation
http://blog.spsclerics.com/archive/2005/11/04/22659.aspx

Here are some more great ideas on this point

http://blog.spsclerics.com/archive/2005/11/26/25938.aspx
This dynamically configures and iframe in a web part with the user`s id and server already entered for them!
SPSFAQ0302169 - How to make a calculated column that says how old an item is in days etc - 0 Comments - stephencummins - Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 - Customisation
SPSFAQ0302168 - In a survey, how do I change the text 'Specify your own value'? - 0 Comments - stephencummins - Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 - Customisation
In the OWS.js file, situated here:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
extensions\60\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\ows.js

Go to approx line 6431 and edit the string there.

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