SharePoint Branding

2019

Branding guidance for SharePoint

Branding guidance for SharePoint Online portals
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/portal-branding

How to brand SharePoint and Office 365 Out of the Box
https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-brand-sharepoint-and-office-365-out-of-the-box/

Branding for SharePoint sites in Office 365https://www.abelsolutions.com/branding-sharepoint-sites-office-365/

SharePoint Site Theming
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/site-theming/sharepoint-site-theming-overview

Theme Generator
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric#/styles/themegenerator

Branding SharePoint: The New Normal (M365)
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bobgerman/2018/09/04/branding-sharepoint-the-new-normal/
https://bob1german.com/2018/09/04/branding-sharepoint-the-new-normal/

Office 365

Branding SharePoint: The New Normal

https://bob1german.com/2018/09/04/branding-sharepoint-the-new-normal/
Repost
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Branding-SharePoint-The-New-Normal/ba-p/241855

2013 / 2016

Composed Looks

Deploy a custom theme in SharePoint
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/how-to-deploy-a-custom-theme-in-sharepoint

SharePoint 2013: Creating a Composed Look
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/30903.sharepoint-2013-creating-a-composed-look.aspx

Use composed looks to brand SharePoint sites
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/use-composed-looks-to-brand-sharepoint-sites

Step by Step: Create a SharePoint 2013 Composed Look
https://bniaulin.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/step-by-step-create-a-sharepoint-2013-composed-look/

Create a SharePoint 2013 Theme using Color Palette Tool
https://en.share-gate.com/blog/create-sharepoint2013-theme-using-color-palette-tool

Branding Links Recommended by Students (Thx Jon)

http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/84412/modifying-top-navigation-through-css

https://kogzee.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/style-sharepoint-2013-top-navigation-global-navigation-menu/

http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2014/11/sharepoint-2013-top-navigation-bar-branding-css.html

http://www.macaalay.com/2014/01/28/how-to-remove-sharepoint-2013-quick-launch-andor-top-link-bar/

https://discoveringsharepoint.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/programmatically-set-navigation-settings-in-sharepoint-2013/

https://chrisstahl.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/customizing-sharepoint-2013-global-navigation-with-css-and-jquery-part-5/

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/eed6e044-3c14-43cd-9885-2490a0121e79/move-top-navigation-bar-in-sharepoint-2013?forum=sharepointcustomization

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25036569/sharepoint-2013-css-move-around-global-navigation-elements

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/move-top-nav-bar-down

http://en.share-gate.com/blog/create-sharepoint2013-theme-using-color-palette-tool

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj927175.aspx

Themes

Team Sites to inherit master page and theme
http://www.sharepointeurope.com/blog/2013/7/22/sharepoint-branding-team-sites,-inherit-theme-and-master-page-on-office-365

Change the default theme of a site collection and future subsites.
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/79750/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-theme-of-a-site-collection-and-fututre-subs

Composed Looks - Use composed looks to brand SharePoint sites
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn985875.aspx
http://sharepoint-community.net/profiles/blogs/creating-and-applying-a-composed-look-in-sharepoint-2013
https://bniaulin.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/step-by-step-create-a-sharepoint-2013-composed-look/

All you need to know about site logo size in SharePoint 2013
http://blog.incworx.com/blog/sharepoint-administrators-blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-site-logo-size-in-sharepoint-2013

Branding

SharePoint Branding - Themes, Master Pages, and Page Layouts
Excerpt below from above …

Theme:
     - we want our logo
     - we want our colors
     - we want our fonts
     - we want background image
Master Page:
     - we want site logo to link to start page, not to subsites
     - we want another navigation
     - we want links on the top
     - we want footer on every page
     - we want a big banner on the top
     - we want breadcrumb
Page Layouts:
     - we want more content zones on the page
     - we want a content zone on the right for related links and content
Styling
    - we want 20px or 30px margins
    - we want larger headings (H1,H2,H3..)
    - we want border around content

Guide to quick SharePoint 2013 branding
http://blog.blksthl.com/2013/02/26/a-guide-to-quick-sharepoint-2013-branding/

Step by Step
http://www.sharepointempower.com/Blog/Post/3/SharePoint-2013-branding-step-by-step

Start Master Pages
http://startermasterpages.codeplex.com/

How do I apply master page changes to all subsites in SharePoint 2013?
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/61979/how-do-i-apply-master-page-changes-to-all-subsites-in-sharepoint-2013

Hide Recent
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/61347/how-to-hide-recent-in-the-navigation

Tips on Team Site
Recent Heading – current navigation (five most recent appear)
http://blogs.office.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2012/07/25/the-new-team-site.aspx

SharePoint 2013 Design Manager
http://sharepointfordeveloper.blogspot.com/2013/06/sharepoint-2013-design-manager.html
MSDN - Overview of Design Manager in SharePoint 2013
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj822363.aspx

2010

Basics
https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/Hack-SharePoint-Master-Pages-Introduction.aspx

Navigation
https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/Brand-SharePoint-Global-Navigation-The-Journey-Begins.aspx

Mega Menu

http://www.nothingbutbranding.com/blog/2012/august/mega-menu-dropdown-sharepoint

Move Quick Launch – to the Right Side

http://www.nothingbutbranding.com/blog/2012/august/move-sharepoint-quicklaunch-to-the-right

Heather Solomon - great presentations on branding in 2007 and is now working on 2010
http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/