How to Create a Customized Blog in SharePoint
By Edith C.
If you've seen a blog (out of the box) in SharePoint, you will have noticed that even though you change the color, image, font, etc. of the document it still has the same style that at the very beginning.
To be able to change the "theme" of complete blog you need to change the MasterPages styles, and finally a very detailed and tedious task. I found a solution on CodePlex, a very professional solution to be able to achieve this.
The best of all is that this solution is a "Feature", meaning you can activate and deactivate it after creating your blog, and in a very quick and easy way. You only need to download it, unzip the zip file on the server, and run the installer (.bat) and follow the installation steps. So you will go from having a blog like this one:
To having a blog like this one, and keep using all the benefits given by SharePoint!
If you don’t like the styles that come with the solution, of if you want to use your own design, you can always edit the files with SP Designer opening this blog site http://<NombreDelServidor>/<Blog>/ and then modifying one of the styles that brings the solution (Default, Summer, Wildlife, etc.).
The next image will show you some of the files you will need to modify:
I hope this information was helpful to you!
Thank you. J
Edith C.
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