CHAPTER 13Managing the Look and Feel of Sites

As with earlier versions of SharePoint, you can change the appearance of sites by applying different themes. However, in SharePoint 2010, themes are based on .thmx files, as used by the Microsoft Office suite. This means that you can create a theme in Microsoft PowerPoint, for example, and apply it to a SharePoint site. In our first scenario, we will look into how to work with themes and change the theme on a site.

Next, we will explore how to change the site icon, title, and description using Windows PowerShell.

Our final examples demonstrate how to manage and modify the navigation of sites. This can be useful when you want to have a unified look and feel for the navigation, as well as when you ...

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