Thanks a lot guys.. will look into this . On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Sezai Komur <[email protected]>wrote:
> Agreed, go with feature stapling. Even though that blog talks about My > Sites you can use the same concept for automatically applying a theme, > master page or custom css url for newly created sites of any type. > You need two features. > 1) Create a Feature Stapling Feature which is a Feature that tells > SharePoint to automatically activate another feature whenever a site of a > specific type is created. (similar to > http://www.vanolstweb.nl/blog/images/designstaplingxml.jpg) > 2) Create a Feature to change the theme, master page or css url, when the > feature is activated (similar to > http://www.vanolstweb.nl/blog/images/featureactivated.jpg). > > Sezai > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Paul Culmsee < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> For me, a stapled feature to an OOTB def for auto-theming is the lesser >> evil or a complete custom site def. I know someone who wrote a feature to do >> this but I’m not sure if he released it. Ping me privately if it is of >> interest and I will ask my friend. >> >> >> >> (In fact this example was how I learned how feature stapling worked) >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul >> Noone >> *Sent:* Monday, 13 July 2009 10:50 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* RE: Custom theme not inheriting on team site >> >> >> >> Create a site definition feature to provide master page and CSS overrides >> or use feature stapling to apply the theme. >> >> >> >> This link describes how to affect look-and-feel for new and existing sites >> using a feature. Themes are just whack, I’m afraid. J >> >> >> >> >> http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mirjam/archive/2008/02/22/customizing-the-my-site-look-and-feel.aspx >> >> >> >> Sadly there is no SiteCreated event you can harness, that I am aware of, >> otherwise a simple event receiver could be written? >> >> >> >> ight want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists >> ------------------------------ >> Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support >> List address: [email protected] >> Subscribe: [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: [email protected] >> List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss >> Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists >> > > ------------------------------ > Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support > List address: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss > Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support procedure: http://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists
