"The client wants a banner on the front page (preferably only the front page 
but could be at the top level of the site if that is the easiest way)."

As you can see, there are many ways to skin this cat depending on the specific 
requirements.

Can you draw us a diagram? :)

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
Nigel Witherdin
Sent: Monday, 14 February 2011 4:00 PM
To: OzMoss
Subject: RE: suggestions to solve a banner problem

I think in most cases the top section of a page will be controlled by the 
master page, not the page layout, as there is generally a logo and a global nav 
held there also. You cannot add web part zones to a master page (without doing 
a little hack - 
http://littletalk.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/add-webpart-zone-on-masterpage-in-sharepoint/),
 so if your layout is like I have described, then you need to use a content 
placeholder.  Also, I don't really like the idea of content author's having the 
ability to change items considered to be part of the overall design, and not 
specific to the current page.


________________________________
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:18:46 +1100
Subject: RE: suggestions to solve a banner problem
I'm with Nigel. This is a clear-cut case for a new layout page designed for 
this purpose.

The benefit of a layout page is that you can use it whenever required and have 
the flexibility to add whatever content you want as needs change.

We have employed this to great effect. I simply created a new layout page with 
a web part zone that stretches full-width along the top of the page. The 
benefits of using a web part zone are that you don't need to worry about a 
custom placeholder, and you can also add any web part you might need - Picture, 
Flash, Silverlight etc.

Regards,

Paul

--
Online Developer/SharePoint Administrator,
ICT Infrastrcuture Team
CEO Sydney

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
Nigel Witherdin
Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2011 12:15 PM
To: OzMoss
Subject: RE: suggestions to solve a banner problem


 I would think adding a contentplaceholder which is replaced by your home 
page's page layout would be a better option, as this means the banner would 
only be downloaded to the client on the home page, not every page and then 
hidden on most of them by javasscript or css
________________________________
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: suggestions to solve a banner problem
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:10:04 +1000
Thanks Guys, some great suggestions, I'll definitely try them out on Monday!

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
Dan Sheedy
Sent: Friday, 11 February 2011 10:15 PM
To: ozMOSS
Subject: Re: suggestions to solve a banner problem

2 options. Add some javascript on the master page to check the url and either 
hide/display the banner element.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.location

Or again, have the banner element in the master page, hide it by default in 
your custom.css and use a content editor web part to override the display 
property when needed.

http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/01/29/style-a-page-using-the-content-editor-web-part-and-css/

Both ways you can leave the element in the master page and not worry about the 
other pages.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:59 PM, ken zheng 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
you can just embed the JQeury into your front page to change the image

________________________________
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: suggestions to solve a banner problem
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:28:17 +1000

Are you suggesting something like having the banner in a div tag, and changing 
the style sheet to display:none if it's not the site root? I could look into 
that...

From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 
[mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf 
Of ken zheng
Sent: Friday, 11 February 2011 3:58 PM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: suggestions to solve a banner problem

have you considered using Javscript/JQuery to change the style sheet?

Ken
________________________________
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: suggestions to solve a banner problem
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:48:45 +1000
Hey all,

Wondering if anyone can suggest a solution to this problem.

The client wants a banner on the front page (preferably only the front page but 
could be at the top level of the site if that is the easiest way).

I can create a custom master page, but I do not want this master page used on 
any new subsites created.

I have considered everything from a custom placeholder on the page (don't know 
if this would work) or using a custom layout?? Going round in circles and hoped 
somebody out there has had this issue before. I figure there has to be an easy 
way to solve this - I think I'm looking too hard...

Any suggestions?

Maxine Harwood | Solutions Architect
Red Box IT
0410 525 989 | 07 3056 1725 (VoIP)
www.redboxit.com.au<http://www.redboxit.com.au/>
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