STS: How to Change the Color of the Vertical Right Border in a SharePoint Team Web Site (285880)


The information in this article applies to:

  • SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2002
This article was previously published under Q285880

SUMMARY

In SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft, the default color of the vertical right border is #5f8ac5. This article describes how to change the background color of the vertical right border.

MORE INFORMATION

When you open the home page of a SharePoint team Web site in FrontPage, you can change the background color of the top horizontal border, which includes the Navigation bar, by right-clicking it and then clicking Cell Properties. The right vertical border cannot be modified through the FrontPage menus.

To change the background color of the right vertical border, follow these steps:
  1. Open the SharePoint team Web site in FrontPage 2002.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Web Settings.
  3. Click the Advanced tab, and make sure that the Show hidden files and folders check box is selected.
  4. Click OK to close the Web Settings dialog box.
  5. Double-click the Ows.css file, which is located in the _layouts\styles folder, to open it.
  6. Change the color of the border-right attribute under .ms-main.

REFERENCES

To help determine the hexadecimal number of a specific color, use the color picker in FrontPage.

NOTE: You can also replace the default hexadecimal number with a specific color; for example, red, blue, or green.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/30/2004
Keywords:kbhowto KB285880
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