Day 40 – Changing the Look in SharePoint #Office365Challenge

#Office365Challenge – Changing the colours and general look and feel of your SharePoint site could not have been made any easier. No graphic designer skills necessary and with some small changes – you can have big impacts. Always check with your Governance Team first to ensure that none of your changes goes against current guidelines as stipulated in your company’s Corporate Identity Manual.

Day:	40 of 365, 325 left
Tools:	SharePoint
Description:	Changing the look (theme) in SharePoint

To change the theme (look and feel) on your site, go to Settings (1) Site Settings (2) > Change the Look (3):

Here you’ll see many templates you can choose from.

Select one of the templates, on this page you will notice the different options to configure:

You can add an image for a background
Change the colour scheme
Site layout can be changed
As well as the fonts
Once you’ve made your choices – click on (5) Try it out.

Note the difference between the Oslo and Seattle layout – Oslo has no left navigation with a more pronounced site header.

Click on “Yes, keep it” to apply:

By only changing the look (theme), and then changing my promoted link images to match I’ve achieved the following:

BEFORE:

AFTER:
Yes, yes, that’s superman in the background. The Icons for the promoted links I created in PowerPoint, see my related blog links below for many more creative tips.

How easy was that cupcakes?! And no CSS / HTML was hurt in the process of “making” this blog.

Overview of my challenge: As an absolute lover of all things Microsoft, I’ve decided to undertake the challenge, of writing a blog every single day, for the next 365 days. Crazy, I know. And I’ll try my best, but if I cannot find something good to say about Office 365 and the Tools it includes for 365 days, I’m changing my profession. So let’s write this epic tale of “Around the Office in 365 Days”. My ode to Microsoft Office 365.

Keep in mind that these tips and tricks do not only apply to Office 365 – but where applicable, to the overall Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint.

Tracy van der Schyff

Facilitating The Evolution of Human Capabilities