By: Sid Hermstad
Your web design creativity needs a stimulus from time to time and one of the best ways to get some inspiration when your artistic mood is low is to examine exceptional web design examples.
In this third article on SharePoint Sites of the Month you will discover some inspiring and well designed websites based on SharePoint. (more…)
By: Luis Kerr
We continue our exploration of well crafted websites based on SharePoint, by country, highlighting South Africa and bringing the number of articles in our series on Best SharePoint Designs to ten.
South Africa is one of the most captivating and diverse countries in the world. Striking mix of landscape, people, history and culture, South Africa can offer an inspiring and exclusive experience. (more…)
By: Luis Kerr
The technique that makes a web design layout respond to any screen size and orientation (landscape or portrait) is called Responsive Design. By using this technique you will be able to display your content correctly to all users by using fluid grids, queries and images to fine-tune the design to accommodate screens of different sizes using CSS3-based media queries.
Responsive design so far is the hottest topic of the year amongst web designers, along with the sudden increase of various mobile devices like smart phones, tablets and gadgets which have different screen sizes. (more…)
By: Sid Hermstad
For this second issue of our new series on sites of the month we have selected some great SharePoint-based websites that are fresh, highly creative and attractive.
We hope this showcase will enhance your creative web design ideas and make you think twice about what you can achieve using SharePoint for your public-facing websites. (more…)
By: Max Berghoff
The title tag of any page and for this matter of SharePoint public-facing page shows at the top of the browser, in the search engine results and in external websites, especially on social media sites when sharing a page.
I cannot stress enough how important page title is for user experience and for SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Page Title is the most important SEO element, after the page content, and ignoring it you would condemn your website to a sudden SEO death! (more…)
By: Luis Kerr
For our ninth post on Best SharePoint Designs by country series we decided to focus our attention on the old continent, in particular Germany.
Located in the heart of Europe, Germany has always been known to be a wealthy and progressive nation, renowned for its beer, cars, football (soccer), clean energy, smart and passionate people. (more…)
By: Sid Hermstad
Sites of the Month is a monthly collection of the most exceptional SharePoint-based website designs submitted to our showcase and picked by our staff based on their usability, design, creativity, improved user experience, custom functionality and ability to incorporate modern techniques.
For this first month selection we decided to showcase few inspiring websites that do a very good job on making SharePoint websites not look like SharePoint. (more…)
By: Luis Kerr
For our third article on color scheme inspiration we decided to help you lower your blood pressure a bit by showcasing 50 striking green based SharePoint websites. According to color therapy theory, the color green has a calming effect, soothes the nervous system, increases our sensitivity and compassion and yes, relieves stress in the blood vessels and lowers the blood pressure.
The green color scheme, as you will see in this showcase, is mostly used by environment-related companies and not surprisingly, due to the color’s effect on our body, by hospitals, clinics and other healthcare companies. (more…)
By: Luis Kerr
SharePoint 2010 has been gaining more and more traction lately in the portal space as well as the public website/web content management space. As such, organizations are trying to maximize their investment by enhancing their SharePoint-based sites with improved user experiences and custom functionality.
Simply put, the out-of-the-box SharePoint user experience is somewhat generic. It begs for a visual and functional face-lift in order to be used as an effective tool for digital marketing as a public-facing website. In some ways, one has to assume this was Microsoft’s intention. (more…)
By: Luis Kerr
This post is the eighth article of our series on Best SharePoint Designs by country. Throughout this series of posts we hope to expand your SharePoint branding source of inspiration by covering various countries where SharePoint adoption for public facing websites has been a success.
This time we would like to take a close look at what’s happening in the SharePoint web design scene in Brazil. (more…)