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Todd Bleeker has written a lot about how to use the Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) to make modifications to your Sites.  I personally like this approach for many reasons; many companies don't let users edit Sites with FrontPage, FrontPage has some quirks that can make support a real issue, very easy to break your sites, ghosting/unghosting, blah, blah, blah….

So I ran into a question today asking if it is possible to modify the top navigation bar of a WSS Site?  The most common answer is to open FrontPage 2003. right-click on the nav bar itself and make whatever modifications you wish.  What about when you don't have FrontPage 2003?  Well, using Todd Bleekers CEWP approach, here is how you can hide the Help link on the Top Navigation Bar:

1. Place a CEWP t the bottom of your page and configure the properties so it is hidden; i.e. no border or title.
2. Click on the 'Source Editor…' button and enter the following code:

Save you CEWP and you will see the Help link is gone.

I currently use the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar to determine what element ID's are available for me to work with.  Here is a list of what the default ID's are in the top navigation bar:

onettopnavbar1002-0 = Home
onettopnavbar1002-1 = Documents and Lists
onettopnavbar1002-2 = Create
onettopnavbar1002-3 = Site Settings
onettopnavbar1002-4 = Help

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2005 at 7:11 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Todd Bleeker has written a lot about how to use the Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) to make modifications to your Sites.  I personally like this approach for many reasons; many companies don't let users edit Sites with FrontPage, FrontPage has some quirks that can make support a real issue, very easy to break your sites, ghosting/unghosting, blah, blah, blah….

So I ran into a question today asking if it is possible to modify the top navigation bar of a WSS Site?  The most common answer is to open FrontPage 2003. right-click on the nav bar itself and make whatever modifications you wish.  What about when you don't have FrontPage 2003?  Well, using Todd Bleekers CEWP approach, here is how you can hide the Help link on the Top Navigation Bar:

1. Place a CEWP t the bottom of your page and configure the properties so it is hidden; i.e. no border or title.
2. Click on the 'Source Editor…' button and enter the following code:

Save you CEWP and you will see the Help link is gone.

I currently use the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar to determine what element ID's are available for me to work with.  Here is a list of what the default ID's are in the top navigation bar:

onettopnavbar1002-0 = Home
onettopnavbar1002-1 = Documents and Lists
onettopnavbar1002-2 = Create
onettopnavbar1002-3 = Site Settings
onettopnavbar1002-4 = Help

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2005 at 7:11 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.