If you've ever been tasked with deploying Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, you may have come across this scenario:
You’ve installed MSRS and demonstrated Report Manager. The client loves the functionality (integrated security, subscriptions, etc.) However, the client would like to customize the look and feel of Report Manager to match the branding of their intranet, department micro-site, etc. (In some cases, a Microsoft rep might have told them that this can easily be done!)
You explain to them that you do not have access to the source code or markup for Report Manager, and that you can only modify fonts, colors, etc. through CSS. This is fine, but the client wants a custom header or banner at the top of the site, perhaps including a logo and some navigation synced up with their intranet …
Sounds like a bit of a quagmire, but no need to fret. Take a look at the screenshot below.
After hacking away with CSS, trying to figure out how to trick the browser into including a logo, header, or anything else I could throw at it, I took a step back and thought of an alternative approach (the fruits of which you see above.)
It's cool to note that this method also works for Windows SharePoint Services – without modifications to any .aspx page – period.
Cheers!
With news of the hack to Apple's OS X Tiger for Intel-based x86 processors, I wonder if anyone out there has tried installing Mono on OS X x86. It would be interesting to run Mono ... on OS X Tiger ... on a PC :)
There's some amazing new features in Dreamweaver (Zoom & Guides, CSS Visualization & Layout [DIV layout assitance - w00t!], direct RSS integration) and Flash (video composition, alpha channels, new codec.) I'll be running Studio 8 side-by-side with VS2005 for sure. Check it out!
http://www.macromedia.com/software/studio/experience/
The new MSN Search Toolbar features tabbed browsing for IE 6 :)
You can download the latest version here:
Cheers.