{"id":2487,"date":"2019-03-01T20:39:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2025-02-24T18:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:16:04","slug":"sharepoint-online-gets-new-branding-capabilities-a-look-at-the-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/sharepoint-online-gets-new-branding-capabilities-a-look-at-the-features","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint Online Gets New Branding Capabilities:  A Look at The Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/sharepoint-online-gets-new-branding-capabilities-a-look-at-the-features\/#Here_are_Some_Key_Features_and_Useful_Upgrades_that_SharePoint_Branding_Offers\" title=\"Here are Some Key Features and Useful Upgrades that SharePoint Branding Offers:\">Here are Some Key Features and Useful Upgrades that SharePoint Branding Offers:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/sharepoint-online-gets-new-branding-capabilities-a-look-at-the-features\/#Navigation_with_Shared_Themes_for_Grouped_Sites\" title=\"Navigation with Shared Themes for Grouped Sites: \u00a0\">Navigation with Shared Themes for Grouped Sites: \u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/sharepoint-online-gets-new-branding-capabilities-a-look-at-the-features\/#Unique_Design_Options_for_their_Administrators\" title=\"Unique Design Options for their Administrators:\">Unique Design Options for their Administrators:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/sharepoint-online-gets-new-branding-capabilities-a-look-at-the-features\/#Site_Templates_Offer_Modern_Web_Experiences\" title=\"Site Templates Offer Modern Web Experiences:\u00a0\">Site Templates Offer Modern Web Experiences:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/sharepoint-online-gets-new-branding-capabilities-a-look-at-the-features\/#Advanced_Custom_Themes_and_Design_Tools\" title=\"Advanced Custom Themes and Design Tools:\">Advanced Custom Themes and Design Tools:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/sharepoint-online-gets-new-branding-capabilities-a-look-at-the-features\/#Customized_Themes_for_Mobile_Experiences\" title=\"Customized Themes for Mobile Experiences:\">Customized Themes for Mobile Experiences:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">SharePoint developers always enjoyed the immense flexibility in designing their intranet sites and this helped them to create branding around their unique websites. If you are looking for better branding opportunity, then SharePoint branding is one aspect that can help you. Recently it has seen many visible improvements in the latest version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Since a company\u2019s brand identity is the most important thing for both internal and external users, employees are exposed to flyers, letterheads, posters, business cards having their company logos. So, it is not surprising that the intranet site that interacts with the corporate content should also resemble the company colors and branding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">SharePoint administrators can now effectively engage with the marketing team and ensure that the collaboration platform reflects their brand internally.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Here_are_Some_Key_Features_and_Useful_Upgrades_that_SharePoint_Branding_Offers\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Here are Some Key Features and Useful Upgrades that SharePoint Branding Offers:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Navigation_with_Shared_Themes_for_Grouped_Sites\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Navigation with Shared Themes for Grouped Sites: \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Microsoft has announced new SharePoint Hub Sites and this feature enables the administrators to organize their related websites under one site, thereby allowing them to maintain SharePoint branding with common look and feel across all the related sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It is by enforcing a common theme that more adherences to standardized company branding can be maintained across their intranet.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unique_Design_Options_for_their_Administrators\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Unique Design Options for their Administrators:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/sharepoint-development\/\">SharePoint development<\/a><\/span> had limited unique themes in their earlier versions and so developers had to build their own look and feel to make the essential adjustments to meet their own brand identity. Smaller organizations that did not have web designers in-house had to settle for basic themes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Microsoft has come up with new themes for their SharePoint online platform, which will offer customization around the color themes and site layouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px auto; border: 2px solid #065beb; padding: 20px 25px; border-radius: 6px; background: 000000;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 62%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Are You Looking for SharePoint Migration and Upgrade?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 36%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"padding: 10px 22px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #065beb; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/sharepoint-migration-and-upgradation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Call us today!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Site_Templates_Offer_Modern_Web_Experiences\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Site Templates Offer Modern Web Experiences:\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With the News and Communication site templates, Microsoft has offered its customers with the ability to select from the new site layouts that offer improvement from out of the box templates. These new layouts include mobile friendly page layout that helps the visitors to interact easily with the responsive web pages via their mobile devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The communication template also includes the tiles that can easily be customized and allows a better and improved user experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advanced_Custom_Themes_and_Design_Tools\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Advanced Custom Themes and Design Tools:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">SharePoint administrators who feel restricted by the limitations on the online theme selection tools are now introduced to the SharePoint Theme Builder. With this, even developers can now create advanced themes to fine tune the site\u2019s look and feel to meet their SharePoint branding requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Companies can now ask their developers to create custom layouts with unique visuals and interactive experiences and relevant color backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-use-powerapps-to-go-mobile-with-sharepoint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">How to Use PowerApps to Go Mobile with SharePoint<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Customized_Themes_for_Mobile_Experiences\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Customized Themes for Mobile Experiences:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The reality is that end users are no more accessing SharePoint resources from just their desktops. They are now interacting with the site from various mobile devices even on the go. As a result, it is very important to maintain a consistent user experience across various platforms and devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Microsoft has announced its support for Microsoft PowerApps as a means to ensure that the site containing the data will have the same look and feel across those workloads. 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