Customize TOC Web Part CSS

How to Replace default CSS styles used by a TOCWP with new CSS Classes
How to modify the default XSL Style Sheets used by Table of Contents web Parts to replace the default CSS classes with new ones.  Modify styles for all TOCWPs accross a SharePoint site collection.

How to differentiate styles between the Horizontal & Vertical Presentation Layouts of a TOCWP
Various presentation layouts available for a Table of Contents web Part use identical class names as other presentation layouts.  To differentiate classes that are used by multiple presentation layouts, you can write new CSS classes, then replace the default by modifying the XSL Style Sheet used to format TOC Web Parts.

Where to find the default XSL Style Sheets for a TOCWP in SharePoint (MOSS)
Where are the default XSL Style Sheets located for a Table of Contents Web Part (TOCWP)?  The default XSL style Sheets used are located in the style library of the site collection (http://sitecollectionurl/Style Library/XSL Style Sheets/LevelStyle.xsl).

How to modify and apply changes to the Default XSL Style Sheet for TOC Web Parts
How to make changes to the global (default) XSL Style Sheets for application to all Table of Contents Web Parts accross a Site Collection, and how to implement CSS styles that correspond to the changes to allow TOC Web Parts to be rendered with the modified styles. 

Download sample image set and style sheets for TOCWPs
Customise the Table of Contents Web Part styles with background images and and alternate theme.  Download a sample image set and corresponding style sheets to apply customised styles to one or many Table of Contents Web Parts.

How to Customise All Table Of Contents Web Parts in a Site Collection
How to modify default style classes, and/or the default XSL style sheet used by Table Of Contents Web Parts accross an entire Site Collection.  Override or replace default styles used by a TOCWP, then apply the styles to a globally available style sheet for use by any Table of Contents Web Part in a Site Collection.

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Customize TOC Web Part CSS

How to override default CSS styles/classes for one or more TOC Web Part in SharePoint
How to override CSS classes used by one or many Table of Contents web Parts (TOCWP) without affecting the default classes or XSL stylesheets.  Using CSS, the styles of one or more TOC Web Parts can be customised by overriding the default classes and styles.  By placing styles direcly into a page, or attaching a stylesheet with the updated classes to the page containing a TOCWP, the default classes can be overridden when the updated classes have the same name.  This can be utilised to allow customisation of the TOCWP without haveing to modify core functionality or style sheets (core.css).

How to customise CSS styles of a single Table of Contents Web Part on a specific page
How to customise a single or specific set of Table of Contents Web Parts, but not others that may exist in a SharePoint site collection.  By Attaching an additional style sheet to a page containing a TOCWP, or by including styles directly in the page allows the TOCWP to be cusomised without having to modify core styles.

How to apply additional Styles to a SharePoint Site, Page or existing CSS Style Sheet
How to incorporate a new stylesheet into a SharePoint site or page.  There are a number of methods available for incorporating styles into a page on SharePoint, including associating the stylesheet as the style sheet to be used by the SharePoint Site, attaching an additional style sheet to a page using SharePoint Designer, or by including the CSS classes in a style tag in the head section of a specific page.

What CSS Classes Does a TOCWP Use by Default
How do I know which CSS classes to make changes to in order to customise a specific presentation layout for a Table of Contents Web Part?  The following provides a table containing the main classes and elements used to render a TOCWP.  The classes can be overridden or replaced with new ones to allow Table Of Contents Web Part styles to be customised.

How to differentiate the styles between the Horrizontal & Vertical presentation Layouts
Many of the Horizontal and Vertical presentation layouts available for a Table of Contents web Part are shared with other presentation layouts, making it hard to customise a specific one.  For example, the “Vertical with boxed title” and “Horizontal with boxed title” layouts both use the same class for the outer div container and title text.  Overriding CSS styles for one of these presentation layouts will affect TOCWPs on the page with wither of the two layouts.  To differentiate styles between the Vertical / Horizontal layouts (or any others), the XSL style sheet used to define elements and CSS classes for TOC Web Parts needs to be modified to include differentiated classes for the various presentation layouts.

How to include a custom background image for Table Of Contents Web Part Titles using CSS
How to override or replace the default classes used by a Table of Contents Web Part to incorporate background images and an alternate layout.  How to incorporate background images and CSS into a page or style sheet so that they are available to all TOCWP that require the new styles.

Free example image set and styles for Table of Contents Web Part
Download a free example image set for use as background and bullet images for a Table of Contents web Part.  Style Sheets are included to allow default classes to be overridden or replaced with new styles.

Incorporate company Branding into TOCWP Styles
Customise the CSS styles and classes used by a Table of Contents Web Part to include Company Branding.  Apply company branding and theme (fonts, colours, images) into a TOCWP in SharePoint.

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