20JAN 2013

SP 2013: Tip – Change the "SharePoint" text in the top left corner.


Posted by Tobias Zimmergren

Author: Tobias Zimmergren
http://www.zimmergren.net | http://www.tozit.com | @zimmergren

Introduction

In my previous post (http://zimmergren.net/technical/sp-2013-some-new-delegatecontrol-additions-to-the-sharepoint-2013-master-pages) I talked about how you could use the new delegate controls in the master page (seattle.master) to modify a few things in the SharePoint UI, including the text in the top left corner saying "SharePoint". If your goal is simply to change the text, or hardcode a link without the need for any code behind, you could do it even easier with PowerShell.

Changing the SharePoint text to something else using PowerShell

Before:

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After:

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PowerShell Snippet

$webApp = Get-SPWebApplication http://tozit-sp:2015
$webApp.SuiteBarBrandingElementHtml = "Awesome Text Goes Here"
$webApp.Update()

 

Enjoy.

  • Daniel Bugday

    Nice one!

    • http://www.zimmergren.net/ Tobias Zimmergren

      Thanks Daniel!

  • Dali

    So, how do you do the same thing in Office 365 cloud?

  • CBL

    How do we get that text to not be so close to the left.. it looks really weird I think.

    • http://www.zimmergren.net/ Tobias Zimmergren

      You can do that either using only CSS or you can customize the text as I describe above and put your own HTML in there, including any styles or cssclasses you’d like.

  • Caroline

    Nice one, thanks!
    I adjusted it a bit though:

    $webApp.SuiteBartBrandingElementHtml=’Awesome Text Goes Here’

    • Caroline

      Eh the last ‘ after the closing div tag ofcourse ;)

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  • George

    Awesome Tips, Thanks!