STS: How to Change the Color of the Vertical Right Border in a SharePoint Team Web Site

In SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft, the default color of the vertical right border is #5f8ac5. This article describes how to change the background color of the vertical right border.

When you open the home page of a SharePoint team Web site in FrontPage, you can change the background color of the top horizontal border, which includes the Navigation bar, by right-clicking it and then clicking Cell Properties. The right vertical border cannot be modified through the FrontPage menus.

To change the background color of the right vertical border, follow these steps:

1. Open the SharePoint team Web site in FrontPage 2002.
2. On the Tools menu, click Web Settings.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and make sure that the Show hidden files and folders check box is selected.
4. Click OK to close the Web Settings dialog box.
5. Double-click the Ows.css file, which is located in the _layouts\styles folder, to open it.
6. Change the color of the border-right attribute under .ms-main.

To help determine the hexadecimal number of a specific color, use the color picker in FrontPage.

NOTE: You can also replace the default hexadecimal number with a specific color; for example, red, blue, or green.