Matthew Knott - Blog

We've just discovered an issue with the latest 7.126.3 version of the webparts, but here's some other tips to help you resolve marksheet based style issues.

If you're running the latest version (7.126.3) of the sims webparts, you may have noticed a mis-alignment with your marksheet rows. To resolve this you need to add the following line to the marksheet stylesheet on your SharePoint front end.

1. table.sims-marksheetcontainer tbody tr td
2. {
3. vertical-align: top;
4. }

The file can be found in /Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Web Server Extensions/12/Template/Layouts/1033/SLGStyles/marksheetStyle.css.

Aside from this, there is another potential problem that can really throw your marksheet out. The sims webparts really do not like pages with a declared DOCTYPE. This is a ridicculous problem, as it's a requirement for consistent delivery of a standards based website. Removing the DOCTYPE tag form the master file will certainly resolve the issue but you will probably have to do a lot of adjusting of styles to get your site looking the way it was.

Finally, one other really annoying issue, and another ridiculous one at that, is that in the 3 sims stylesheets, they set the font size for the body tag to 62.5%. This means that on any page including a sims webpart, if you have a bespoke stylesheet, everything will shrink. The answer is to remove this style from the three stylesheets found in /Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Web Server Extensions/12/Template/Layouts/1033/SLGStyles (it's the first few characters of the file). 

These problems really highlight Capitas arrogance, and ignorance of customers who don't want to use the default SharePoint template.