Want to get rid of all extraneous site navigation on a dashboard page?

When deploying to a SharePoint site you have a couple of options around appearance, one of which is selection of the master page from the site's master page gallery.

Both the default.master and PerformancePointDefault.master have a global navigation bar, Site Actions menu, and publishing console, depending on permissions. PerformancePointDefault.master, for example, results in a dashboard that looks like:

But what if you want this?

It's a relatively straight-forward web development exercise to make a new .master page that removes this navigation bar and replaces it with something else. You could:

• Make the dashboard match your company color scheme
• Add logos or watermarks
• Add custom navigation to other content
• Just show me the numbers! We don't need no stinking navigation!

Attached is a .master where I've removed everything, DashboardContentOnly.master. To install it, add it to the Master Page Gallery that already contains PerformancePointDefault.master, and make sure it's checked in & approved. (By default master page gallery requires content approval.)

When deploying you'll see the master page option under the somewhat misleadingly named "Select a layout" screen:

The end result is a dashboard that wastes no space on site navigation or page editing:

 Attachment below... do a right-click "Save As" to grab it.