Overview
This 5-day course is designed to give students the tools and knowledge to customize
SharePoint sites without writing code by using SharePoint Designer 2007 and in-browser
customizations. The course addresses aspects of design such as applying alternate
page layouts, creating and styling new pages, modifying site navigation, external
data integration, including business intelligence, and custom workflows to enhance
business processes. Existing Web designers will also understand how to best leverage
cascading style sheets (CSS) to achieve the desired look and feel throughout SharePoint
sites.
After taking this course students will understand the difference between using SharePoint
Designer 2007 and in-browser tools including what is achievable with each tool,
and how and when to use those tools to effect SharePoint site customization. The
course also factors in Web site design concepts that focus on creating user-centric
SharePoint sites.
Online
The online option is held in conjunction with the instructor-led course, with other students in
the classroom and online, via Live Meeting technology.
For all labs to work, and to make the most of the event, you will need to set up
your computer with the following:
Prerequisites
Prior to taking this course, students should have a general knowledge of Web site
design and methodologies. They should also be familiar with SharePoint from an end
user or administrative point of view. An understanding of ASP.NET 2.0 master pages
and CSS is helpful, but not required.
Intended Audience
The primary audiences for this course are Web designers, administrators, and developers
who use and work with Office SharePoint Server 2007, and want to learn how to customize
SharePoint sites without writing code. Individuals in these job categories will
benefit from this course as follows:
- Web designers will understand the extent of customizations available
using in-browser tools. They will also learn the advantages of using SharePoint
Designer 2007 to further enhance SharePoint site customization such as creating
master pages and multiple-step workflows, as well as leverage their existing design
knowledge to achieve the desired look and feel throughout SharePoint sites.
- Administrators will learn how SharePoint Designer 2007 can help
with administrative tasks such as backing up and restoring sites to alternate locations,
and setting design level permissions for end users who work with SharePoint Designer
2007. Administrators will also understand the in-browser customization capabilities
made available to end users depending on the permission settings for those users.
- Developers will understand the alternatives to working with Visual
Studio. They will also learn which customizations are achievable using in-browser
tools and SharePoint Designer 2007. In addition, developers will learn how to create
custom solutions using SharePoint Designer 2007. For example, the course explores:
- Data integration using Web services
- Using conditional formatting and XSLT to format data
- Adding ASP.NET and SharePoint controls
- Developing multiple-step workflows
Note: Throughout this course we refer to code-free customizations.
By code-free, we mean no complex programming languages such as
.NET languages or code compilation. However, to help demonstrate the extensibility
of functions within SharePoint Designer 2007, we do not exclude use of Cascading
Style Sheet (CSS) scripting/class, Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSLT), Extensible
Markup Language (XML), XML Path Language (XPath), or existing page code. For example,
when discussing master pages, we use the SharePoint Designer 2007 code view to demonstrate
alternate methods for manipulating and positioning various master page components.
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