A must have guide for creating engaging and usable SharePoint 2010 branding
With SharePoint 2010, Microsoft has provided a more robust environment for creating collaboration and content management sites that rival any of the popular websites on the internet. Creating a branded SharePoint site involves understanding both traditional web design techniques as well as topics that are typically reserved for developers. This book bridges that gap by not only providing expert guidance for creating beautiful public facing and internal intranet sites but it also addresses the needs of those readers that only want to understand the basics enough to apply some style to their sites.
Things like creative design, the experience visitors have navigating your user interface, ease of use?these are all important branding considerations and not always intuitive. This unique book from a team of SharePoint branding experts lays it all out. The book is divided into four sections:
- Introduction to SharePoint Branding: In this part you will learn about what SharePoint branding is and how the topic has changed since SharePoint 2007.
- Branding Basics: This section is geared towards both getting started as well as being a guide for people that don?t want to dive super deep into the advanced topics of SharePoint branding. You will learn about how to plan for branding projects, including creating wireframes and creative mockups as well as gathering requirements and estimation. You will learn how to work with SharePoint Designer 2010, SharePoint 2010 themes, and SharePoint navigation as well as gain an understanding of the low and medium effort approaches to branding can be used to make SharePoint look more like your own visual style.
- Advanced Branding: This is where you will learn about the more intricate techniques for making large changes to the SharePoint UI, such as cascading style sheets (CSS), master pages, page layouts, web parts and XSLT. You will also get an introduction to deploying SharePoint branding to production servers using solution packages (WSP).
- Other Topics: Everything else that is related to SharePoint branding is discussed here, including working with the SharePoint 2010 ribbon and client side technologies such as the client object model, jQuery, and Silverlight.
Whether you want to make SharePoint look completely different or just make minor design changes, this expert guide will provide tips, techniques, and insights to get the job done.
From the Back Cover
Sharpen your branding skills with this must-have resource
SharePoint 2010 allows for much more robust branding opportunities and this hands-on resource shares proven techniques for branding and user interface design so that you can execute a successful branding initiative with SharePoint 2010. After a review of branding and how it relates to SharePoint, the book addresses what’s new in SharePoint 2010, including CSS, page layouts, themes, XSLT, Silverlight, and jQuery. You’ll explore ways to plan, estimate, and create a brand in SharePoint while you also discover how to use SharePoint Designer 2010 with a SharePoint server.
Professional SharePoint 2010 Branding and User Interface Design:
- Presents strategies for migrating to SharePoint 2010 from an earlier version
- Walks you through the steps necessary to properly plan for branding
- Delves into working with navigation in SharePoint Server 2010
- Explores the role of CSS in SharePoint branding
- Examines master pages, page layouts, and custom content for custom pages
- Addresses the Client Object Model and jQuery
- Looks at XML, Data View, and Content Query Web Parts
About the Author
Randy Drisgill is a consultant with SharePoint911. He is a Microsoft MVP for SharePoint Server and the coauthor of Professional SharePoint 2007 Design.
John Ross is a consultant with SharePoint911.?He?is an active member of the SharePoint community and a frequent guest speaker.
Jacob J. Sanford is a senior consultant for Cornerstone Software Services.
Paul Stubbs works at Microsoft and is a frequent speaker at Tech Ed and Dev Connections events about branding and SharePoint.
Book Details
- Paperback: 456 pages
- Publisher: Wrox (November, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470584645
- ISBN-13: 978-0470584644
- File Size: 51.8 MiB
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