Practical Sharepoint 2010 Branding and Customization

by Swenson, Erik

• ISBN13: 9781430240266
• ISBN10: 1430240261
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-14
• Publisher: Apress

Summary

WithPractical SharePoint 2010 Branding and Customization, SharePoint branding expertErik Swensoncuts through the fluff and discusses accessible, easy-to-understand consulting and processes to create aesthetically pleasing, highly usable branded and customized SharePoint websites, both internally and externally. Designed to be a quick reference, how-to guide that lets you dive straight into the task at hand, you'll find this book's attention to detail and pragmatism make it an attractive companion during your branding experience. SharePoint 2010 deployments are more common than ever, as is the desire to make the environment branded and attractive to both internal and external clients. However, since SharePoint is more than just a collection of web pages, customizing the look and feel and completing the process of branding the platform itself is complex and requires a knowledge of web development, web design techniques, and a familiarity with SharePoint administration-a curious niche, to be sure. And sometimes, you just need to make quick fixes, while at other times, building an entirely customized and branded environment is a multi-step process with lots of stakeholder buy-in and development time required. Whether you're interested in applying just a touch of style to a team site, or you're branding a public-facing Fortune 500 website based on SharePoint,Practical SharePoint 2010 Branding and Customizationis the only book you'll need to quickly, easily, and efficiently brand and customize your environment. What you'll learn Plan for branding projects, including creating wireframes and creative mockups as well as gathering requirements and estimation Use cascading style sheets (CSS), master pages, page layouts, web parts and XSLT to customize branding Deploy SharePoint branding to production servers using solution packages (WSP) Create custom SharePoint 2010 ribbon commands and tools  Integrate client side technologies such as the client object model, jQuery, and Silverlight to the user experience Who this book is for This book is for anyone who works within SharePoint sites and wants to make changes to how those sites look, whether they're minor changes or wholesale branding and customization efforts.