Microsoft Sharepoint Designer 2010 Step By Step

by Coventry, Penelope

• ISBN13: 9780735627338
• ISBN10: 0735627339
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-23
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

Experience learning made easy-and quickly teach yourself how to build custom sites and solutions with SharePoint Designer 2010. With STEP BY STEP, you set the pace-building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Topics include mastering the tools for building and editing pages visually-no code; using master pages and CSS to control how sites look and work; connecting to lists, libraries, XML data, and RSS feeds; adding interactive and collaborative features with Web Parts and controls; creating workflows and other business-process applications; and managing user settings, accessibility, and site maintenance.

Author Biography

Penelope Coventry has more than 25 years of industry experience, currently focusing on the design, implementation, and development of solutions based on Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies. Penny has coauthored a number of books, including MICROSOFT® OFFICE SHAREPOINT® SERVER 2007 ADMINISTRATOR'S COMPANION and MICROSOFT® SHAREPOINT® PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES RESOURCE KIT.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Is This the Right SharePoint Book for You?

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Introduction

How to Access Your Online Edition Hosted by Safari

How to Download the Online Edition to Your Computer; Using the Practice Files

What's on the Web?

Minimum System Requirements

Using the Practice Files for the Exercises

Uploading the Solution WSP File

Creating a Site from the Solution WSP File

Removing the Solution Files

Deleting a Practice Site; Getting Help

Getting Help with This Book

Getting Help with Microsoft SharePoint Designer; Features and Conventions of This Book; Getting Started with Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010

Exploring SharePoint Designer 2010

Understanding SharePoint Designer 2010

Using SharePoint Designer to Carry Out Common Tasks

Understanding What's New in SharePoint Designer 2010

Creating Sites with SharePoint Designer

Exploring the SharePoint Designer Shell

Using SharePoint Designer to Explore a Web Page

Using Task Panes

Controlling the Use of SharePoint Designer

Key Points

Working with SharePoint Sites

Changing the Title, Description, and Theme of a Site

Managing Site Users and Permissions

Creating a Site Hierarchy

Deleting a SharePoint Site

Resetting a Site Template

Exploring a SharePoint Site

Navigating a Site's Components

Saving and Using a Site Template

Key Points; Working with Information

Working with Lists and Libraries

Creating Lists and Libraries

Creating an Issue Tracking List

Importing Data into SharePoint

Working with List Columns

Using Calculated Columns

Using Column Validation

Creating an XSLT List View Web Part

Customizing an XSLT List View Web Part

Securing a List or a Library

Adding Custom Actions

Creating Server Ribbon Custom Actions

Creating Site Columns

Using Site Columns

Creating Content Types

Adding a Site Column to a Content Type

Adding a Document Template to a Content Type

Associating Content Types with Lists and Libraries

Deleting SharePoint Objects

Key Points

Creating and Modifying Web Pages

Inserting Text, ScreenTips, Hyperlinks, and Images

Working with Web Parts

Changing the Home Page for a Web Site

Modifying a List View Page

Creating List View Pages

Creating and Modifying a List Form Page

Creating an ASP.NET Page

Inserting a Web Part Zone

Attaching a Master Page

Managing Web Pages

Key Points

Working with Data Views

Creating a Data View

Customizing Data Views

Inline Editing

Applying Conditional Formatting

Showing and Hiding Content

Using XSLT

Using Formula Columns

Working with XPath Expressions

Deploying Web Parts

Key Points

Working with Data Sources

Using Data Sources

Working with XML Data

Connecting to an RSS Feed XML File

Connecting to an RSS Feed Server-Side Script

Connecting to SOAP Services

Connecting to REST Services

Connecting to a Database

Using Linked Sources

Connecting Web Parts

Key Points

Using Business Connectivity Services

What Is Business Connectivity Services?

Creating Database External Data Sources

Creating External Content Types

Creating Office Application External Content Types

Creating and Managing External Lists

Working with Office Application External Content Types

Exporting and Using the BDC Model

Creating a Profile Page

Using Associations

Managing External Content Types

Key Points; Using Workflow

Understanding Workflows

Working with Workflows

Creating Workflows with SharePoint Designer

Using Actions and Conditions

Modifying a Workflow

Deploying Workflows

Creating a Multistep Workflow

Creating a Site Workflow

Using Visio to Map a Workflow

Importing a Workflow from Visio

Exporting a Workflow to a Visio Drawing

Removing and Deleting Workflows

Key Points

Using Reusable Workflows and Workflow Forms

Creating and Using Reusable Workflows

Creating Association Columns

Using Workflow Templates

Reusing Globally Reusable Workflows

Creating Globally Reusable Workflows

Creating Initiation and Association Forms

Retrieving Values from Initiation Forms

Modifying an InfoPath Form

9......9 Publishing an InfoPath Form

Modifying Initiation Form Parameters

Modifying an Association Form

Adding Association Fields to Initiation Forms

Modifying Task Forms

Key Points; Advanced Customizations

Branding SharePoint Sites

Setting the CSS and Color Coding Page Editor Options

Identifying Styles in Cascading Style Sheets

Identifying Styles on Content Pages

Creating and Attaching CSS Files

Creating a Functioning HTML Page

Creating Styles

Modifying and Deleting Styles

Using the Style Application Group Commands

Understanding SharePoint's CSS Inheritance

Using IntelliSense to add CSS

Using CSS Reports

Key Points

Working with Master Pages

Understanding Master Pages

Copying and Saving a Master Page

Customizing a Master Page

Changing the Default Master Page

Managing Content Placeholders

Creating a Web Page from a Master Page

Exporting Master Pages

Resetting a Master Page to the Site Definition

Key Points

Understanding Usability and Accessibility

Implementing a User-Centered Design Methodology

Establishing User and Compatibility Requirements

Designing a Prototype

Defining Accessible Branding

Testing for Usability

Understanding Accessibility Legislation and Testing

Maintaining Legislation Compliance

Key Points

Managing Web Content in the SharePoint Server Environment

Creating a Publishing Site

Understanding Web Content Management in SharePoint Server 2010

Understanding the Page Model

Creating a Page Layout

Modifying a Page Layout

Allowing Users to Rate Web Content

Approving a Page Layout

Restoring an Earlier Version of a Page Layout

Detaching and Reattaching a Page Layout

Key Points

Using Controls in Web Pages

Working with the Ribbon and Tag Properties Task Pane

Using a Standard ASP.NET Server Control

Validating User Data Entry

Using ASP.NET Validation Controls

Using SharePoint Data View Controls

Testing an ASP.NET Form

Using SharePoint Server Controls

Key Points; SharePoint Designer Workflow Conditions and Actions

Conditions

Core Actions

Document Set Actions

List Actions

Relational Actions

Task Actions

Task Behavior Actions

Utility Actions; Creating a New Approval Process; Administrative Tasks Using SharePoint 2010

Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010

Creating a Site Collection

Enabling All Site Templates on a SharePoint Server Site

Restricting the Use of SharePoint Designer 2010 at the Web-Application Level

Configuring Permissions on External Content Types

Configuring the External Content Type Profile Page Host

Enabling or Disabling User-Defined Workflows

Glossary; About the Author;

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