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You Will Learn How To
Create dynamic Web sites using SharePoint Designer 2007
Build a consistent site structure with Master and Content Pages
Display dynamic content with Web Parts and SharePoint controls
Add editable dataforms to SharePoint sites
Streamline business processes with SharePoint workflows
Manage custom sites with reporting and development tools
Course Benefits SharePoint Web sites act as centralised hubs where team members can work together on documents and other business-critical tasks quickly and efficiently. SharePoint Designer is a visual tool that allows for the customisation of SharePoint applications. This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to build and customise SharePoint Web applications, maintain a consistent structure and display dynamic content.
Who Should Attend Anyone who wants to build powerful, custom solutions with SharePoint Designer. Familiarity with Web concepts is assumed. A basic knowledge of Windows SharePoint Services is helpful but not required.
Hands-on Training Throughout this course, you gain extensive hands-on experience creating SharePoint sites with SharePoint Designer 2007. Exercises include:
Building WSS sites
Creating Master and Content Pages
Defining Web Part zones and content regions
Presenting and updating data within a form view
Filtering related data in a master detail relationship
Implementing business processes with custom workflows
Utilising the Workflow Designer
Branding a WSS site with content layout, CSS and Master pages
Course Content
Overview of the SharePoint Architecture Identifying site requirements
Defining the architecture
Assessing the needs of the user
Planning for development
SharePoint platform components
Leveraging the No Code paradigm
Surveying Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007
Structuring SharePoint Web Sites Defining Sites
Organising SharePoint components
Utilising site templates
Appreciating Site Definitions
Enhancing navigation
Customising QuickLaunch navigation
Reviewing navigation hierarchy
Publishing Information Centralising content
Working with libraries
Uploading images
Centralising document storage
Defining custom data storage with lists
Extending metadata range with Site Columns and Content Types
Filtering information with views
Displaying Published Content Identifying appropriate page technology
Creating user interfaces
Contrasting client and server-side processing
Composing interfaces with the Designer Toolbox
Utilising server-based controls
Analysing SharePoint page processing
Integrating ASP.NET 2.0 components with SharePoint
Providing user configuration with Web Parts
Styling User Interfaces Standardising the page layout
Applying organisational branding with Master Pages
Managing content regions with placeholders
Enhancing default page templates with formatting tools
Presenting custom formatting
Utilising visual CSS tools
Composing new themes
Overriding SharePoint Style Sheets
Rendering Views with Data Sources Defining data connectivity
Connecting to XML documents
Managing data source content
Working with external data
Accessing relational databases
Consuming Web services
Enhancing Data View output
Conditionally formatting Data Views
Creating calculated column values
Implementing Master Detail relationships
Filtering related information
Linking data sources within a DataForm
Persisting Information Facilitating data input
Selecting data storage locations
Evaluating multi- versus single-page editing layouts
Implementing data forms
Modifying data form edit templates
Providing referential data look-ups
Automating Business Processes Defining workflow characteristics