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SharePoint Designer 2007 Fundamentals

Duration:
2 Days

 

Overview:
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 will be used to create and modify a SharePoint site.  SharePoint Designer will also be used to extend and customize existing SharePoint sites.

After creating intranet sites using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, there might be times when sites need to be built that lay emphasis on the company's unique requirements and sites and that align themselves with the company's unique brand identity.  In this course, students use Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 to customize SharePoint sites and build new subsites on the SharePoint services platform.

Students that know how to create customized SharePoint sites matching their branding may now want to extend their sites to include more functionality.  With SharePoint Designer, sites can be extended more easily than before.

 

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • be familiarized with the SharePoint Designer environment
  • create a new subsite
  • add content to a web page
  • use Cascading Style Sheets to format a SharePoint site
  • add basic functionality to web pages
  • add SharePoint components to the site
  • automate business processes with workflows
  • work with ASP.NET forms
  • use SharePoint templates to update existing sites and create new templates from these changes
  • learn about administration tools in SharePoint Designer 2007

 

This Course Includes:

Six months of access to Online Learning Resources for the topics covered in class - Online Learning Resources are a convenient, on-demand way of helping retain what was taught in class.

 

Audience:

This course is intended for SharePoint web designers and SharePoint solution developers who want to learn to customize SharePoint sites by enhancing the look and feel of a SharePoint site and also to create dynamic pages using Web Parts and workflows.

 

Prerequisites:

Students should have taken the SharePoint 2007 Essentials course or have an equivalent knowledge.

 

Recommended, though not required, are the following courses:

  • SharePoint 2007 Effective Collaboration for Site Owners/Collection Administrators
  • Cascading Style Sheets

Topics:

Lesson 1: Getting Started with the SharePoint Designer Environment

  • Explore the SharePoint Designer Interface
  • Customize the SharePoint Designer Interface
  • Get Help in SharePoint Designer

 

Lesson 2: Basic SharePoint HTML and CSS (Supplement)

 
  • Understanding HTML for use in SharePoint
  • Understanding CSS for use in SharePoint

 

Lesson 3: Creating a Subsite

 
  • Create a Page Layout
  • Create a Master Page
  • Modify a Page Layout

 

Lesson 4: Adding Content to the Site

 
  • Add and Format Text
  • Work with Tables
  • Work with Images

 

Lesson 5: Working with Cascading Style Sheets

 
  • Introduction to CSS
  • Create an External Style Sheet
  • Create Internal Styles
  • Modify External Style Sheets

 

Lesson 6: Adding Basic Functionality to Web Pages

 
  • Add Hyperlinks
  • Create a Hotspot
  • Add Bookmark Links
  • Add an Interactive Button
  • Open a Page in a New Browser Window

 

 

Lesson 7: Adding SharePoint Components to the Site

 
  • Add Lists and Libraries to a Site
  • Work with Web Parts
  • Add a Link Bar
  • Enhance the Navigation Structure

 

 

Lesson 8: Automating Business Processes with Workflows

 
  • Create a Workflow
  • Modify a Workflow

 

 

Lesson 9: Working with ASP.NET Forms

 
  • Create an ASP.NET Form
  • Modify Form Control Properties
  • Validate Inputs
  • Customize an Interactive Button

 

 

Lesson 10: Using SharePoint Site Templates

 
  • Open an Existing Subsite and Create a New Web Page from an Existing Template
  • Save a Customized Page
  • Revert a Customized Page
  • Save a Customized Site as a SharePoint Site Template

 

 

Lesson 11: Administering a SharePoint Site Using SharePoint Designer 2007

 
  • Configure Contributor Settings
  • Generate Usability Reports
  • Optimize the HTML for a SharePoint Site
  • Spell Check a SharePoint Site
  • Back Up and Restore a SharePoint Site
  • Migrating a SharePoint Site

 

 

Lesson 12: SharePoint Branding, Dashboard, and Workflow Overview (Supplement)

 
  • Branding
  • Dashboard
  • Workflow

 

*At the end of class, the instructor will demonstrate additional SharePoint features around branding, dashboards, and workflow.  This content will not be included in the book and is used primarily as a demonstration to students to help them fully understand the capabilities SharePoint and SharePoint Designer have in these areas.

 

 

*Content, days, and times vary depending on your location. Please view the outline prior to purchase or contact the local center for more information.