Practical SharePoint 2010 Branding and Customization [electronic resource] /
Swenson, Erik.author.
With Practical SharePoint 2010 Branding and Customization, SharePoint branding expert Erik Swenson cuts 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 Customization is the only book you'll need to quickly, easily, and efficiently brand and customize your environment. Bonus: Includes the SharePoint 2010 Branding Starter Kit! This kit has everything you need to jumpstart successful and compelling designs. The kit includes a layered Adobe Photoshop file of a SharePoint 2010 site, two pre-built visual design examples, and a Visual Studio solution you can use to deploy either of the designs included. This starter kit is specifically prepared to save you substantial time kicking off your SharePoint branding project and to minimize potential roadblocks. These branding tools would cost you as much as $500 if purchased separately, but they're included with the purchase of this book at no additional charge! Get started today.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; About the Authors; About the Technical Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Who This Book Is For; How This Book Is Structured; Prerequisites; Downloading the code; CHAPTER 1 Intro to SharePoint 2010 Branding; Why Brand SharePoint?; Key Topics and Guiding Principles; What to Expect and Things to Know; Identify the Support Team; Seek a SharePoint Community; Understand That All Projects Are Different; Rely On Multiple Roles for Support; Understand the Project Scope; Take It One Step at a Time; Don't Skip Ahead
Don't Be Intimidated by SharePointLearn the Basic Features of SharePoint; Remember the 80/20 Rule; Have Fun; Try New Things; Identify the Design Types; Look Out for Pitfalls; Know Your Branding Limitations; Work With SharePoint, Not Against It; Make a Great First Impression; Be Prepared; Maintain Brand Consistency; Allocate Time for Testing; Don't Expect to Get It Right on the First Shot; Know That There Is Never One Way to Do Something; Try Not to Take Shortcuts; Understand the Purpose of the Site; Make SharePoint Not Look like SharePoint; Keep Up With Design Trends; Offer Mobile Support
Provide AccessibilityLearn Application Shortcuts and Quick Keys; Avoid CSS Overload; Save Often and Create Backups; Basic HTML; Cascading Style Sheets; Color Formats; CSS Property Tags; Text Properties; Font Properties; Background Properties; Width/Height Properties; Boxed Model; Margins; Border Properties; Padding; Pseudo Properties; SharePoint Master Pages; SharePoint Page Layouts; Summary; CHAPTER 2 Overview of UX/Branding Process; The 4 Ds; Discovery; Discovery Documents; Definition; Definition Documents; Design; Development; Roles and Responsibilities; Business Analyst
BA ResponsibilitiesBA Skills; When to Include a BA; Information Architect; IA Responsibilities; IA Skills; When to Include an IA; Visual Designer; Designer's Responsibilities; Visual Designer Skills; When to Include a Designer; Front-End Developer; FED Responsibilities; FED Skills; When to Include a Front-end Developer?; Summary; CHAPTER 3 Gathering Branding Requirements; Key Questions to Ask; The Value of Referencing Other Designs; Things to Watch Out For; Generating Creative and UX Discovery Briefs; Creative Brief; UX Discovery Brief; Estimating Effort Level and Time Required
L1: Basic ThemeL2: Brand Adaptation; L3: Custom Brand Adaptation; L4: Custom Design; Summary; CHAPTER 4 Creating the Visual Design; Design Preparations; Review Final Wireframes; Review Requirements; Review UX/Creative Brief; Establish Review Cycles and Schedules; Creating the Design; Create Sketches; Photo-Editing Tools; Base SharePoint Design; Adobe Photoshop Basics; Photoshop Tools; Photoshop Windows; Design Grids; Base Shell Styles; Web Part Styles; Content Frame; Final Polish; Conducting Design Reviews; What to Include; How to Organize; Who Should Attend; Summary
CHAPTER 5 Development Environment Setup
Includes index.
With Practical SharePoint 2010 Branding and Customization, SharePoint branding expert Erik Swenson cuts 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 Customization is the only book you'll need to quickly, easily, and efficiently brand and customize your environment. Bonus: Includes the SharePoint 2010 Branding Starter Kit! This kit has everything you need to jumpstart successful and compelling designs. The kit includes a layered Adobe Photoshop file of a SharePoint 2010 site, two pre-built visual design examples, and a Visual Studio solution you can use to deploy either of the designs included. This starter kit is specifically prepared to save you substantial time kicking off your SharePoint branding project and to minimize potential roadblocks. These branding tools would cost you as much as $500 if purchased separately, but they're included with the purchase of this book at no additional charge! Get started today.
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