SharePoint Branding Bootcamp – 2010

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What’s this all about?

Designers: "Please, make it look like anything but SharePoint!"

SharePoint's nice looking, but it's not hot. During this class, you'll learn all about customizing the look and feel of your SharePoint sites. Dive deep into web content management features and designer technologies like master pages, content types, and page layouts. Find out how to apply your graphical mojo to SharePoint sites!

Who should take this course?

Products covered by this course

Available delivery formats

Cost and duration

Public classroom training

Private training

  • $3,300 per day (no per-student fees, no instructor travel fees)
  • $2,500 per day for private online delivery, each day consisting of two 3-hour sessions
  • Pre-payment discounts available!
  • Request the standard class or create a hybrid training and/or consulting experience based on your specific needs
  • Learn more about our private, personalized SharePoint instruction

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What do I get?

  • Full color student workbook and exclusive access to our Learning Management System
  • The know-how to brand a large SharePoint implementation, from taxonomy to CSS tweaks
  • Confidence in your ability to effectively manage and maintain your SharePoint branding project
  • The knowledge on how to brand your site with the least number of files and in the most effective, template based way
  • Bonus CSS tips and tricks

Course modules

  • A Tour of SharePoint 2010
  • Getting to Know SharePoint Designer 2010
  • SharePoint Branding Cliff Notes
  • Content Types Demystified
  • Designing for SharePoint Sites
  • SharePoint 2007 Branding Migration and Understanding the Visual Upgrade
  • Cascading Style Sheets and SharePoint
  • Introduction to Master Pages, Content Pages and WCM Page Layouts
  • Creating a Page Layout and Master Page
  • Content Placeholder Changes from 2007 to 2010
  • More Page Layout and Master Page Tasks
  • List Based Navigation in SharePoint
  • CSS Based Layouts and Additional Advanced CSS Techniques
  • Working with the Ribbon
  • Customizing the Data View Web Part Display
  • Branding My Sites
  • Understanding and Creating Themes
  • Using Themes to Extend Your Site Branding
  • Branding Process Revisited
  • Wrapping Up – Accessibility, Browser Support and Deployment

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Prerequisites

  • An understanding and good comfort level with HTML is highly recommended
  • A solid foundation in CSS is highly recommended. Get a leg up with CSS before class with our CSS Bootcamp computer based training!
  • This course is geared for web designers and developers so we assume students are familiar with basic web site design, layout and structure guidelines

Workstation requirements

  • SharePoint Experts will provide you with your own SharePoint site for class
  • SharePoint Designer 2010 (required)
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 (highly recommended)
  • Photoshop or other graphics design program (optional)
  • USB 2.0 port for in-class file transfer (classroom and on-site students only)

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Frequently asked questions

This class is for a beta product, how much of what I learn will still apply when the product is released?
The majority of the class content will be applicable for the production release of SharePoint 2010. However, this course was written based on the beta and the product is subject to change. As alumni you will receive course workbook updates and access to a special beta release forum. If the product changes, you will still have appropriate materials as well as insight from your instructor.
Is it OK if I don’t know HTML or CSS?
In this course you will view and edit code. If you don’t know HTML and/or CSS, you can get by but there may be times you feel a bit lost. Lab code samples are provided so you can continue through the modules.
I am not a graphic or web designer, is this course still right for me?
Yes! This is not a design class and you will not be asked to produce original web site design. Even if your artistic abilities are limited to stick figures, you will still get the full benefits from this class! Sample designs will be provided in class for your use.
I need to know how to create a SharePoint Feature for branding deployment. Does this class cover that?
The course covers branding deployment options and provides some resources. However, this is a custom SharePoint branding course and not a SharePoint development course. You will not create a Feature in class.
Can I bring my web site design from work with me to class?
We love to work with real-world designs and challenges and everyone is welcome to bring web site designs or comps from their existing organizations and/or projects. There will be several times during class that we can review the design and/or use it for branding code samples. It is not required to use the course design samples and you can complete any of the lab exercises using your own design.
Where can I get more information?
Contact us using the “Contact Us” link at the top of the page.
My question isn’t here.
Well, that’s not really a question. Just kidding! Contact us with your question using the “Contact Us” link above. If your question seems common enough, we’ll add it to this page!

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