1 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. MOSS Training – SharePoint Designer

2 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. What is SharePoint Designer 2007? Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is a software application that allows the end user to quickly and effectively create web pages in a similar way that its predecessor FrontPage had done.

3 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. SharePoint Designer addresses few important instances for its end users:  First, Designer allows for customization of its SharePoint sites.  Second, Designer’s workflow technology allows for an element of business logic to be incorporated into SharePoint applications.  Third, you can build advanced SharePoint Designer applications without having to program or code by using the WYSIWYG no-code feature in Designer. Important features of SPD

4 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. “No Code” Solutions The value of “no code” applications No code = No risk Designed for Rapid Development Administrator-controlled developers extensibility points Office SharePoint Designer “no code” features mean solution creators don’t have to be developers to: Create custom list views and forms Integrate external data into SharePoint solutions Build custom workflows for adding business logic

5 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. Collaborative Development -Integration with Visual Studio Custom Coding (if necessary) Web Controls and Parts ASP.NET page coding Event handlers Workflow actions Microsoft Visual Studio Web site construction Create lists and doclibs Design Web pages No-code data view/forms No-code workflows Web part hookup Office SharePoint Designer + Browser

6 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. Top Navigation Areas ms-globalbreadcrumb ms-globalTitleArea ms-sitetitle ms-globallinks ms-globalright ms-globalleft ms-siteaction ms-siteactionsmenu ms-bannerContainer ms-bannerframe ms-banner ms-topNavContainer ms-topnav ms-topnav + ms-topNavSelected

7 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. Customize Master Page in SharePoint designer

8 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. Site Customization Use custom Master Pages for application chrome Quick global changes CSS tools for customizing SharePoint styles “ Core.css” automatically copied to local site New safety nets Users can restore original contents of site template pages, i.e. “re-ghost” pages Versioning and Recycle Bin “Contributor Mode” for fine-grained restrictions Deep support for ASP.NET

9 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. Master Page Customization Two techniques for customizing layout:  Start with a copy of default.master – Remove markup around placeholder – Rebuild in place  Start with a blank master – Build from ground up – Copy placeholders from default.master

10 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. Building a minimal.master A minimal master needs: All content placeholders Core CssLink/ScriptLink/RobotsMetaTag WebPartPages:SPWebPartManager UI to recover yourself: –Site Actions dropdown – FormDigest Control

11 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. The Workflow Designer Creating application logic without code

12 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging. Assign Custom Task Send Create/Update/Delete List item Collect Data from User Wait for Timer Wait for Data Change Sample Workflow Actions

13 © Xchanging 2010 no part of this document may be circulated, quoted or reproduced without prior written approval of Xchanging.