1. Branding and designing capabilities with the Design Manager MALIN DE SILVA SHAREPOINT SPECIALIST EXILESOFT, SRI LANKA

2. About me  Experienced since SharePoint 2007.  Regular presenter at many forums.  Winner, Microsoft Imagine Cup (Sri Lanka).  Connect:  LinkedIn/ Facebook: Malin De Silva  Twitter: Malind19  Email: malindesilva@live.com

3. Who are we? DEVELOPERS? ADMINISTRATORS? DESIGNERS?

4. Agenda  Design Manager  Master Pages and Page Layouts  Branding and Design Capabilities  Design Packages  Device Channels  Display Templates  Image Renditions  Snippets  Themes  Questions

5. Design Manager  Many people like SharePoint to look not like SharePoint  Publishing feature available on SharePoint Server 2013 and Office 365  Available multiple capabilities  Treat branding assets as local files

6. Master Pages and Page Layouts  XML compliant HTML Prototypes  Preview and correct errors  Snippets manager to add SharePoint functionality  Don’t touch.master files Master Pages  Controls layout of main content  Can add snippets  Associate with a master page  Many OOTB templates Page Layouts

7. Snippets  HTML representation of a SharePoint component  Can be added to Master Pages and Page Layouts  A snippet contains four basic sections:  Header with starting and tags  SharePoint markup where snippets are enclosed in start and end tags  HTML preview enclosed in start and end tags  Footer with closing and tags

8. demonstration DESIGN MANAGER, MASTER PAGES AND SNIPPETS

9. Design Packages  Reduce the complexity of transporting of the designs  Makes it easier to outsource the visual designs  Does not take SharePoint default design assets

10. Device Channels  Multiple devices for browsing SharePoint  Need to maintain same url  Certain components are not mobile friendly  Bandwidth considerations browsing mobile

11. demonstration DESIGN PACKAGES AND DEVICE CHANNELS

12. Display Templates  Customize search layouts and refiners  Upload the HTML, it converts as a JavaScript

13. Image Renditions  Same source image in different sizes  Might need different sections when size changes  Different url for different size  Available across all assets in the site

14. Image Renditions - Prerequisites  A publishing site collection  Publishing feature activated  A configured BLOB cache  An asset library (recommended)

15. Themes  Easy way to change the look and feel  Site owner or someone with design access can customize  site layout  color palette  font scheme  background image

16. demonstration IMAGE RENDITIONS AND THEMES

17. Questions? Malin De Silva SharePoint Specialist Exilesoft malindesilva@live.com

18. Thank You! Malin De Silva SharePoint Specialist Exilesoft malindesilva@live.com