Microsoft SharePoint Designer 1

Introduction: You've created intranet sites using Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services. There will be times when you would want to build sites that emphasise your company's unique requirements and brand identity. In this course, you will use Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2007 to customize your SharePoint sites and build a new subsite on the SharePoint services platform.

Target 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.

Aims: To create and modify a SharePoint site using Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2007.

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

• Familiarize yourself with the SharePoint Designer environment
• Create a new subsite
• Add content to a web page
• Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format a SharePoint site
• Add basic functionality to web pages
• Add SharePoint components to the site
• Automate business processes with workflows

Content

Getting Started with the SharePoint Designer Environment - Explore the SharePoint Designer Interface - Customize the SharePoint Designer Interface - Get Help in SharePoint Designer

Creating a Subsite - Create a Page Layout - Create a Master Page - Modify a Page Layout -

Adding Content to the Site - Add and Format Text - Work with Tables - Work with Images

Working with Cascading Style Sheets - Introduction to CSS - Create an External Style Sheet - Create Internal Styles - Modify External Style Sheets

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

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

Automating Business Processes with Workflows - Create a Workflow - Modify a Workflow

Course Includes: Lunch/refreshments and course materials