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The Knowledge Academy Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Introduction 1 day course covers the following topics:

You have SharePoint experience as a SharePoint power user (Site Owner) or Site Collection Administrator and would like to customise the design of your SharePoint pages or add extra functionality to your site. In this course you will learn how to use SharePoint Designer’s tools and features to: create and customise SharePoint sites, create and administer permission groups, add and modify list and library views, create and format web pages, create and style master pages and create and edit links.

Prerequisites

Students should have experience to the level of, or have attended Sharepoint 2010 Introduction and Sharepoint 2010 Advanced plus knowledge of HTML or CSS which is advantageous but not essential.

You will learn how to:

Use the SharePoint Designer interface

Create and customise SharePoint sites

Create site pages and understand HTML code and use cascading style sheets (CSS)

Create and modify Master Pages and associated CSS styling

Add and modify lists and libraries in your site and create custom views

Add links to pages and customise the Quick Launch and Top Link bars

Course Outline

Lesson 1 – Getting Started With SharePoint Designer 2010

What is SharePoint Designer?

Understanding SharePoint from a Designer’s Perspective

Working with Sites in SharePoint Designer

The SharePoint Designer 2010 Interface

Customising the SharePoint Designer Interface

Lesson 2 – Customising SharePoint Site Properties and Adding Site Content

Creating Subsites Using SharePoint Designer

Customising Site Properties Using SharePoint Designer

Working with Site Permissions Using SharePoint Designer

Adding Lists and Libraries

Adding and Editing List Columns

Creating Site Columns

Lesson 3 – Creating Site Pages

Opening an Existing Web Page

Creating Site Pages

Version Control of Site Pages

Adding HTML Content to Site Pages

Adding Page Content using the Code View

Other Page Editing Tools

Lesson 4 – Cascading Style Sheets

What are Cascading Style Sheets?

CSS Syntax

Types of CSS Style

CSS Grouping and Nesting Selectors

The Three Ways Of Utilising CSS

The CSS Cascade

Using CSS in SharePoint Designer

Lesson 5 – Working With Master Pages

How Master Pages Work

Attaching Custom Master Pages

SharePoint Master Pages

Master Page Content Regions

Resetting to Site Definition

Creating a Custom SharePoint Master Page

Lesson 6 – Styling Master Pages using the Corev4.css

What is the Corev4.css?

Opening the Corev4.css

Working with Corev4.css code

Understanding the Corev4.css

Lesson 7 – Create and Format List and Library Views

Working with Views in the Browser

Customising a List or Library View

Lesson 8 – Working with Web Part Pages

What are Web Parts?

Working with Web Parts in the Browser

Working with Web Parts Pages in SharePoint Designer

Lesson 9 – Publishing Pages

Web Content Management Overview

Creating Publishing Pages

Lesson 10 – Customising Site Navigation

Navigation Overview

Working with Links for a Collaboration Site

Working with Links in Publishing Sites