Vision Technical Education Center
SharePoint Designer 2007 Fundamentals
CLASS DATE(s):
9/20/2010 - 9/21/2010

COURSE LENGTH: 2 Days

COURSE COST: $895

COURSE TIMES: 8:30am - 4:00pm

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COURSE OVERVIEW

You will use Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 to create and modify a SharePoint site. You will use SharePoint Designer to extend and customize existing SharePoint sites.

You've created intranet sites using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. There will be times when you would want to build sites that lay emphasis on your company's unique requirements and sites that align themselves with the company's unique 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.

Now that you know how to create customized SharePoint sites matching your branding, you may want to extend your sites to include more functionality. With SharePoint Designer, you can extend your sites more easily than before.

AUDIENCE AND PREREQUISITES

Prior to attending SharePoint Designer 2007 Fundamentals, we recommend having the skills that are taught in our Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for End Users and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for Site Managers courses to enhance your learning experience and get the most out of this course.


Upon successful completion, you 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 to format a SharePoint site.
  • add basic functionality to web pages.
  • add SharePoint components to the site.
  • automate business processes with workflows.
  • work with ASP.NET forms.
  • use SharePoint templates to update existing sites and create new templates from these changes.

*Course cost does not include the cost of books. Please contact VTEC (207-775-0244; sales@vtec.org) for pricing on available courseware.

   

COURSE TOPICS:


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

Working with ASP.NET Forms
Create an ASP.NET Form
Modify Form Control Properties
Validate Inputs
Customize an Interactive Button

Using SharePoint Site Templates
Open an Existing Subsite and Create a New Web Page from an Existing Template
Save a Customized Page
Revert a Customized Page
Save a Customized Site as a SharePoint Site Template

Update Workflows Using SharePoint Designer 2007
Opening and Modifying an Existing Workflow
Deploy and Test the Custom Workflow

Administering a SharePoint Site Using SharePoint Designer 2007
Configure Contributor Settings
Generate Usability Reports
Optimize the HTML for a SharePoint Site
Optimize the HTML for a SharePoint Site
Spell Check a SharePoint Site
Back Up and Restore a SharePoint Site
Migrating a SharePoint Site