www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Professional SharePoint® 2010 Branding and User Interface DEsiGn FOREWORD xxiii Introduction xxv ⊲⊲ Part I: Introduction to SharePoint Branding Chapter What Is SharePoint Branding? Chapter What’s New in SharePoint 2010 23 ⊲⊲ Part II: Branding Basics Chapter Planning for Branding 49 Chapter SharePoint Designer 2010 Overview 75 Chapter Simple Branding 101 Chapter Working with Navigation 141 ⊲⊲ Part III: Advanced Branding Chapter Cascading Style Sheets in SharePoint 167 Chapter Master Pages 201 Chapter Page Layouts 245 Chapter 10 Web Parts and XSLT 281 Chapter 11 Deploying Branding in SharePoint 321 ⊲⊲ Part IV: Other Branding Concepts Chapter 12 Page Editing and the Ribbon 349 Chapter 13 The Client Object Model and jQuery 365 Chapter 14 Silverlight and SharePoint Integration 385 Index 415 www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Professional SharePoint® 2010 Branding and User Interface Design Randy Drisgill John Ross Jacob J Sanford Paul Stubbs Larry Riemann www.it-ebooks.info Professional SharePoint® 2010 Branding and User Interface Design Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2011 by Wiley 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countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book www.it-ebooks.info Dedicated to waffles (thank you for being delicious) and to Jackie (the love of my life) for always being there to eat them with me  — ​R andy Drisgill To my dad, who was convinced that my dirty room as a child was a sign I’d become a deviant I’m glad he had the chance to see my first book and wish he was still here to see this one, which was written in my dirty office Thanks for always pushing me to be the best Miss you, dad!  — ​John Ross To my beautiful wife, Shannan, and my kids, Matt, Hayden, and Wendy You guys are way too funny, and I would much rather play with you than work or write So thank you for understanding and letting me get another book done  — ​Jacob J Sanford I dedicate this book to my son, Kevin, who has achieved more as a teenager than most people have in a lifetime  — ​Paul Stubbs To Dina and Emily: I love you both very much  — ​Larry R iemann www.it-ebooks.info Credits Acquisitions Editor Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Paul Reese Richard Swadley Project Editor John Sleeva Vice President and Executive Publisher Technical Editors Barry Pruett Ryan Keller Heather Waterman Associate Publisher Jim Minatel Production Editor Rebecca Anderson Project Coordinator, Cover Lynsey Stanford Copy Editor Luann Rouff Compositor Jeff Lytle, Happenstance Type-O-Rama Editorial Director Robyn B Siesky Proofreader Nancy Carrasco Editorial Manager Mary Beth Wakefield Indexer Robert Swanson Freelancer Editorial Manager Rosemarie Graham Cover Designer Michael E Trent Associate Director of Marketing David Mayhew Cover Image © Martin Alfaro/istockphoto.com Production Manager Tim Tate www.it-ebooks.info About the Authors Randy Drisgill  has been working with SharePoint911 as their branding and design lead since 2008 He has more than 10 years of experience developing, designing, and implementing web-based applications for clients ranging from small business to Fortune 500 companies For the past three years, he has been working exclusively with SharePoint products and technologies and has worked on many large-scale internal and public-facing SharePoint 2007 and 2010 branding projects Randy is an active member of the SharePoint community, having contributed to several articles and books on the topic, as well as being the co-founder / co-manager of the Orlando SharePoint User Group (OSPUG) In 2009, Microsoft recognized Randy as an authority on SharePoint branding by awarding him MVP status for SharePoint Server Randy lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife and best friend, Jackie, their two cats, and their dog, Frito You can find Randy online on Twitter as @Drisgill or at his blog, http:// blog.drisgill.com John Ross  is a Sr Consultant for SharePoint911from Orlando, FL, with more than eight years of experience implementing solutions for clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, as well as governmental organizations He has been involved with a wide range of SharePoint solutions, including publicfacing Internet sites, corporate intranets, and extranets Additionally, John is cofounder of the Orlando SharePoint User Group (www.orlandosharepoint.com) His blog can be found at www.sharepoint911.com/blogs/john Jacob J Sanford  is a senior consultant for Cornerstone Software Services in Tallahassee, FL He has been working with web application development using Microsoft technologies for more than 10 years, specializing in NET solutions since the 1.0/1.1 Framework Jacob is a frequent speaker at local and regional NET and SharePoint events and is the founder of the Tallahassee SharePoint Experts Exchange for Developers (SPEED), a SharePoint User Group in Tallahassee, FL He has written three previous books for Wrox: ASP.NET 2.0 Design (September 2007), Professional Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Design (September 2008), and Professional Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Reporting with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (September 2009) With the media blitz on HTML5 and CSS3, Jacob has renewed his vigor for design and branding topics and loves talking to anyone he can about these topics Lately, he mostly focuses on design standards and technologies and organizes sessions on these topics when he can He currently lives in Tallahassee, FL with his wife, Shannan, and three kids, Matthew, Hayden, and Wendy www.it-ebooks.info Paul Stubbs  is a Microsoft Technical Evangelist for SharePoint and Office, where he focuses on the information worker development community around SharePoint and Office, Silverlight, and Web 2.0 social networking He has authored three books on solution development using Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and Silverlight; several articles for MSDN Magazine and SharePoint Pro Magazine; and has also spoken at Microsoft Tech-Ed, PDC, SharePoint Conference, DevConnections and Tech-Ready conferences around the world Paul has also worked as a Senior Program Manager with the Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) team in Redmond, Washington Paul is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and has received Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD) and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) certifications Paul also frequently participates in the developer community on the Microsoft forums Paul also started a developer focused show on MSDN’s Channel site called the SharePoint Sideshow, where he teaches future SharePoint developers how to get started Visit Paul’s blog at blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs for a lot of deep SharePoint developer information Larry Riemann  has more than 16 years of experience architecting and creating business applications for some of the world’s largest companies Larry is an independent consultant who owns Indigo Integrations and does SharePoint consulting exclusively through SharePoint911 He writes articles for publication, is a contributing author on another book, and occasionally speaks at conferences For the last several years, he has been focused on SharePoint, creating and extending functionality where SharePoint leaves off In addition to working with SharePoint, Larry is an accomplished NET Architect and has extensive expertise in systems integration, enterprise architecture and high availability solutions You can find Larry on his blog, at http://lriemann.blogspot.com www.it-ebooks.info ... 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