SharePoint Designer Training (2 days)

SharePoint Designer Training Overview

SharePoint Designer is based on FrontPage technologies. It is a superset of Expression Web, which is also based on FrontPage. In addition to the web development features included in Expression Web, SharePoint Designer includes features specific to SharePoint, such as the ability to create, open, edit, backup and restore SharePoint sites and to create SharePoint master pages and web part pages. Note that in this introductory course, those SharePoint-specific features are not covered.

• If you are not specifically interested in SharePoint, but need to create web pages, please see our Expression Web Classes.
• Learn more about the differences between SharePoint Designer and Expression Web.

In this SharePoint Designer course, students will learn the core features and functions of SharePoint Designer 2007. Students will learn how to create and apply templates, control layout and spacing, create and apply style sheets, and apply IDs and classes. They will also insert, modify, and arrange images, create links and navigation bars, and insert and format tables, to prepare a website for publishing.

In addition, students will learn how to create dynamic components, work with multimedia files, create interactive content, design with layers, and create tables and forms. Students will also learn the basics of data-driven websites, and they'll learn how to fix typical website problems.

SharePoint Designer Training Course Goals

• Learn to create and apply templates
• Learn to control layout and spacing
• Learn to create and apply style sheets
• Learn to apply IDs and classes
• Learn to create dynamic components
• Learn to work with multimedia files
• Learn to create interactive content
• Learn to design with layers
• Learn to create tables and forms
• Learn the basics of data-driven websites
• Learn to fix typical website problems

SharePoint Designer Training Course Outline

1. SharePoint Basics
   1. Internet basics
   2. The SharePoint Designer workspace
   3. Page editing
   4. HTML
2. Websites
   1. Site planning basics
   2. Creating a website
   3. Templates
3. Text Formatting
   1. Text basics
   2. Structural formatting
   3. Cascading Style Sheets
4. Web Page Layout
   1. Basic CSS layout
   2. Basic layout techniques
5. Images
   1. Image formats and properties
   2. Working with images
6. Hyperlinks
   1. Basic hyperlinks
   2. Link styles
   3. Image maps
7. Tables
   1. Working with tables
   2. Table-based layouts
8. Web Components and Multimedia
   1. Web components
   2. Multimedia
9. Interactive Content
   1. Interactive buttons
   2. Behaviors
   3. Rollovers
10. Layers
    1. Creating layers
    2. Layer visibility
11. Layout Tables
    1. Creating layout tables
    2. Working with layout tables
12. Web Forms
    1. Creating forms
    2. Input validation
13. Data-driven Pages
    1. Introduction to dynamic pages
    2. Web Parts
    3. Data Views
14. Site Management
    1. Basic search engine optimization
    2. Compatibility testing
    3. Reports
    4. Accessibility

SharePoint Designer Training Course Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples.

SharePoint Designer Training Technical Requirements

1. Operating System Options
   • Windows Vista
   • Windows XP with Service Pack 2
2. Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007
3. Both of the Following Browsers
   1. Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
      • Download
   2. Firefox
      • Download

Class Files for SharePoint Designer Training

The class files for this course are included on a CD that is shipped with the manual.