Mastering SharePoint Branding

Looking to convey your corporate brand on your SharePoint intranet, extranet, and internet sites?

Our branding experts will guide you through the complexities of SharePoint master pages, page layouts, styles, navigation, search and more, all without cracking open Visual Studio.

Whether a novice or a seasoned SharePoint professional, you will improve your ability to brand SharePoint sites using SharePoint Designer.  Every student receives a virtual training environment to complete a series of hands-on SharePoint branding labs.  Quickly put your new skills to work! (Please see requirements for virtual environment below.)

This course covers the following topics:   Understanding the SharePoint User Interface Before you begin a Branding effort in SharePoint, you must first gain a thorough understanding of how sites are delivered to the browser. In this section you will learn the anatomy of a SharePoint Site, its makeup, out-of-box options and what makes it tick. SharePoint Master Pages and Core Styles (CSS) The SharePoint UI is delivered by extending the core ASP.NET 2.0 master page structure and platform. There are significant extensions and complexeties added to support the rich UI feature set. Here, you will learn how to customize master pages and styles that drive those core features. SharePoint Navigation SharePoint navigation is limited and quite complex and for most implementations, extending its abilities is a requirement. In this section you will learn how to customize the built-in navigation controls and extend your solution through optional navigation models. Web Content Management (WCM) Be prepared when your company begins to extend its content management to web pages. In this section you will learn to customize the Web Content Management experience; including page layouts and styling to support news, announcements, newsletters, departmental landing pages and more. Branding the Search Experience Many don't realize the extent of search user interface branding that can be accomplished. Add custom metadata columns, changing sort order, hit highlighting and pivots are but a few you will learn in this section of the class. Deploying your Branding Solutions Branding a SharePoint solution in a enterprise-class model requires a true development -> QA -> staging environment. In this section you will learn how to deploy your solution across these environments with consistency and ease. Branding with the Data Form and Data View Web Parts The Data Form and Data View Web Parts are powerful; allowing you to pull information from database and Web Service sources. In this section you will learn how to configure these Web Parts and customize their look & feel; applying them to the more complex dashboard needs. "Real World" Branding Solutions In the final hour, you will be required to apply your new-found branding expertise to "real world" solutions. In this section, we will guide you through a few of the "real world" customization solutions we have been exposed to during our personal branding efforts.

 Audience 

Who should attend?  Any individual who is interested in learning the art and science of branding SharePoint Intranet, Extranet and Public Facing Solutions.  Students should have a basic understanding of SharePoint but do not need any advanced development or administrator skills.  

• Web Designers
• Developers
• SharePoint Architects
• User Interface Architects
• Information Architects
• SharePoint Designer Specialists

 

Highly Convenient & Successful Format:  The course is delivered online as an interactive webinar.  The instructor will provide many demonstrations and you will have ample time to ask many questions.  Progress will be monitored through online polls and interactions with the instructor and moderator.  We will support you during and after the class via a dedicated online forum ONLY for current and past students of our branding classes.

 

Registration and Fees 
Standard registration fees are $795.
The registration fee includes your tuition, virtual training environment and student manual (PDF).

IMPORTANT:  To install the Virtual Training Environment, which is used as part of the class, you MUST have a computer with AT LEAST 2GB RAM.  

 

See our training schedule for available dates!

 

Cancellations
All cancellations up to 30 days before the start of the course will be charged $400.  Cancellations within 30 days of the start of the course will be charged $500.  Refunds will be sent no later than 30 days after the scheduled course start date.  Once you have received the training materials, no refunds will be offered.  Please ensure that you have a computer with at least 2GB of RAM and sufficient rights to install programs on the machine before enrolling.  If you have any questions please contact us!

Government, Academic and Non-Profit Discounts
We offer a $50 per person discount to the following:

Employees of government entities at the federal, state and local level 
Employees of universities, colleges, secondary schools, primary schools and school districts 
Employees of Non-Profit organizations 
All discounts are mutually exclusive and may not be used in combination with any other discount.

Corporate Group Discounts
An organization registering two or more students for the same class at the same time receives a $50 discount per person. The discount will be applied at time of registration.  (May not be used in combination with any other discount.)

Returning Student Discount
If you previously attended one of our other courses, you will receive a $50 discount off the standard price for the course. The discount will be applied at time of registration.  (May not be used in combination with any other discount.)