SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

436 Pages·2014·6.47 MB·English

by  Chapman, John

SharePoint 2013 WCM
Advanced Cookbook
Over 110 recipes to engineer web content and master
SharePoint 2013
John Chapman
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook
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Credits
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John Chapman Joel Goveya
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Zoltán Fiala Linda Morris
Moe Kahiel
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About the Author
John Chapman is a software developer and designer, living in the Denver area,
who specializes in SharePoint and .NET. Having worked in the higher education and
telecommunications industries, he is now working as a software engineer for Sitrion, formerly
NewsGator. He is working on the Social Sites product. Social Sites is the premier enterprise
social software for Microsoft SharePoint.
John holds a B.S. and M.S. in Graphic Information Technology from Arizona State University.
For more information about John Chapman, visit http://www.sharepointjohn.com.
I would like to thank my wife, Simone. Her support and patience have made
everything I have accomplished in my life possible.
About the Reviewers
Gary Arora is a diehard technologist (read: Geek) and a seasoned consultant with over 10
years' experience. With a professional focus on SharePoint and the overall Microsoft stack, he
has led and/or contributed to projects across industries in the United States and Europe.
Zoltán Fiala leads the Competence Center Microsoft of Adesso AG in Hamburg, Germany.
He holds a PhD in web engineering from Dresden University of Technology and has worked
as a SharePoint architect and project manager for several IT consultancy firms in the past.
He has significant experience in the design and development of Web Content Management
and portal solutions based on Microsoft technologies. For more information about Zoltán visit
http://www.z-fiala.net.
Moe Kahiel is a senior SharePoint Enterprise architect with over 20 years of experience in
a wide range of IT technologies. He has worked in the past with enterprise organizations such
as EDS now HP and other Microsoft partners.
He is now an independent consultant focusing on Enterprise Content Management. He holds
certifications of SharePoint (MCTS) and Microsoft (MCP), and is also a Certified Document
Imaging Architect (CDIA).
I would like to thank the staff at Packt Publishing for giving me this
opportunity and many thanks to my family for their help, support, and
patience.
Jiri Pik is a finance and business intelligence consultant working with major investment
banks, hedge funds, and other financial players. He has architected and delivered
breakthrough trading, portfolio and risk management systems, and decision-support systems
across industries.
His consulting firm WIXESYS provides their clients with certified expertise, judgment, and
execution at the speed of light. WIXESYS's power tools include revolutionary Excel and Outlook
add-ons available at http://spearian.com.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Branding SharePoint with Composed Looks 7
Introduction 7
Applying a composed look 8
Changing the site master pages 15
Changing the site logo 19
Uploading a custom color palette 23
Uploading a custom font scheme 28
Creating a custom composed look 31
Using PowerShell to apply a composed look to all sites in a site collection 34
Using PowerShell to apply master page and logo settings to all sites in a farm 36
Chapter 2: Branding SharePoint with Device Channels and
Design Packages 41
Introduction 41
Creating a device channel for mobile devices 42
Applying a master page to a device channel 48
Creating and exporting a design package 53
Importing and applying a design package 57
Importing a design package to all site collections with PowerShell 60
Listing the device channel master pages 64
Chapter 3: Branding SharePoint with Custom Master Pages and
Page Layouts 71
Introduction 72
Editing a master page in SharePoint Designer 73
Changing the site master pages in SharePoint Designer 77
Hiding unwanted master page controls 78
Restoring the Navigate Up button using a master page 82