www.it-ebooks.info SharePoint Designer Tutorial Working with SharePoint Websites Get started with SharePoint Designer to put together a business site with SharePoint Mike Poole BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI www.it-ebooks.info SharePoint Designer Tutorial Working with SharePoint Websites Copyright © 2008 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, Packt Publishing, nor its dealers or distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: July 2008 Production Reference: 1100708 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-847194-42-8 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Vinayak Chittar ([email protected]) www.it-ebooks.info Credits Author Project Manager Mike Poole Abhijeet Deobhakta Reviewer Project Coordinator John Jansen Lata Basantani Senior Acquisition Editor Indexer Douglas Paterson Hemangini Bari Development Editor Proofreader Ved Prakash Jha Chris Smith Technical Editor Production Coordinator Dhiraj Bellani Aparna Bhagat Editorial Team Leader Cover Work Mithil Kulkarni Aparna Bhagat www.it-ebooks.info About the Author Mike Poole owns and runs 2F3 Internet, which he established in 1997 to specialize in providing Microsoft-based web development and IT training. He has received a much acclaim for his web development from many satisfied customers including the BBC, British Medical Association, Microsoft, and six different agencies of the Scottish Government. His work has won him awards from Scottish Enterprise (winner of best e-commerce site) and Microsoft (IM bot competition finalist and winner in both UK and international phases). Mike has also written and taught courses in Microsoft Excel and Web Development at Edinburgh University. His current technological interests include creating highly efficient/scalable database solutions and integrating online solutions into virtual environments. www.it-ebooks.info About the Reviewer John Jansen is a Test Lead for the SharePoint Designer product group in Microsoft. He has been working at Microsoft for the past nine years, and before that, was a freelance website designer, as well as database administrator and teacher. www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Dedicated to my parents for generously allowing me to squander their money on computers at university, my wife for sitting patiently at dinner parties while friends badger me with their IT questions, and my God who still loves me despite having to compete with technology for my attention. www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Preface 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to SharePoint 7 What is SharePoint? 7 Why Choose SharePoint Designer? 9 What is SharePoint Designer? 10 Installing SharePoint Designer 10 Connecting to an Existing SharePoint Site 13 Further Information 15 Summary 15 Chapter 2: SharePoint Designer and its Environment 17 Development Tool Options 18 Tour of the Environment 18 Task Panes 19 Organizing Our Task Panes 25 Code View 26 The Button Bar 27 The Status Bar 28 Summary 31 Chapter 3: Adding Content and Tables 33 The Wine Company 33 Creating a New Site 33 Creating Our First Page 35 Adding and Formatting Text 37 Previewing Our Page 38 Creating Hyperlinks 39 Adding Images 41 Creating Tables 42 Table and Cell Properties 43 Layout Tables 47 www.it-ebooks.info