2. Who the heck is this guy?
• SharePoint Developer
• Information Architect
• User Experience
Designer
• The Branding Guy
• Agency Background
Derek Cash-Peterson
dcash-peterson@sentri.com
twitter: @spdcp
Blog: http://blogs.sentri.com/branding
www.sentri.com
6. What this session is
• Developer focused
• WCM focused
• A look at the building blocks to creating a
custom branded solution in SharePoint
7. What this session is not
• A session about jQuery, CSS, and HTML 5
• Check out Mark Rackley tomorrow 9:45
jQuery and SharePoint
8. Agenda
• What does it mean to “Brand” SharePoint?
• Getting from design to SharePoint.
• What are the custom components?
• Deployment
• Common Tools
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10. Why would you brand SharePoint
• Governance
• User Experience
• Messaging
11. How do you do it
• Three ways to do it.
– Themes (low)
– Purchased packages or custom css (medium)
– Custom MasterPages & PageLayouts (high)
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13. Getting from design to SharePoint
• Information Architecture
• Site Map
• Solution Design
• Design Comp
• HTML Comp
20. Site Columns and Content Types
• Reference OOB where you can (14 hive)
– Fields
– Ctypes
– PublishingResources
• Leverage the Page Content Type
• PublishingContent & PublishingImage
26. Don’t fear the Site Definition
• Enforce governance policies
• Make navigation consistent across site
• Limit available site templates and page layouts
• Idiot-proof your site
28. Deployment Guidelines
• WSP: All the way
• Sandboxed solutions
• Site Assets
– Styles Library vs 14 hive
• Activate Branding features via PowerShell on
development environment
29. The Devil is in the details
• Learn to use PhotoShop
• Use more than one browser
• Make sure things line up and match the comps
• Invite the design team to help with a visual QA