3. Gus Fraser
SharePoint Evangelist & Lead Consultant @ C5
Developing Enterprise Solutions since SharePoint 2003
Twitter: @gusfraser
Email: af@c5.je
C5 Alliance; ~60 IT consultants (17 SharePoint)
Based in Jersey & Guernsey
Probably the highest concentration of SharePoint consultants on the planet*
*unconfirmed
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11. “I DON’T WANT IT TO LOOK
Why Brand an internal system?
LIKE SHAREPOINT!”
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12. Why Brand an internal system?
EVERYBODY is a client!
Adoption - faster/easier/cheaper..
Sometimes necessary!
Marketing/communications stakeholder
Just because you CAN… doesn’t mean
you SHOULD
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14. Public Facing SharePoint WCM Site
Rigid design
Low number of contributors
Lots of great examples
www.topsharepoint.com
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15. SharePoint Intranet
Must be flexible
Wider scope
High number of contributors – everybody
in the organisation!
Few examples; not many companies
willing to share
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24. Top Tips – Do & Don’t
Do:
Use wire framing to define the UI/UX first
Cut HTML & CSS outside of SharePoint first
Use a simple base master page (not v4.master)
Package in Visual Studio (CKS:DEV) – Web Templates
Educate the designer(s)
Don’t:
Break SharePoint…
Get lost in SharePoint Designer for days hoping for the best…
Accept a SharePoint-agnostic design/designer/agency
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