Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is the premier tool for customizing the user experience in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. SharePoint Designer provides all of the tools needed to modify virtually every aspect of a SharePoint site's look and feel, thus enabling a designer to perfectly match a SharePoint site to an enterprise's standards, or create something entirely new.
Professional Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 describes SharePoint Designer, and how to use it in an Enterprise environment to enhance Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. It covers key integration points SharePoint, Microsoft Visual Studio, and the rest of your Enterprise data.
Key areas covered include:
* Creating and modifying web part pages
* Using the CSS editing tools to create and modify SharePoint themes
* Master and Layouts pages
* Using Microsoft Visual Studio to supplement SharePoint Designer functionality
* Using the SharePoint Data View web part to create a rich interactive experience with both SharePoint and other data
* Using SharePoint Designer to leverage the powerful client-side programming model (WPSC)
The ideal reader for this book is a web designer who needs to customize a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server web site to meet enterprise guidelines, an IT Pro who needs to connect SharePoint with other enterprise resources, or a developer who needs to create components to integrate into the SharePoint framework. The reader is probably comfortable with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and may be an accomplished asp.net developer, but may not have a complete understanding of how to apply these skills in a SharePoint environment. A basic understanding of XML and XSL is helpful.
The reader has used web design and programming tools such as Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia/Adobe Dreamweaver, and Microsoft Visual Studio.
