Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010 [Paperback]

Covering both the design and business applications of SharePoint Designer, this complete Wrox guide brings readers thoroughly up to speed on how to use SharePoint Designer in an enterprise. You’ll learn to create and modify web pages, use CSS editing tools to modify themes, use Data View to create interactivity with SharePoint and other data, and much more. Coverage includes integration points with Visual Studio, Visio, and InfoPath.

• Shows web designers, developers, and IT professionals how to use SharePoint Designer 2010 to customize Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Windows SharePoint Services 4.0
• Covers both the design and business application of SharePoint Designer 2010
• Delves into modifying and enhancing every aspect of your SharePoint site—not just the look and feel
• Explores creating and modifying web pages, how to add interactivity with SharePoint and other data, and using CSS editing tools to modify themes

With the explosive growth in SharePoint, this book is your key to customizing your SharePoint sites with SharePoint Designer 2010.

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 is a powerful, sophisticated desktop application that allows you to customize websites based on Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Written by a team of SharePoint experts, this book provides you with an overview of the SharePoint Designer toolset and shows you how to use those tools to do far more than simply modify web pages. You′ll learn to create and edit cascading style sheets, and visually design and edit code–free workflows. By the end of the book, you′ll have acquired the skills necessary to modify, manage, and enhance virtually every aspect of a user′s experience on a SharePoint 2010 website.

Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010:

• Walks you through visually creating and editing master pages and page layouts

• Shows you how to connect SharePoint to various external data sources?—without a single line of code

• Explains ways to create and modify lists, libraries, and site permissions

• Examines InfoPath integration and web part connections

• Addresses visually customizing XSLT data views and forms

• Looks at client–side programming in both JavaScript and Silverlight

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Asif Rehmani is a trainer and consultant at SharePoint–Videos.com. He is a SharePoint Server MVP and MCT.

Bryan Phillips is a consultant and senior partner with Composable Systems, LLC. He is a Microsoft MVP in SharePoint Services.

Marcy Kellar is a user experience architect and cofounder of SharePoint Soapbox, LLC. She specializes in strategizing content and design on the SharePoint platform.