Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010 [Paperback]

Woodrow W. Windischman (Author), Bryan Phillips (Author), Asif Rehmani (Author), Marcy Kellar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 9, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0470643161 | ISBN-13: 978-0470643167 | Edition: 1

Teaching Web designers, developers, and IT professionals how to use the new version of SharePoint Designer

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.

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From the Back Cover

Discover how to customize and enhance a SharePoint 2010 website

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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About the Author

Woodrow W. Windischman is an internationally experienced IT consultant and a Microsoft MVP in SharePoint Server.

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (November 9, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470643161
• ISBN-13: 978-0470643167
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars *THE* SharePoint Designer 2010 Resource December 12, 2010

By Andrew Connell

Format:Paperback

This is the definitive reference & instructional book for SharePoint Designer 2010 (SPD2010). SPD2010 is a much more flexible and valuable tool not just to power users but for developers as well with the latest release. One of the biggest advantages this book has is that it is authored in a big part by Asif Rehmani, the best SharePoint Designer expert in the industry. I really like the workflow chapter and how this book covers the new XSLT List View Web Part & Data View Web Part customization.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable! August 14, 2011

By Debra A Harris

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

STOP! The book is not all bad but I am sharing only my frustrations at this moment. I stopped working (prepping for a class) because I was compelled to write this review.

Do not buy this book if you want to learn by doing. Although there are many good examples, this book is a lesson in frustration because it is full of errors and missed steps in those examlpes. I am disappointed because I needed this book to prep for a training class for which I was delivering. I hope they publish a second edition soon as this effort does not reflect well on the authors' credibility. I bought this book based on my exposure to Asif Rehmanias' web site. I have been a subscriber to his site for a while. I actually bought the SharePoint Designer 2007 book along with this one, and I was disappointed with them both. Please as compensation, provide an electronic version of all examples, working and error free.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok but could do with more screenshots September 13, 2011

By G. Larsen

Format:Paperback

Very good step by step instructions , but it would have been helpful if the authors included more screenshots, pictures of what they are referring to. It would make it easier to see that you are in the correct window, menu, etc. which they are referring to.