SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts: Site Definitions, Custom Templates, and Global Customizations [Paperback]

Jason Nadrowski (Author), Stacy Draper (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321336615 | ISBN-13: 978-0321336613 | Publication Date: March 18, 2006 | Edition: 1

In SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts, two world-class SharePoint consultants show how to make SharePoint "jump through hoops" for you--and do exactly what you want. Jason Nadrowski and Stacy Draper have built some of the most diverse SharePoint enterprise implementations. Now, drawing on their extraordinary "in the trenches" experience, they present solutions, techniques, and examples you simply won't find anywhere else. SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts addresses every facet of SharePoint customization, from site definitions and templates to document libraries and custom properties. The authors cover both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and illuminate SharePoint's interactions with other technologies--helping you troubleshoot problems far more effectively. Next time you encounter a tough SharePoint development challenge, don't waste time: get your proven solution right here, in SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts./ Construct more powerful site and list templates / Control how SharePoint uses ghosted and unghosted pages / Use custom site definitions to gain finer control over your site / Build list definitions with custom metadata, views, and forms / Troubleshoot WEBTEMP, ONET.XML, SCHEMA.XML, SharePoint databases, and their interactions / Create custom property types to extend SharePoint's functionality / Integrate with other systems and SharePoint sites so that you can use their information more effectively / Customize themes and interactive Help, one step at a time / Customize email alerts and system notifications / Extend the capabilities of document libraries / Control document display and behavior based on extensions

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From the Back Cover

In SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts, two world-class SharePoint consultants show how to make SharePoint “jump through hoops” for you–and do exactly what you want.

 

Jason Nadrowski and Stacy Draper have built some of the most diverse SharePoint enterprise implementations. Now, drawing on their extraordinary “in the trenches” experience, they present solutions, techniques, and examples you simply won’t find anywhere else.

 

SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts addresses every facet of SharePoint customization, from site definitions and templates to document libraries and custom properties. The authors cover both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and illuminate SharePoint’s interactions with other technologies–helping you troubleshoot problems far more effectively.

 

Next time you encounter a tough SharePoint development challenge, don’t waste time: get your proven solution right here, in SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts.

 

     •  Construct more powerful site and list templates

     •  Control how SharePoint uses ghosted and unghosted pages

     •  Use custom site definitions to gain finer control over your site

     •  Build list definitions with custom metadata, views, and forms

     •  Troubleshoot WEBTEMP, ONET.XML, SCHEMA.XML, SharePoint databases, and their interactions

     •  Create custom property types to extend SharePoint’s functionality

     •  Integrate with other systems and SharePoint sites so that you can use their information more effectively

     •  Customize themes and interactive Help, one step at a time

     •  Customize email alerts and system notifications

     •  Extend the capabilities of document libraries

     •  Control document display and behavior based on extensions

 

About the Author

 

Jason Nadrowski is managing partner of Information Hub (www.informationhub.com). Jason’s focus at the firm is both architecting and managing enterprise technology solutions. Jason has helped a number of Fortune 50 companies architect some of the largest SharePoint implementations. Jason holds the Microsoft certifications MCSD, MCAD, MCDBA, and MCSE. He also holds the PMI’s PMP^® (Project Management Professional) certification and a number of other accreditations. He graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Stacy Draper is an independent consultant based in South Florida. Being involved with web development since 1993 has led his life in a very interesting direction. He started out in UNIX and since 1997 has had a strong concentration in Microsoft technologies. Stacy has spoken at conferences large and small and has worked at some well-known and some not well-known companies. In his consulting practice, Wild Wires, LLC, Stacy has always had a practical view and hopes to paint a vivid picture of that view in the pages of this book.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (March 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321336615
• ISBN-13: 978-0321336613
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,590,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SharePoint 2003 For Advance Users, April 16, 2006

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James L. Chen "mitnerd" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts: Site Definitions, Custom Templates, and Global Customizations (Paperback)

I agree with the previous reviewer that the title of the book might be missleading but content, ease of use for this books is what the rating should be based off of and it is excellent!

I think the title "Advanced Concepts" could be clarified with for "Advance Users/Administrators", etc... as it probably the only book you need to quickly learn how to customize SharePoint. If it's used by Advance Users/Administrators... then it can be implied that it's Advanced Concepts. Any case, i'm not a editor.

The book takes you through the most relevant and practical examples of the information you need and not baby you with hundreds of pages of basic stuff that most people that's familiar with MS technology already knows.

You can read this book from cover to cover in about 3 hours and you'll feel empowered and knolwedge enough to get advance customization done with sharepoint. I highly recommend this book for experienced administers/MS programmers to get a concise view to the topics of Site customization and doesn't want to read extra fluff like in other books.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book that focuses on customization, March 20, 2006

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S. Mulabegovic (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts: Site Definitions, Custom Templates, and Global Customizations (Paperback)

I've been looking for a book that would allow me to customize SharePoint sites beyond the out-of-package limitation for some time. I looked at a number of SharePoint books and most of them had some useful information but there were all more focused on other aspects of SharePoint. Customization is what this book is all about! If you have ever gone through the pain of creating and customizing multiple SharePoint sites, you know exactly what I am talking about and you do need this book.

Don't let the title scare you away. This book is surprisingly easy to follow; even the complex parts are broken down in clear and concise way and made understandable for average mortal. As long as you know how to create sites, change web parts layout and can handle modifying XML files, you won't have a problem keeping up. It covers pretty much every aspect on the subject - custom sites and list definitions, modifying themes, email and help, expanding functionality, integration with other products, and does it on less than 300 pages. Kudos to the author, I am tired of having to read through hundreds pages of stuffing just because the author is getting paid per page.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Serious Book on SharePoint, April 24, 2006

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Gustavo Velez - See all my reviews

This review is from: SharePoint 2003 Advanced Concepts: Site Definitions, Custom Templates, and Global Customizations (Paperback)

Even though it is not a big book in pages, it is an excellent book in content! The core of the book focuses on creating site definitions; with many excellent examples and useful tips. Other topics covered include template construction, definitions for Lists and customization of themes and alerts.

There is other information on SharePoint which address these issues, but this is the only book wherein the information is centralized and readily accessible to the reader. None compare in clarity and ease of reading, I highly recommend it.