What You’ll Learn

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand master pages
Attach a master page
Create a Web page from a master page
Customize a master page
Change the default master page
Manage content placeholders and content regions
Reset a master page to the site definition
Understand CSS and color-coding options
Identify styles in cascading style sheets
Create, modify, and delete styles
Use the Style Application toolbar 
Create and attach CSS files
Understand CSS inheritance in SharePoint
Use CSS reports
Understand site definitions and templates
Create a site template
Explore a site template
Test a site template solution.

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Course Outline

Lesson 1: Master Pages

This lesson explains what master pages are and how to work with them.

• Understanding Master Pages
• Attaching a Master Page
• Creating a Web Page from a Master Page
• Customizing a Master Page
• Changing the Default Master Page
• Manage content placeholders and content regions.
• Reset a master page to the site definition.
• Explore a site's default master page.
• Attach a master page.
• Create a customizable ASP.NET page from a master page.
• Change the default master page.
• Work with content placeholders on the master page and on the content page.
• Reset a customized master page to the site definition.

Lesson 2: Cascading Style Sheets

This lesson provides an overview of the Page Editor Options dialog box. It also explains how to identify styles used on sites, and how to work with styles. It explains how to work with the Style Application toolbar and with CSS files. Finally, it explores core.css and default master page.

• Understanding CSS and Color-Coding Options
• Identifying Styles in Cascading Style Sheets
• Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Styles
• Using the Style Application Toolbar
• Creating and Attaching CSS Files
• Understanding CSS Inheritance in SharePoint
• Using CSS Reports
• Explore the Page Editor Options dialog box.
• Identify styles used on a site.
• Work with styles.
• Work with the Style Application toolbar.
• Attach a CSS file to a page.
• Examine core.css and default.master
• Validate the default master page.

Lesson 3: Site Definitions and Templates

This lesson provides an overview of site definitions and templates, and how to use them, such as creating and exploring site templates and testing site template solutions.

• Understanding Site Definitions and Templates
• Creating a Site Template
• Exploring a Site Template
• Testing a Site Template Solution
• Create a site template.
• Save and explore a site template.
• Create and test a site based on a site template.

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Is This Course Right For you?

This course is intended for information workers who want to learn intermediate-level SharePoint Designer 2007 skills.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Basic computer knowledge, such as keyboard and mouse skills
• Basic file-management skills. The student should know how to navigate to folders and files on a computer running Windows Vista

Before attending this course, students should be able to:

• Use SharePoint Designer to carry out common tasks
• Explore a SharePoint site, a Web page, and the SharePoint Designer workspace
• Use toolbars and task panes
• Create a SharePoint site hierarchy
• Delete a SharePoint site
• Insert text, ScreenTips, hyperlinks, Web components, and images
• Add client-side interactivity
• Create a table layout
• Create a Basic Meeting Workspace site
• Create a Web Part page by using a browser
• Create an ASP.NET page
• Change the default page for a Web site
• Delete a Web page
• Create a list
• Modify a built-in List View page or List Form page
• Create a List View page
• Create and customize a List View Web Part
• Insert a Web Part zone
• Add a Web Part and modify Web Part properties.

In addition, students should understand the following products, services, and concepts:

• SharePoint Designer and Windows SharePoint Services
• The relationship between Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Server 2007
• Complications of upgrading customized SharePoint sites

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