However you use the term “branding” (and some of us agree it is misused when applied to SharePoint) many companies still need to do it. The problem often comes when we start a branding project we simply don’t know where to begin.
My company, Mixon Consulting, asked me to write a curriculum on branding SharePoint with my extensive experience with user interface design. Once I learned the details on how to use the SharePoint platform I was able to put together a curriculum that helps individuals through the painful process. I’m please with the result, and I look forward to teaching
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Hirsch's Branding Effort
I was recently tagged to “brand” a SharePoint installation for Hirsch Pipe & Supply Co. I knew it would be an interesting challenge, but I had no idea how bad it truly would be.
SharePoint is built on ASP.NET 2.0 which I had worked with in my previous job. I found ASP.NET very powerful and flexible. Master pages, App_Themes, CSS Friendly Adapters, and more made working on ASP.NET interfaces relatively painless. Knowing that SharePoint utilized master pages I thought it would be much easier than it was. However, it turned out to not be the case.
The Default Master Page
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- October 10, 2008
- CSS, Design, SharePoint, Tutorials, Usability, User Interface, Web Design
- asp.net, branding, javascript, jquery, master pages
- Chris Poteet
- 747 Words