SharePoint Bootcamp - SharePoint Training from SharePoint Experts.

SharePoint Branding Bootcamp (v3/2007)

Designers: "Please, make it look like anything but SharePoint!"

SharePoint's nice looking, but it's not hot.  During this class, you'll learn all about customizing the look and feel of your SharePoint sites.  Dive deep into web content management features and designer technologies like master pages, content types, and page layouts.  Find out how to apply your graphical mojo to SharePoint sites!

Course Information
Upcoming dates Online: TBA Soon!
Public: TBA Soon!
Private: Contact us to arrange for an on-site course!
Cost / Duration Online:
 $1,250 per week, $1,125 for early registration
Public: $2,800 per week, $2,520 for early registration
(includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks)
Private: $3,300 per day (no per-student fees)
Pre-payment discounts available!
Discounts The best discounts are offered exclusively to NPO/Education, former students and our training mailing list members.  Join the training mailing list today to stay informed.  If you represent a not-for-profit or educational institution, please contact us to receive discount information,  and let us know which event you'd like to purchase.

What are the prerequisites?

  • A basic understanding of HTML concepts and terminology, such as understanding the difference between a <span> and a <div>, is highly recommended. 
  • Additionally, this class is for designers, so we will assume that you have a basic understanding of other design concepts and terminology, such as CSS, "slicing" images for use in a web page, etc.

What will I take away?

  • Full color student workbook
  • The know-how to brand a large SharePoint implementation, from taxonomy to CSS tweaks.
  • Confidence in your ability to effectively manage and maintain your SharePoint branding project
  • Some SharePoint Experts/Bootcamp goodies

List of modules

  • A Tour of SharePoint 2007
  • Getting to Know SharePoint Designer
  • SharePoint Concepts: Taxonomy
  • SharePoint Concepts: Web Content Management
  • Designing for SharePoint Sites
  • Cascading Style Sheets
  • SharePoint Styles
  • Customizing the Out of the Box Navigation
  • Creating Themes
  • Working with Master Pages
  • Working with Page Layouts
  • Creating a Branded Web Site using WSS
  • Branding "My Sites" (MOSS Personal Sites)
  • Understanding and Customizing the Content Query Web Part
  • Site Templates and Site Definitions
  • Branding Application Screens
  • Accessibility and Browser Support
  • Deploying Site Customizations and Branding
    Note: This list of modules is in our standard presentation order, but each class is a unique experience, and the presentation order may change on the fly based on the overall needs of the students.  Also, due to time constraints, some material may be shortened.

    We reserve the right to add, remove and change material without notice.

Student workstation requirements

  • Laptop hardware: Minimum 1GHz processor (and, boy, do we mean MINIMUM!), minimum 1GB RAM (2 or more GB HIGHLY recommended!), minimum 20GB free space after OS installation, DVD drive or USB 2.0 port for in-class file transfer
  • SharePoint Experts will provide you with your own SharePoint site for class (requires a wifi card for public course in a classroom), or you can run your own virtual machine:
    • OS details: Windows Server 2003 SP1 or higher, with MOSS 2007 Enterprise or Standard installed
  • SharePoint Designer 2007 (required)
  • Photoshop or other graphics design program (optional)