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April Dunnam Lead SharePoint Consultant/Developer

April Dunnam Lead SharePoint Consultant/Developer. SharePoint 2013: Intro to Branding and Design Manager. Introductions.

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April Dunnam Lead SharePoint Consultant/Developer

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  1. April Dunnam Lead SharePoint Consultant/Developer SharePoint 2013: Intro to Branding and Design Manager

  2. Introductions April started her career as an IT Intern at Cherokee Casino. It was there she found her niche and a passion for design & development and began to focus her efforts on asp.net development, c# and SharePoint. She went on to complete dual degrees in MIS and Marketing from Northeastern State University and got a job at a telecommunications firm where she worked her way up to SharePoint Developer. Several years later, April was invited to join the ThriveFast team as senior consultant.  April is dedicated to continual self-improvement. She is constantly reading up on the latest technologies & career publications and routinely participating in professional conferences including Tech Fest & SharePoint Saturdays. Leadership: Vice President of the Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group. @AprilDunnam SharePointSiren.com april.dunnam@thrivefast.com

  3. Tulsa SharePoint User Group Meets Last Wednesday of Every Month Time: 12:00 – 1:00 **Lunch is provided! For More Info including meeting location, times visit: http://www.tulsaspug.com @Tulspug https://www.facebook.com/groups/TSPIG/

  4. Agenda • Theming • Color Palette Tool • Design Manager • Accessing Design Manager • Import a Site Design • Page Layouts • Display Templates • Device Channels • Design Packages • Publish and Apply

  5. Theming

  6. What’s New With Theming • No More PowerPoint Themes • Theming Engine with GUI Interface • HTML Based • Supports HTML5 and CSS3 Standards

  7. Theming Options • Use can use an out-of-the-box theme OR • Create your own with Composed Looks • Site Settings  Composed Looks

  8. Composed Looks • New to SharePoint 2013 • Components: • Image URL – Image for Theme Gallery • Font Scheme URL - Defines font styles for your theme • Theme URL – Building Block – Defines all colors • Master Page URL – Use out-of-the-box or custom master

  9. So How Do I Create A Composed Look? • Super Easy thanks to the Color Palette Tool • Free! Brought to you by Microsoft • Download Here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38182 • GUI Interface to Create SPColor File (Theme URL) • Live Preview of Changes • Save SPColor File and Upload to Theme Gallery • Site Settings  Theme Gallery

  10. Theming Demo

  11. Design Manager

  12. Design Manager • New to SharePoint 2013 • Theming is great but can only get you so far • Use Design Manager if you want to make SharePoint look less like SharePoint • Custom Master Page • Page Layouts • Custom CSS • Javascript

  13. Design Manager • Create complete custom branding through the UI • Bye Bye SharePoint Designer! • Design View is no more • Opens Doors to Designers • Web Designer Creates HTML/CSS • You import into SharePoint and Convert to SharePoint Elements

  14. Design Manager Caveats • Publishing Infrastructure is Required! • Must treat Branding Assets as Local Files • Use WebDAV • Open in Explorer or Map to Network Drive • Must have Full Control or Designer Permissions

  15. Site Collection Level Feature Site Level Feature

  16. Design Manager Demo

  17. Design Manager Step 1 • First Step is to Import your HTML Master Page File • HTML Master Page should be the Skin Only • Should Include: • Suite Bar / Welcome Styling • Top Navigation Styling • Left Navigation Styling • Footer Styling • Page Layouts will be imported later

  18. HTML Master Page Gotchya’s • HTML Prototype MUST be XML Compliant!! • Use online XML Validator to validate • http://validator.w3.org/

  19. HTML Master Page Gotchya’s XML Compliancy error

  20. HTML Master Page • Some Assembly is Required! • Add SharePoint Functionality with Snippet Manager • Top Navigation Control • Quick Launch Control • Footer Control • Search Control

  21. HTML Master Page Formatting Tips • Plan your Prototype with Design Manager in Mind • Have containers for each SharePoint Element • Navigation • Search • Site Logo • Site Title • Put comments and have container names match SharePoint element names

  22. HTML Master Page Formatting Tips • Make sure to include the following snippets in your Master Page. Without these you will not be able to add Apps: • <!--ME:</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>-->  •                         <!--CE: End PlaceHolderMainSnippet-->  •                         <!--SPM:<SharePoint:AjaxDeltaid="DeltaPlaceHolderLeftNavBar" BlockElement="true" runat="server">-->  •                         <!--SPM:<asp:ContentPlaceHolderid="PlaceHolderLeftNavBar" runat="server">-->  •                         <!--SPM:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->  •                         <!--SPM:</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>-->  •                         <!--SPM:<SharePoint:AjaxDelta id="DeltaPlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server">-->  •                         <!--SPM:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server">-->   •                         <!--SPM:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->  •                         <!--SPM:</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>-->

  23. HTML Master Page Formatting Tips Cont’d • And Last But Not Least…… • DO NOT Touch the .Master!! • SharePoint creates .master file when HTML file is converted • Make any changes to your HTML file NOT your .Master file • Changes made to HTML files are synced to the .Master

  24. Troubleshooting Style Issues FireBug/IE Developer Tools Are Your Friend

  25. HTML Master Page Demo

  26. Page Layouts • Controls Layout of Main Content • Many out-of-the-box Layouts • Assembly Required: Uses Snippets and Snippet Manager • Associated with a Master Page • Don’t touch the .aspx file! • Make any changes to your html file • Make sure you have containers for web part zones in your page layout

  27. Page Layout Demo

  28. Display Templates • The center of displaying SharePoint 2013 Search • Replaces XSLT • Control Templates • Item Templates • Don’t touch the javascript!

  29. Display Templates Demo

  30. Device Channels • Interfaces tailored and mapped to specific device(s) • Based on User Agent • 10 Device Channels per Site Collection

  31. Screen shot of creating a device channel and maping to a master page

  32. Screen shot of creating a device channel and maping to a master page

  33. Design Packages • Design Manager will Package your Custom Branding • Re-Deployable to another Web App or even another Farm • Creates a WSP • To Import your Design Package: • Site Settings  Design Manager  Import a Design Package

  34. Design Package Demo

  35. Publish and Apply Design • Design Manager will Import and Apply your Design Files • Must Publish and Approve Design Files after added • Use Design Manager or Master Page Gallery to do this

  36. SharePoint Design Manager Branding Made Easy… …..er

  37. SharePoint 2013 Intro to Branding & Design Manager Thank You! april.dunnam@thrivefast.com @AprilDunnam SharePointSiren.com

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