Building Web Applications with Office SharePoint Designer 2007

The smart way to build no-code Web applications with SharePoint Designer 2007 - one step at a time!

Teach yourself how to create rich, dynamic Web applications with Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. Master the tools for managing user input and backend processes - without coding - and deliver the smart solutions your business needs.

• Use CSS to customize layout and optimize usability
• Build your navigation structure
• Create, access, and link data sources
• Manipulate data views with SharePoint and ASP.NET controls
• Enable dynamic rendering and interactivity
• Use Windows Workflow Foundation
• Know what´s going on behind the scenes - so you make the best choices

The Contents of "Building Web Applications with SharePoint Designer 2007" at a Glance:

• Working with Web Applications 1
• Working with SharePoint Sites in SharePoint Designer 19
• Accessing the Styles Behind SharePoint Pages 39
• Creating Layout with Cascading Style Sheets 65
• Working with Master Pages 85
• Creating Custom Navigation Controls 111
• Creating Data Sources in SharePoint 131
• Creating Data Views 159
• Using ASP.NET and SharePoint Controls in Data Views 187
• Using Parameters in a Data View 209
• Customizing List Forms and Pages 231
• Using the Windows Workflow Foundation 257

Your all-in-one learning experience includes:

• Files for building skills and practicing the book´s lessons
• Fully searchable eBook
• Windows Vista Product Guide eReference - plus other resources - on CD

Author:
John Jansen is a Lead Software Design Engineer in Test at Microsoft, working in the Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer product group. He has been with Microsoft for more than nine years, working as a Microsoft Office FrontPage support technician before moving over to a test position in 2001 in the FrontPage product group. He has been testing the SharePoint Designer implementation of XSLT and Microsoft ASP.NET controls for the last few years, and leads a team of six engineers. He also focuses his energy on security throughout the SharePoint platform, as well as blogging with the community and researching new Web application design techniques. Before coming to Microsoft, John taught online English courses at North Seattle Community College and worked with a small team of real estate agents as a database administrator and marketing specialist. When not working full time at Microsoft or writing books about SharePoint Designer, John maintains his wife´s business Web site (which was built on SharePoint Team Services and then migrated to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services). In addition, he likes to hang out with his 4-year-old daughter, Ryan, and his wife, Christa, in Seattle, Washington.

Themen:

• SharePoint Server 2007