By Andrew Connell

This ebook is for SharePoint builders operating with Publishing sites—sites that leverage MOSS 2007 WCM functions. It doesn't conceal administrative issues in any nice element, simply the place completely invaluable. For the main half, no chapters are based upon one another, so each one bankruptcy can be utilized as a reference independently of the others. Readers needn't have any improvement adventure with SharePoint, yet they need to have a few event with and a operating wisdom of ASP.NET 2.0 improvement practices and subject matters. in fact, it truly is useful if the reader does have at the very least a operating wisdom of what SharePoint is all about.This e-book covers MOSS 2007 WCM Publishing websites. you will discover a few chapters that appear to hide normal WSS 3.0 subject matters, yet every thing is handled within the context of a Publishing website. whereas the chapters are prepared in a logical order, it isn't essential to learn the e-book from conceal to hide in a linear style. the next is a short description of every chapter:Chapter 1, “Embarking on web pages administration Projects”—This bankruptcy explains what this publication is all approximately, who the objective viewers is, and who will profit so much from the publication. It additionally information what the reader wishes when it comes to an area improvement setting which will enforce the ideas. furthermore, all the next chapters is defined very in short to supply an summary and make clear how each one bankruptcy suits in.Chapter 2, “Windows SharePoint prone 3.0 improvement Primer”—This bankruptcy covers the basics of WSS, together with definitions of phrases corresponding to farm, internet software, website assortment, website, checklist, and rfile library, and the overall structure of WSS. a few uncomplicated item version ideas are confirmed during this chapter.Chapter three, “Overview of workplace SharePoint Server 2007 and web pages Management”—This bankruptcy in brief explains all of the a variety of elements that make up MOSS. furthermore ,while the e-book is development-focused, the “ABCs” of content-centric websites is covered.Chapter four, “SharePoint good points and the answer Framework”—Both new to WSS 3.0, the SharePoint function and resolution frameworks are coated in nice element during this bankruptcy, in addition to a procedure for immediately developing WSS resolution applications on each undertaking build.Chapter five, “Minimal Publishing web site Definition”—Many clients create new WCM websites by utilizing the Publishing Portal template. regrettably, this provides rather a lot of pointless content material to the positioning. This bankruptcy choices aside the Publishing Portal template and Publishing beneficial properties and demonstrates the way to create a minimum Publishing Portal template.Chapter 6, “Site Columns, content material varieties, and Lists”—Three middle elements to each WSS 3.0 site—site columns, content material kinds, and lists—are coated during this chapter.Chapter 7, “Master Pages and web page Layouts”—This bankruptcy covers every little thing you want to learn about growing, modifying, and leveraging grasp pages and web page layouts inside Publishing sites.Chapter eight, “Navigation”—While WSS 3.0’s navigation is based at the ASP.NET 2.0 navigation supplier framework, there are a couple of SharePoint-specific themes, that are lined during this chapter.Chapter nine, “Accessibility”—If it’s no longer already, accessibility is changing into an more and more very important subject in regards to websites. This bankruptcy explains the several degrees of accessibility and discusses a few thoughts and instruments builders can leverage to create websites for clients with disabilities.Chapter 10, “Field varieties and box Controls”—Although it’s a WSS 3.0 proposal, box kinds and box controls are lined during this bankruptcy within the context of a Publishing web site. This comprises developing customized box kinds with customized values forms and controls, in addition to customized box controls that leverage latest box types.Chapter eleven, “Web Parts”—This bankruptcy covers growing customized internet components and a few complex issues with regards to customized net half improvement, resembling Editor elements, customizing the Verbs menu, and leveraging asynchronous programming innovations. This bankruptcy additionally covers the 3 Publishing-specific net elements and a few complicated customization and styling innovations of the content material question internet Part.Chapter 12, “Leveraging Workflow”—The home windows Workflow origin, a part of the .NET Framework 3.0, is absolutely leveraged by way of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007. This bankruptcy explains find out how to create customized workflows utilizing visible Studio and leveraging InfoPath Web-rendered forms.Chapter thirteen, “Search”—Every content-centric website wishes a powerful seek providing. This bankruptcy explains the various parts of MOSS seek, in addition to many customization possibilities reminiscent of enhancing the quest results.Chapter 14, “Authoring adventure Extensibility”—While the authoring event in Publishing websites is kind of powerful, from time to time builders have to expand this delivering for particular content material proprietor specifications. This bankruptcy covers this, together with customizing the web page enhancing Toolbar and the wealthy textual content Editor HTML box control.Chapter 15, “Authentication and Authorization”—This bankruptcy covers every thing you want to find out about the ASP.NET 2.0 authentication supplier version SharePoint totally leverages.Chapter sixteen, “Implementing websites with a number of Languages and Devices”—This bankruptcy covers the subject of protecting websites that have to supply their content material in a number of languages, in addition to constructing customized net components which are multilingual aware.Chapter 17, “Content Deployment”—A universal request for higher content-centric websites is to have an inner authoring atmosphere for content material after which push the replaced content material out to a vacation spot website, both in an organization’s DMZ or at a co-location facility. This bankruptcy describes the content material deployment power in MOSS designed to address such company requirements.Chapter 18, “Offline Authoring with record Converters”—While MOSS 2007 Publishing websites supply a really strong Web-based content material authoring event, SharePoint offers the way to writer content material offline utilizing instruments equivalent to Microsoft be aware or InfoPath. This bankruptcy explains what you must find out about configuring the rfile converter infrastructure and growing customized rfile converters.Chapter 19, “Performance counsel, tips, and Traps”—Internet-facing content-centric websites outfitted at the SharePoint platform must be designed and constructed with functionality in brain. This bankruptcy offers quite a few guidance and assistance that builders can leverage to create the main performant sites.Chapter 20, “Incorporating ASP.NET 2.0 Applications”—SharePoint (both WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007) isn't really an end-to-end resolution yet an program platform. whereas it offers an important quantity of performance out of the field, builders can leverage this platform in development customized purposes. This bankruptcy discusses a few thoughts that may be used for such tasks.One method publication takes isn't to reside at the extra universal minutia of constructing initiatives in visible Studio, or the massive subject matters of middle home windows SharePoint providers (WSS) 3.0 improvement or SharePoint management. those themes warrant their very own books, and all through this e-book you will discover suggested assets for those themes. This publication does disguise a few matters that experience their roots in WSS, yet they're offered in the context of a Publishing site.Finally, this booklet methods each subject of implementation from the point of view of SharePoint customization and SharePoint improvement. whereas one implementation could appear to be higher than the opposite, it takes no place on both, because the objective is to easily train readers concerning the merits and drawbacks of every. those options are outlined in bankruptcy 2, “Windows SharePoint companies 3.0 improvement Primer.”This e-book is additionally to be had as a part of the 4-book SharePoint 2007 Wrox field (ISBN: 0470431946) with those four books:Professional SharePoint 2007 improvement (ISBN: 0470117567)Real global SharePoint 2007 (ISBN: 0470168358) specialist Microsoft SharePoint 2007 layout (ISBN: 047028580X) specialist SharePoint 2007 websites administration improvement (ISBN: 0470224754)