1.5. Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the origins and birth of SharePoint Designer. You also learned about how to use SharePoint Designer to create basic Web pages and manage settings for Web sites. You learned how SharePoint Designer creates and manages hidden metadata for Web sites and whether to use raw Webs. You were also exposed to the remote-authoring abilities of SharePoint Designer as well as SharePoint and non-SharePoint authoring and site management features.