C H A P T E R  1

Intro to SharePoint 2010 Branding

What's In This Chapter?

• Why Brand SharePoint?
• Key Topics and Guiding Principles
• What to Expect and Things to Know
• Basic HTML
• Cascading Style Sheets
• SharePoint Master Pages

Whether you are starting your first SharePoint branding project or you have done it all before, this book helps guide you down the right path towards success. There are many things to consider and prepare for before you jump in. One is that SharePoint is a pre-built system composed of sites, lists, libraries, and web parts. It is critical to understand the basics of how SharePoint works before you begin the design. In this introductory chapter you learn about the benefits to branding a SharePoint site, some key things to expect, and some basic HTML, CSS, and master page definitions. This chapter is designed to serve as a refresher to these topics. The other chapters guide you through the design process and dive deep into preparing, designing, building, testing, and supporting the design. If you are new to SharePoint branding, you might find all this information intimidating at first. However, after you have gone through the branding process a couple of times, you will enjoy contributing to a great experience for your users.