Using No Code Joshua Haebets Principal Consultant nSynergy International

10 Quick Wins Branding Icons to Web Parts Expense Claim - InfoPath Expense Claim in WSS My Documents and Tasks Document Migration Tool Search internal content Federated Search Client Search Deployment Guidance

Branding

Icons to Web Parts

Expense Claim - InfoPath

Expense Claim in WSS

My Documents and Tasks

Document Migration Tool

Search internal content

Federated Search

Client Search

Deployment Guidance

Branding Use SharePoint as your Intranet site Branding is simple Add images, corporate colours, and fonts Firefox with Firebug Easy to change CSS (and test changes) Resources and Guides http://www.sharepointcustomization.com/resources/tipstricks/wss_cssguide.htm http://www.heathersolomon.com/content/sp07cssreference.htm On larger deployments be aware of performance hit

Use SharePoint as your Intranet site

Branding is simple

Add images, corporate colours, and fonts

Firefox with Firebug

Easy to change CSS (and test changes)

Resources and Guides

http://www.sharepointcustomization.com/resources/tipstricks/wss_cssguide.htm

http://www.heathersolomon.com/content/sp07cssreference.htm

On larger deployments be aware of performance hit

Icons to Web Parts Add images to web parts to help users navigate you sites Add images relevant to your organisation

Add images to web parts to help users navigate you sites

Add images relevant to your organisation

Expense Claim Submit expenses claims online Attach scans on reciepts Attach workflows to all claims Send to manager Send to finance department Customising a list form Easy to do Make sure you do not delete the existing Customise the edit form too.

Submit expenses claims online

Attach scans on reciepts

Attach workflows to all claims

Send to manager

Send to finance department

Customising a list form

Easy to do

Make sure you do not delete the existing

Customise the edit form too.

My Documents and Tasks Give users a list of recently used documents Can see documents across multiple document libraries A dashboard for users when they login each day A great way to us information spread across sites Only available for sites in the same site collection

Give users a list of recently used documents

Can see documents across multiple document libraries

A dashboard for users when they login each day

A great way to us information spread across sites

Only available for sites in the same site collection

Document Migration Tool Put the migration in the hands of document authors Migrate only what is currently being used Simple to use and maintain Does require this codeplex project http://www.codeplex.com/SPDActivities

Put the migration in the hands of document authors

Migrate only what is currently being used

Simple to use and maintain

Does require this codeplex project

http://www.codeplex.com/SPDActivities

Search – Internal Content File Shares Public Folders Lotus Notes Database Intranet Site Use scopes to search for all content for a project or client Results generally returned in under 2 seconds

File Shares

Public Folders

Lotus Notes Database

Intranet Site

Use scopes to search for all content for a project or client

Results generally returned in under 2 seconds

Federated Search Allows you to query other content sources One search results from multiple locations Great for research Triggers can be used

Allows you to query other content sources

One search results from multiple locations

Great for research

Triggers can be used

Deployment Guidance Take it one step at a time Don’t give users to much Make the interface friendly Use Search

Take it one step at a time

Don’t give users to much

Make the interface friendly

Use Search

Contact Details Email [email_address] Blog jhaebets.wordpress.com LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/jhaebets

Email

[email_address]

Blog

jhaebets.wordpress.com

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jhaebets