Presented by D'arce Hess, AvePoint Strategic Consultant on October 3, 2015 at SharePoint Saturday DC/Reston With the endless functionality opportunities using web parts, it can be a challenge to control the content that users are putting in your pages and how that content will look. In this session, you will learn how to create custom page layouts with the use of Site Columns and Content Types to ensure a consistent look and feel to your content and the types of content allowed to be created. Help reign in the days of endless web part restrictions and give your users and easy-to-follow guide for their publishing pages.​ More from AvePoint: http://www.avepoint.com/community

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Custom User Interface creation in SP2013/O365
By: D’arce Hess

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Introduction
Content Types &
Site Columns Alternate CSS
Page Layouts Questions
Agenda

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INTRODUCTION

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WHAT DO YOU NEED?
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CONTENT TYPES & SITE COLUMNS

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THINK ABOUT AN EXCEL SHEET WITH COLUMNS
Name
Single Line
of Text
Rich Text
Field
Image Date
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Creation of a Site
Column
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Site Settings Site Columns Create
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Choose your
column type.
Consider what
kind of content
you want the
user to input.

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You now have your site columns in a
group name of your choosing
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Creation of a Content TypeHOW TO CREATE A CONTENT TYPE
Back to Site Settings
and choose “Site
Content Types”

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Choose “Create”
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Create your new Content Type
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PAGE LAYOUTS

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CREATE YOUR PAGE LAYOUT
When creating the new
page layout, choose
the Content Type and
Site Column group
associated for this
page.
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ENTER SHAREPPOINT DESIGNER

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ALTERNATE CSS

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Controls the Look & Feel of
your Layout
*If you need it to theme, be
sure to place in the
“Themable” Folder in the
Style Library
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Expand the Alternate CSS URL. Remember to use
a relative URL

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REFERENCES

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Introduction to Content Types:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ms472236(v=office.14).aspx
Blog by Benjamin Nialuin
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/sharepoint-columns-site-columns-or-content-types
Chris Bortlik’s Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/cbortlik/archive/2012/05/23/the-hidden-power-of-sharepoint-content-
types.aspx

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