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Agenda
• Part 1: SharePoint Branding
• Part 2: Implementations
• Conclusion: Best practice / Limitations
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SharePoint Branding
#aosMauritius
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SharePoint Reminder
• What is SharePoint for ?
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Why SharePoint Branding ?
• Corporate identity compliance
• Differentiate site (example: per department)
• Create unique experience for specific requirement
• Respond to a business need
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SharePoint Branding examples
https://www.renfe-sncf.com/
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SharePoint Branding examples
https://www.swiss.com
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SharePoint Branding examples
http://www.iata.org/
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What is branding ?
• Website Branding:
• The colors, fonts, logos, and supporting graphics that make up the general
look and feel of a corporate website.
• Branding for SharePoint:
• Master pages, page layouts, CSS, web parts, images, etc.
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What is SharePoint Branding ?
• Different effort level identified:
• Full Effort
• Custom Master Pages, Page Layouts, Display Templates
• Medium Effort
• Design Manger for Publishing Sites
• Custom CSS & Background Images
• Low Effort
• Page Editing & Composed Looks
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Implementations
#aosMauritius
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Branding levels
• Low Effort
• Page editing
• Composed looks
• Customized palette
• Medium Effort
• Custom CSS
• Page layouts
• Full Effort
• Custom Master Pages
• Design manager
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Branding low effort
• Editing page
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Branding low effort
• Composed looks
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Branding low effort
• Composed looks customization
• Colors (palette)
• Polices
• Background
• Master pages
• Seattle
Oriented intranet/team site
• Oslo
Oriented publishing
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Branding low effort
Seattle
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Branding low effort
Oslo
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Branding low effort
• Sharepoint Color Palette
1. Create your theme
2. Generate the theme file
(.spcolor)
3. Upload the file into the
dedicated library
4. The new palette is
available
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Branding low effort
Components
• Mostly Any !
Except the .spcolor file to upload
Requirement
• No technical knowledges
• Sharepoint Color Palette tool
For a customized palette
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Branding medium effort
• Custom CSS
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Branding medium effort
Components
• Fonts and Layout (CSS)
Requirement
• Technical knowledges
• Publishing site
• Custom CSS
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Branding medium effort
• Custom page layout
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Branding medium effort
Components
• A content type
• Custom Page Layout (aspx)
• Fonts and Layout (css)
Requirement
• Technicals knowledges
• Custom page layout
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Branding full effort
• Design manager
• Design Manager create design packages
• Includes master pages, page layouts, CSS, images, and more
• Can be easily imported into another site
1. Edit HTML files (possibility to use snippets provided by
Microsoft)
2. Upload/create the design
3. Export if needed
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Branding full effort
Components
• HTML design files
• Every dependency needed
Requirement
• Technicals knowledges
• Publishing site
• Design manager
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Branding full effort
• Custom master page
• Higher level of customization
• Can be easily customized
(via SharePoint Designer for example)
• Has to be in last usage ! (see next part)
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Conclusion: Best practice / Limitations
#aosMauritius
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Conclusion: Best practice / Limitations
• SharePoint Online limitations:
• No update if custom master page
• Limitation on scripts
• 03/31/2018: All SharePoint Online Public Website will be deleted
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Conclusion: Best practice / Limitations
• Stick to the standard !
• 4 advantages:
• Cheaper
• Quicker
• Better maintainability
• More Agile
• Stay up to date
• Roadmap
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Conclusion: Best practice / Limitations
Modern sites
• New default design
• New ways to develop/deploy
• New language: typescript
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Conclusion: Best practice / Limitations
• Modern page
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