Learn how Hed Kandi (http://beta.hedkandi.com/Pages/default.aspx) built their site on SharePoint using common Web Content Management features including identity/authentication and UI/UX skinning.

2. HedKandi
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 WCM
features
Platform
Branding
Editing experience
Content Aggregation and reuse
User generated content
Silverlight BluePrint for SharePoint

3. Ministry of Sound is the world’s largest
independent record label
Based in London, UK
Clubs throughout the world
London, Singapore, New Delhi
Over 2000 Events across the globe / year

4. Subsidiary of Ministry of Sound
House music and lifestyle brand
Definite character, lead by artwork

5. Pathfinder for SharePoint rollout within
Ministry of Sound – both internal and
external sites
Pixel perfect design requirements
“Web 2.0” features
User Generated Content
Mixed media content
8 week project
2 developers, 1 project manager
Launching on beta version of SharePoint

6. Client had prior experience with MCMS
2002
Good fit between requirements and
SharePoint feature set:
Next-generation web content management
Search
Blogs
User Generated Content
Ready for future site requirements
Forms, back-end integration
Internal document management

7. Fully featured web content management
solution
Built on Microsoft SharePoint technology
Part of a common platform for building
intranets, extranets and public facing
websites

8. Built on Windows Server, SQL Server, IIS
Built on ASP.NET
Master pages and page layouts
Web Parts
Implements Membership and Roles provider
model
Uses Windows Workflow Foundation
Seamlessly integrates with other SharePoint
features

9. Structured and semi-structured content
Flexibility
Enforcement
No limits for designers’ creativity

11. WYSIWYG editing experience
Controlled publishing
Version control
Approval workflows, scheduled deployments
Management tools
Reports

13. RSS feeds
Content roll up controls
Automatic generation of navigation

14. WebPart
WSS List
+ XSLT
WCM content

15. ASP.net User Control
consuming XML data
returned from WSS Content
Query

17. Data stored in
SharePoint Lists
ASP.net Membership
Provider

19. Search
Document management
Records management
LOB integration
Business Intelligence

20. Roll out SharePoint across the rest of
Ministry of Sound’s online assets
Integrate with digital asset store
Make use of modern rich user experience
techniques
Enhance both end-user experience and
authoring environment

22. Project started September 2007
Goals
Jumpstart for SharePoint developers
Focus is on how to integrate both worlds
Showcase of different techniques
Show possible usage scenarios of Silverlight in
the world of SharePoint
http://www.ssblueprints.net/sharepoint

23. Getting Started
Hello Silverlight 1.0 & 2 Web Part
SilverlightPart
Consuming SharePoint data through native Web Services
MediaViewer Web Part
Consuming WCF Service exposing SharePoint data
Social Networking
Displaying Info out of Publishing Pages
Visual How-To Center
Enriching the Navigation in Portals
Navigation Control
Custom Field Type
Slider

25. SharePoint is a fully flexible WCM platform
SharePoint builds on core ASP.NET
technologies
SharePoint can make use of new
technologies such as Silverlight
Call to action: start using the Silverlight
BluePrint for SharePoint
http://www.ssblueprints.net/sharepoint

26. Any questions?