This document summarizes Marcy Kellar's presentation on the 10 worst mistakes in SharePoint branding. It discusses common mistakes such as using inline styles instead of CSS, allowing designers too much freedom without considering implementation costs, applying fixed widths that limit collaboration, removing elements like the quick launch that remove functionality, not designing for real content, fixing the ribbon width, using content editor web parts instead of publishing tools, modifying default SharePoint files, and directly editing SharePoint sites in Dreamweaver. Each mistake is explained, potential impacts are outlined, and fixes or workarounds are suggested. The document provides guidance on best practices for SharePoint branding.
10 Worst Mistakes in SharePoint BrandingMarcy Kellar
Earlier this year I wrote a blog on the Top 10 Mistakes in SharePoint 2010 Branding and UI Design (http://bit.ly/ITzlJl) and had such an overwhelming response that I wanted to present it to the community. I brought in a front end developer (Tom Daly) and a Developer (Mike Mukalian) to help me convey the different perpsectives that each of our roles takes. My original list of mistakes changed a bit when we brainstormed on overall cost and commonality of branding messes. I still stand by my original listing in the blog but by adding different roles in the mix, we were able to provide a depth of experience to support these 10 costly and common mistakes in SharePoint Branding and UI Development.
Start with your email: http://eepurl.com/gNoJBL
When you redesign a site, you have to factor in critical SEO parameters to keep the flow of traffic running.
This article was originally published on https://www.ergoseo.com/redesign-site-seo.html
Empower The Power User by @KerriAbraham and @SharePointWendyWendy Neal
This session was presented at SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities on November 3, 2012. To get the full context and see the slide notes, please download the slides.
Accompanying video demos are on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxSc1uqWwEXkrus62m7vPEcX0-FAzj0Yj
Session Abstract: Kerri Abraham and Wendy Neal team up to deliver a comprehensive discussion on methods that can empower users while retaining control for IT and building valuable resources for the future. Focusing on the need for documentation at every level of SharePoint development, these two ladies combine forces to share their experiences and their goals in helping power users reach their full potential. Being blocked from SharePoint Designer throughout most of her SharePoint experience, Kerri shares her insight and bold opinions about how others may work to overcome the same restrictions in their work environment by documenting their work and building trust with IT. Wendy adds balance to Kerri’s opinions by showcasing how she has worked toward this end with the users she supports, using the same techniques Kerri outlines in the book chapter she wrote with the same name. Showcasing how OneNote can be used in combination with SharePoint content types within a library, Kerri and Wendy will outline how users can build a SharePoint ‘Rudder’ to guide ongoing learning and provide resources for future platform support.
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Learn Bootstrap 4 Step by Step for Beginners
This Bootstrap tutorial pdf and training material will teach you how to quickly prototype and build responsive websites using Bootstrap 4. You will become familiar with common components, setting up a grid, and how to customize the look and feel. Get your copy at https://bootstrapcreative.com/shop/bootstrap-quick-start/
10 Worst Mistakes in SharePoint BrandingMarcy Kellar
Earlier this year I wrote a blog on the Top 10 Mistakes in SharePoint 2010 Branding and UI Design (http://bit.ly/ITzlJl) and had such an overwhelming response that I wanted to present it to the community. I brought in a front end developer (Tom Daly) and a Developer (Mike Mukalian) to help me convey the different perpsectives that each of our roles takes. My original list of mistakes changed a bit when we brainstormed on overall cost and commonality of branding messes. I still stand by my original listing in the blog but by adding different roles in the mix, we were able to provide a depth of experience to support these 10 costly and common mistakes in SharePoint Branding and UI Development.
Start with your email: http://eepurl.com/gNoJBL
When you redesign a site, you have to factor in critical SEO parameters to keep the flow of traffic running.
This article was originally published on https://www.ergoseo.com/redesign-site-seo.html
Empower The Power User by @KerriAbraham and @SharePointWendyWendy Neal
This session was presented at SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities on November 3, 2012. To get the full context and see the slide notes, please download the slides.
Accompanying video demos are on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxSc1uqWwEXkrus62m7vPEcX0-FAzj0Yj
Session Abstract: Kerri Abraham and Wendy Neal team up to deliver a comprehensive discussion on methods that can empower users while retaining control for IT and building valuable resources for the future. Focusing on the need for documentation at every level of SharePoint development, these two ladies combine forces to share their experiences and their goals in helping power users reach their full potential. Being blocked from SharePoint Designer throughout most of her SharePoint experience, Kerri shares her insight and bold opinions about how others may work to overcome the same restrictions in their work environment by documenting their work and building trust with IT. Wendy adds balance to Kerri’s opinions by showcasing how she has worked toward this end with the users she supports, using the same techniques Kerri outlines in the book chapter she wrote with the same name. Showcasing how OneNote can be used in combination with SharePoint content types within a library, Kerri and Wendy will outline how users can build a SharePoint ‘Rudder’ to guide ongoing learning and provide resources for future platform support.
Intranets in the Cloud: What you need to know #spsmontrealKanwal Khipple
In this session we will explore, the benefits Office 365 brings to an intranet, where the issues and challenges will lie and when and how you may integrate Office 365 with your existing intranet and digital workplace today...
Learn Bootstrap 4 Step by Step for Beginners
This Bootstrap tutorial pdf and training material will teach you how to quickly prototype and build responsive websites using Bootstrap 4. You will become familiar with common components, setting up a grid, and how to customize the look and feel. Get your copy at https://bootstrapcreative.com/shop/bootstrap-quick-start/
If you are building an Intranet in Office 365, you need to decide of a proper SharePoint site architecture. Most organizations have environments with many sub-sites. Although, some people think sub-sites are evil. Is this true?
What are hub sites and how do they change the way we plan our SharePoint ecosystem? What are the pros and cons of a flat hierarchy?
In this session, we'll do an analysis of Hub-sites and how they change the rules of the game.
Note: Presented in SharePoint Saturday Vancouver.
BROEKMAN communications has a 14-year track record of developing websites with branding, marketing, business development, social media, SEO and PR front-and-center!
Our core offering now is website development using WordPress. From helping translate your vision & acting as your art director/creative director, BROEKMAN communications builds amazing high-end websites as YOUR dedicated programmer.
The purpose of this article is to show you what page speed is all about, inform you of the tools out there for monitoring your site's performance and how to speed up your website.
Understanding SharePoint site structure what's insideBenjamin Niaulin
I did this presentation at SharePoint Saturday Ozarks - Slides give some information about what's inside a Site. A lot of the information on SharePoint was given during the presentation. Contact me if you have any questions
Office 365 is now revisiting the way information circulates into an organization by offering a new and easy way to create great looking sites/pages. Communication sites are the latest addition the SharePoint family. How do they work? What are they good for? What's the difference between these sites and existing publishing sites?
In this session, we should answer those questions by going into a detailed analysis of their features and functionalities.
Creating websites and leading librarians to a new level of project engagementMarina Georgieva
The 90-min workshop presented at ER&L Annual Conference covers the main website components and some fundamental tools for static web design. The session has a practical component with hands-on activities - during that part the participants can actively build a custom WordPress website.
The session is divided as follows:
- Part I (45 min) features 20 min presentation of basic web design concepts, tools and technologies and 25 min demo of the back-end of 2 static WordPress websites (free and paid versions)
- Part II (45 min) features hands-on guided activities to design a new WordPress website from scratch
Attendees will learn web design fundamentals and some important practical skills. The session aims to spark creativity and inspiration, and the hands-on activities will teach the attendees how to design a custom static WordPress website. They will also learn tips and tricks how to get out of the framed templates and customize them according to their taste/needs by applying HTML and CSS coding.
What Will You Learn
- basic web design concepts such as navigation, information architecture, user experience; project needs assessment, graphic design and graphic layout
- fundamental tools for web design
- main web design technologies
- WordPress
How You Will Learn
- presentation
- demonstration
- hands-on activities
Link to workshop activities: http://bit.ly/WPactivities
Link to workshop hands-on flyer: http://bit.ly/WPhandson
How to Prevent Loosing Search Traffic at LaunchELM Consulting
When you relaunch or design a new webiste, there are 5 key mistakes people make that can prevent or harm search traffic. If you wat traffic from search engines to your site, you need to check out these common questions to ask your tech team.
Learn how to prevent loosing search traffic when launching your website.
Games To Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn & Have Fun!!! Photo ...Ronald G. Shapiro
Photo Album created at the Games To Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn & Have Fun!!! workshop sponsored by DocTrain in East Burlington, MA on October 29, 2008. The half-day workshop, taught by Ron Shapiro, used games to illustrate how you can optimize information design and other aspects of their solutions to capitalize on human strengths and compensate for human weaknesses. For more information on arranging a presentation for your College, University or Professional Society see the http://sites.google.com/site/gamestoexplain/ website.
If you are building an Intranet in Office 365, you need to decide of a proper SharePoint site architecture. Most organizations have environments with many sub-sites. Although, some people think sub-sites are evil. Is this true?
What are hub sites and how do they change the way we plan our SharePoint ecosystem? What are the pros and cons of a flat hierarchy?
In this session, we'll do an analysis of Hub-sites and how they change the rules of the game.
Note: Presented in SharePoint Saturday Vancouver.
BROEKMAN communications has a 14-year track record of developing websites with branding, marketing, business development, social media, SEO and PR front-and-center!
Our core offering now is website development using WordPress. From helping translate your vision & acting as your art director/creative director, BROEKMAN communications builds amazing high-end websites as YOUR dedicated programmer.
The purpose of this article is to show you what page speed is all about, inform you of the tools out there for monitoring your site's performance and how to speed up your website.
Understanding SharePoint site structure what's insideBenjamin Niaulin
I did this presentation at SharePoint Saturday Ozarks - Slides give some information about what's inside a Site. A lot of the information on SharePoint was given during the presentation. Contact me if you have any questions
Office 365 is now revisiting the way information circulates into an organization by offering a new and easy way to create great looking sites/pages. Communication sites are the latest addition the SharePoint family. How do they work? What are they good for? What's the difference between these sites and existing publishing sites?
In this session, we should answer those questions by going into a detailed analysis of their features and functionalities.
Creating websites and leading librarians to a new level of project engagementMarina Georgieva
The 90-min workshop presented at ER&L Annual Conference covers the main website components and some fundamental tools for static web design. The session has a practical component with hands-on activities - during that part the participants can actively build a custom WordPress website.
The session is divided as follows:
- Part I (45 min) features 20 min presentation of basic web design concepts, tools and technologies and 25 min demo of the back-end of 2 static WordPress websites (free and paid versions)
- Part II (45 min) features hands-on guided activities to design a new WordPress website from scratch
Attendees will learn web design fundamentals and some important practical skills. The session aims to spark creativity and inspiration, and the hands-on activities will teach the attendees how to design a custom static WordPress website. They will also learn tips and tricks how to get out of the framed templates and customize them according to their taste/needs by applying HTML and CSS coding.
What Will You Learn
- basic web design concepts such as navigation, information architecture, user experience; project needs assessment, graphic design and graphic layout
- fundamental tools for web design
- main web design technologies
- WordPress
How You Will Learn
- presentation
- demonstration
- hands-on activities
Link to workshop activities: http://bit.ly/WPactivities
Link to workshop hands-on flyer: http://bit.ly/WPhandson
How to Prevent Loosing Search Traffic at LaunchELM Consulting
When you relaunch or design a new webiste, there are 5 key mistakes people make that can prevent or harm search traffic. If you wat traffic from search engines to your site, you need to check out these common questions to ask your tech team.
Learn how to prevent loosing search traffic when launching your website.
Games To Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn & Have Fun!!! Photo ...Ronald G. Shapiro
Photo Album created at the Games To Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn & Have Fun!!! workshop sponsored by DocTrain in East Burlington, MA on October 29, 2008. The half-day workshop, taught by Ron Shapiro, used games to illustrate how you can optimize information design and other aspects of their solutions to capitalize on human strengths and compensate for human weaknesses. For more information on arranging a presentation for your College, University or Professional Society see the http://sites.google.com/site/gamestoexplain/ website.
NLP is important for scientific, economic, and cultural reasons. It is experiencing rapid growth as its theories and methods are deployed in a variety of new language technologies. It is important for a wide range of people to have a working knowledge of NLP. Within industry, this includes people in HCI, business information analysis, and website development.
SharePointFest Konferenz 2016 - Creating a Great User Experience in SharePointMarc D Anderson
Building solutions in SharePoint isn’t simply about getting the functionality right based on the business requirements. Developers must think about the entire user experience (UX), which goes far beyond the technical aspects of the solution. It’s no longer good enough to meet the specifications. We must exceed them in terms of usability. This takes many developers out of their comfort zones and into the messy world of end users.In this interactive session, we’ll discuss questions like:* How should the user feel when they use this piece of functionality?* Will they perceive that this functionality saves them work or creates new work?* How will the functionality compare to what they see on the consumer Web?* How can we use technologies which haven’t historically been considered mainstream SharePoint developer tools (like jQuery and CSS) to make SharePoint feel more like the sites people love?We’ll look at good and bad examples from SharePoint itself as well as specific customizations.
This is the article I wrote in 2004 and submitted in 2005 to the code project. This article was also featured in the "eMagenic" which is a newsletter that Magenic publishes monthly to all it\'s partners.
SharePoint 2013 Web Content Management for Developers TSPUGEd Musters
As presented to the Toronto SharePoint User Group on March 20, 2013. With powerful new content search capabilities, metadata driven navigation, and new features such as design manager and cross site publishing, this presents a paradigm shift for developers with a focus on WCM publishing sites (intranet, internet). These new features and capabilities will be presented at an introductory level during this talk. The session will then focus on your typical Visual Studio “Publishing Solution” in SharePoint 2010. How do you get this running on a SharePoint 2013 Farm “as is” (migration)? What is involved if I want to convert my existing visual studio solution to SP 2013 developer tools and then fully over to the SP 2013 publishing paradigm? We’re already in development of a SharePoint 2010 site - can we deploy SharePoint 2013 now or should we wait? This session will provide insight into how you should develop today, and be ready for the new world that awaits in SharePoint 2013!
SharePoint 2013 Web Content Management for Developers HSPUGEd Musters
As presented to the Hamilton SharePoint User Group on March 21, 2013. With powerful new content search capabilities, metadata driven navigation, and new features such as design manager and cross site publishing, this presents a paradigm shift for developers with a focus on WCM publishing sites (intranet, internet). These new features and capabilities will be presented at an introductory level during this talk. The session will then focus on your typical Visual Studio “Publishing Solution” in SharePoint 2010. How do you get this running on a SharePoint 2013 Farm “as is” (migration)? What is involved if I want to convert my existing visual studio solution to SP 2013 developer tools and then fully over to the SP 2013 publishing paradigm? We’re already in development of a SharePoint 2010 site - can we deploy SharePoint 2013 now or should we wait? This session will provide insight into how you should develop today, and be ready for the new world that awaits in SharePoint 2013!
Whether or not you are using Visual Studio to deploy your branding solutions, this session is for you. We’ll start with the basics discussing the pieces compromising your branding assets, and the tools that are needed for the job. Next we’ll dive into the concept and techniques that could be utilized in order to apply your branding, such as: Applying Themes, MasterPage, Tricks with Additional Page Head, Alternative Style Sheets, and Feature Receivers.
What's new in SharePoint 2013 and is it worth migrating to. This webinar was recorded and available on http://en.share-gate.com/blog for you to view.
Whether you want to learn more about SharePoint's new interface, search, WCV, this presentation helps you discover them quickly.
In this session you will learn about how to change SharePoint site style and design?. We will review the topic related to branding as it relates to SharePoint as well as dive into the use of themes, master pages, page layouts and CSS to create a more good look and feel for SharePoint. We will also discuss the entire branding process from the creation of the design to the deployment.
Make SharePoint Look Not Like SharePoint - SPSNashville - Cathy DewCathy Dew
This presentation begins down the path of how to customize SharePoint 2013 On Premises environments going through the Design, Development and Deployment stages.
Module 3: Advanced SharePoint 2013 Site Administration
Topics include: What is Design Manager in SharePoint 2013 and why would you use it, how to create a Custom Theme in SharePoint 2013. Other Topics -
• Introduction to SharePoint 2013 Design Manager
• Creating and Modifying Master Pages in SharePoint 2013
• Adding a Custom Master Page - Convert HTML Master page to SharePoint Master Page using Design Manager.
• Creating Custom Layout Pages in SharePoint 2013
• SharePoint 2013 Composed Look - Creating Custom Themes in SharePoint 2013
• Understand Site feature activation, Master Page gallery and Web Part gallery
• Managing SharePoint Pages - Adding\Removing and Importing\Exporting WebParts, Creating Custom Error pages (404 FileNotFound pages) and WebPart Pages.
Are you about to start work on a new Web project? Have you planned the project accurately and completely? Thorough planning can avoid so many issues later in the project, but yet it is often ignored or done hastily. In this white paper you'll get a detailed look at the planning process that CommonPlaces employs. With documents such as site maps, site wireframes, content type descriptions, and technology assessments, you can give your project a much higher chance of success.
Designyourownblog.com On-Site SEO AuidtJames Allen
This is an on-site SEO audit produced for Design Your Own Blog. It covers many SEO-related technical issues, including some URL / architectural problems with the site.
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You want the most out of your investment in SharePoint – a highly adopted, effective and easy-to-use solution. Achieving these objectives requires more than technical skills and knowledge of the inner-workings of SharePoint features – it requires an understanding of user problems and goals as well as a process that keeps the user at the center of the lifecycle. If you are like many organizations implementing SharePoint, you are using “surrogates” to represent user requirements, collecting inadequate user information and not engaging users later in the design and development process. If this sounds familiar, you may be headed toward a costly redesign.
This session defines both User Centered Design (UCD) and User Experience (UX) concepts and provides tangible methods that incorporate users into your process without compromising business goals.
SharePoint User Experience: What Can it do for AdoptionMarcy Kellar
This session outlines the fundamental elements of SharePoint User Experience and how these elements impact the expectations of your users and overall user adoption See examples of both good and bad user experience design in SharePoint and the impact to user adoption. This session covers basics of usability, interaction design, and the psychology of users.
SPSColumbus - A SharePoint Designer’s Lessons LearnedMarcy Kellar
My session from SharePoint Saturday Columbus 2011 - focuses on what works and what doesn’t when redesigning a SharePoint User Interface in both SharePoint 2007 and 2010. You are invited to listen to real life stories of SharePoint Branding and User Interface redesigns--. You will walk away from this session with some key tips on how to see the red flags that could mean your SharePoint branding project is in trouble and how to manage them.
This session is intended for Project Managers, Business Decisions Makers, Architects, Designers and anyone who’s head will roll when things go wrong.
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New to Twitter? Don't get it? This presentation was presented to a group of IT consultants that didn't use twitter. It provides a quick overview of the logistics of using twitter.
SharePoint User Experience Design Project Plan v1.0Marcy Kellar
This is the first draft of the User Experience timeline of a WCM/ECM SharePoint Project. I found myself drawing this on cocktail napkins at Sharepints and thought I'd pdf it for discussion.
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Branding alone cannot support the user experience in SharePoint. The successful redesign of an existing SharePoint site is dependent on multiple factors that are often overlooked.
This session is designed for Architects, Designers, and IT Pros and includes the following:
-Common Causes of Branding Problems in SharePoint
-Demonstration of "crappy content" and impact on branding
Overview of the elements of User Experience (UX)
-Methods to improve user experience and overall look and feel without touching a master page
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
Welcome to ViralQR, your best QR code generator available on the market!
At ViralQR, we design static and dynamic QR codes. Our mission is to make business operations easier and customer engagement more powerful through the use of QR technology. Be it a small-scale business or a huge enterprise, our easy-to-use platform provides multiple choices that can be tailored according to your company's branding and marketing strategies.
Our Vision
We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
Our Achievements
Ever since its inception, we have successfully served many clients by offering QR codes in their marketing, service delivery, and collection of feedback across various industries. Our platform has been recognized for its ease of use and amazing features, which helped a business to make QR codes.
Our Services
At ViralQR, here is a comprehensive suite of services that caters to your very needs:
Static QR Codes: Create free static QR codes. These QR codes are able to store significant information such as URLs, vCards, plain text, emails and SMS, Wi-Fi credentials, and Bitcoin addresses.
Dynamic QR codes: These also have all the advanced features but are subscription-based. They can directly link to PDF files, images, micro-landing pages, social accounts, review forms, business pages, and applications. In addition, they can be branded with CTAs, frames, patterns, colors, and logos to enhance your branding.
Pricing and Packages
Additionally, there is a 14-day free offer to ViralQR, which is an exceptional opportunity for new users to take a feel of this platform. One can easily subscribe from there and experience the full dynamic of using QR codes. The subscription plans are not only meant for business; they are priced very flexibly so that literally every business could afford to benefit from our service.
Why choose us?
ViralQR will provide services for marketing, advertising, catering, retail, and the like. The QR codes can be posted on fliers, packaging, merchandise, and banners, as well as to substitute for cash and cards in a restaurant or coffee shop. With QR codes integrated into your business, improve customer engagement and streamline operations.
Comprehensive Analytics
Subscribers of ViralQR receive detailed analytics and tracking tools in light of having a view of the core values of QR code performance. Our analytics dashboard shows aggregate views and unique views, as well as detailed information about each impression, including time, device, browser, and estimated location by city and country.
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Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
2. About Me: Marcy Kellar
• Principal, SharePoint Soapbox
– Co-author of Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010 (Wrox, October 2010)
– Professor, Art Institute, Intro to User Centered Design” and “Usability Testing.”
• Specialties include
– User Experience Design (UX)
– SharePoint Strategy and Solution Design
– SharePoint Branding and UI customization
– Information Architecture
– Web content management
– Usability testing
Twitter: @marcykellar
Blog: http://thesharepointmuse.com
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/marcykellar
3. 10. Using Inline Styles
What is it?
– Inline styles are styles applied directly to HTML content
Why is this a mistake?
– Styles aren’t centrally managed
– Pages can become inconsistent
– Hard to maintain/troubleshoot
4. 10. Using Inline Styles
What is the impact or cost?
– Maintenance Cost
– Inconsistent Look and Feel
– My Patience
Are there any exceptions?
– During Development
– Designer/Developer workflow
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made the
mistake?
– Remove styles from HTML and add to CSS style sheet
– Add process steps to designer developer workflow
5. 9. Don’t Let The Designer Get
Carried Away
What is it?
– Designers define and document a vision without
considering implementation costs and/or feasibility in
SharePoint
Why is this a mistake?
– Just because you can design it, doesn’t mean it will work in
SharePoint
– Potential compromise of functionality
6. 9. Don’t Let The Designer Get
Carried Away
What is the impact or cost?
– Dissatisfied business customers
– Inaccurate budget / timeline
Are there any exceptions?
– No. But SharePoint experts should be involved in part of the
design process and/or should be used to provide guidance
during design
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made the
mistake?
– Regroup meeting to set expectations
– Work with designers /design firm that understands
SharePoint
8. 8. Applying Fixed Width to
Collaboration Sites and System Pages
What is it?
– Designers define and document a vision without considering
implementation costs and/or feasibility in SharePoint
Why is this a mistake?
⁻ Limits space for collaboration
⁻ Users have to scroll
⁻ Content spillage
12. 8. Applying Fixed Width to
Collaboration Sites and System Pages
What is the impact or cost?
– User Experience
– Usability
Are there any exceptions?
– No.
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made the
mistake?
– Use % rather than set pixel value (Width:95%;display table
;margin:0 auto;)
– Make system pages inherit default branding or branded
without fixed width
– Make inner scroll
15. 7. Using Too Many Master Pages
What is it?
Using Master Pages to manage variations and using too many.
Why is this a mistake?
– More assets to manage
– More development work
– Costly and /or complex Migration
16. 7. Using Too Many Master Pages
What is the impact or cost?
– Migration and / or redesign cost and time
– Consistency across sites
– Hard to maintain/manage changes
Are there any exceptions?
– “Too Many” is relative to scenario
– 1 master page per distinct design and template
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made the mistake?
– Enforce governance/ remove permissions
– Consolidate master pages. Manage variations with page layouts,
alternate CSS or custom controls
– Most of the reasons you think you need a new master page, you can
use page layout or alternate CSS
17. Example Scenario
Master Pages 1 Master Page per distinct Site
Template = 6 Master Pages
Publishing Meeting Workspace
Collaboration Minimal (Search)
My Site Personal My Site Host
(My Content) (Newsfeed, Profile)
18. Base Branding
Example Scenario
sharepoint
style.css
Master Pages
Publishing Meeting Workspace
Pub.css mws.css
Collaboration Minimal (Search)
collab.css minimal.css
My Site Personal My Site Host
(My Content) (Newsfeed, Profile)
mysitepersonal.c
mysitehost.css
ss
19. 6. Removing QuickLaunch
ContentPlaceholder
What is it?
Removing the Quick Launch Control because you don’t want left navigation
on the home page.
Why is this a mistake?
– Lose the ability to use left navigation when removed from
master page (“Throwing the baby out with the
bathwater”)
– May have a need to use left nav deeper in site
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22. 6. Removing QuickLaunch
ContentPlaceholder
What is the impact or cost?
– Rework; Extended Development Time
– Loss of Functionality
Are there any exceptions?
No
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made
the mistake?
– Add it back to the master page
23. 5. Not Designing Around Real
Content
What is it?
– A design that hasn’t considered real content;
– Using non-representative filler/fake content
– Using “Lorem Ipsum”
Why is this a mistake?
– Impacts layout, growth / stretching/ empty areas
– Real content helps define patterns
24. 5. Not Designing Around Real
Content
What is the impact or cost?
– Rework based on real content to support actual content once
migrated or created.
Are there any exceptions?
Yes. Sites where design dictates content or that have copywriters
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made the mistake?
– Set expectations that rework will occur after content is introduced.
– Go back to design phase. Make changes accordingly after real
content is reviewed. Use representative content in Photoshop design
– Try to anticipate areas where there could be issues by doing bounds
testing.
– Staging environment
25. 4. Fixing the Width of the Ribbon
What is it?
– Fixing the width of the ribbon to match the fixed width of the
content area
– Constraining the ribbon (a huge UX investment) to a width smaller
than 100%
27. 4. Fixing the Width of the Ribbon
Why is this a mistake?
– Not consistent throughout Office Products
– Not consistent through organization
– Administrative tools change size, icon, location
28. 4. Fixing the Width of the Ribbon
What is the impact or cost?
– Training -- especially 3rd party
Are there any exceptions?
– If design is very important to your organization
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made
the mistake?
– Update your implementation to expand Ribbon to full
width.
– Or create your own training materials to reflect the look of
the custom ribbon
29. 3. Using Content Editor Web Parts
for Web Content
What is it?
– Using a Content Editor Web Part instead of using the right
tools for web content
Why is this a mistake?
– No versioning of content
– Not best method for managing web content
30. 3. Using Content Editor Web Parts for
Web Content
What is the impact or cost?
– No versioning
– Publishing model / Approval
– Search
Are there any exceptions?
– Foundation Server only
– You Tube Videos
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made the mistake?
– Plan to move most frequently changed content into RTE (PageContent Control) in
page layouts
– If default SharePoint page layouts don’t work, create custom page layouts with field
controls. This is the right way to do it.
– If you have a lot of web content, consider a standard or enterprise license.
– In SP2010, use txt files to manage content;
31. 2. Using Dreamweaver Directly with
SharePoint
What is it?
– Opening up SharePoint site using Dreamweaver and editing
pages /content
Why is this a mistake?
– Destroys SharePoint functionality
– Basically turns pages into static content only editable in an HTML
editor
32. 2. Using Dreamweaver Directly with
SharePoint
What is the impact or cost?
– Rework costs
Are there any exceptions?
– No
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made
the mistake?
– There isn’t one. Sorry.
– Start over
33. 1. Modifying Default Files
What Is It?
Making changes to default files on
the SharePoint Server (14 hive)
A Violation of the #1 Rule of
SharePoint Branding Club
34. 1. Modifying Default Files
Why is this a mistake?
– These files are the originals. You just don’t mess with the
originals.
– Changes may impact the entire farm.
– Multiple WFE with load balancing mean changes need to
be made in more than one place.
35. 1. Modifying Default Files
What is the impact or cost?
– Difficult to troubleshoot
– Cumulative Updates
– Migration
Are there any exceptions?
– No
What is the fix or workaround if I’ve already made the
mistake?
– Replace anything that has been modified with a clean copy of
the original file (s)
– Move your customizations out of the file and package into a
feature