Considering you are a complete novice to web development, where do you start and how do you go about learning to brand SharePoint sites. I will give you an account of how I went about branding SharePoint. When I started, I was a total fresher to web development and ASP.NET. Note that the post below assumes you already have a template or the HTML, CSS and image files created by a web developer. The post below only describes how to go about integrating the template into SharePoint to get the desired look and feel. This post does not cover concepts related to creating templates using Dreamweaver and Photoshop.
Firstly you need to know the basics of HTML and CSS. For this you may use http://www.w3schools.com/ to get a jump start. I advise you to use the “TRY IT OUT’s” in the tutorials and experiment. Once you have a grasp of HTML and CSS concepts to an extent. You could try creating a master page in Microsoft Visual Studio. You may download the free express versions from here. You may skip the above step and start designing in SharePoint 2010 designer if you want, but creating a master page in SharePoint will be much easier once you are familiar with concepts related to master pages and layouts in ASP.NET.
Download the SharePoint designer 2010 (Its free of charge) and install it onto your target machine. You may download the 32 bit version (recommended for most users) of SharePoint designer from here or the 64 bit version of SharePoint designer from here. Start off by going through Randy Drisgill’s articles on SharePoint 2010 branding. Note that these articles are based on SharePoint 2007 site but they give you an understanding of the basic concepts involved branding SharePoint.
Thats it, get started branding your site. All the best :D.
Firstly you need to know the basics of HTML and CSS. For this you may use http://www.w3schools.com/ to get a jump start. I advise you to use the “TRY IT OUT’s” in the tutorials and experiment. Once you have a grasp of HTML and CSS concepts to an extent. You could try creating a master page in Microsoft Visual Studio. You may download the free express versions from here. You may skip the above step and start designing in SharePoint 2010 designer if you want, but creating a master page in SharePoint will be much easier once you are familiar with concepts related to master pages and layouts in ASP.NET.
Download the SharePoint designer 2010 (Its free of charge) and install it onto your target machine. You may download the 32 bit version (recommended for most users) of SharePoint designer from here or the 64 bit version of SharePoint designer from here. Start off by going through Randy Drisgill’s articles on SharePoint 2010 branding. Note that these articles are based on SharePoint 2007 site but they give you an understanding of the basic concepts involved branding SharePoint.
Thats it, get started branding your site. All the best :D.
