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Dennis BottjerSolutions Architect
April DunnamLead SharePoint Consultant/Developer
Building Public Web SitesWith SharePoint Online
Introductions
April started her career as an IT Intern at Cherokee Casino. It was there she found her niche and a passion for design & development and began to focus her efforts on asp.net development, c# and SharePoint.
She went on to complete dual degrees in MIS and Marketing from Northeastern State University and got a job at a telecommunications firm where she worked her way up to SharePoint Developer. Several years later, April was invited to join the ThriveFast team as senior consultant.
April is dedicated to continual self-improvement. She is constantly reading up on the latest technologies & career publications and routinely participating in professional conferences including Tech Fest & SharePoint Saturdays.
Leadership: Vice President of the Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group.
@AprilDunnam
SharePointSiren.com
Introductions
Dennis started his career, years ago, as a help desk professional for an architecture firm and experienced, first hand, the struggle of small business & technology. Through that experience and his education in MIS at OU, he gained a keen skill as a developer & a passion for designing business applications.
Over the course of 10 years, Dennis moved on to work for several corporations and Fortune 500's like Bank of America, leading teams to develop SharePoint & custom software solutions on a much larger scale.
Today, Dennis spends the bulk of his time consulting with ThriveFast's diverse clients. Occasionally, he'll take the night off to attend or speak at a conference or event like 'SharePoint Saturdays' or to read a good book.
Leadership: Advisor of the Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group.
@dbottjer DennisBottjer.com [email protected]
Tulsa SharePoint User Group
Meets Last Wednesday of Every Month
Time: 12:00 – 1:00
**Lunch is provided!
For More Info including meeting location, times visit:
http://www.tulsaspug.com @Tulspug
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TSPIG/
Agenda
Why SharePoint Online
Branding, Content Management, SEO
Value
When to Custom Develop
Recommendations for integrating custom code
Why SharePoint Online?
Design Manager (Improved Branding)
• Favorite Tool – Dreamweaver, Visual Studio, Note
Pad
• Web Standards – HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
• SP Snippets
• Alternative Pages (Device Channels)
Branding
• Publishing Workflow
• Draft Pages
• Lists, Pages Gallery
• Master Pages, Page Layouts
• Re-Useable Content
• Image Resizing
Content Management
• Meta Tags, Keywords, etc.
• Friendly URLs
• Lighter Pages
SEO
• FREE = One Public Site Included
• SharePoint Online, 1 User per month cost
• Familiar Tools and UI
Value
• Examples:
• http://www.topsharepoint.com/
• Organizations
• Small Business
• Divisions
Who?
Design Manager
• New to SharePoint 2013
• Theming is great but can only get you so far
• Use Design Manager if you want to make
SharePoint look less like SharePoint
• Custom Master Page
• Page Layouts
• Custom CSS
• Javascript
Design Manager
• Create complete custom branding through the UI
• Bye Bye SharePoint Designer!
• Design View is no more
• Opens Doors to Designers
• Web Designer Creates HTML/CSS
• You import into SharePoint and Convert to
SharePoint Elements
Design Manager
• Publishing Infrastructure is Required!
• Must treat Branding Assets as Local Files
• Use WebDAV
• Open in Explorer or Map to Network Drive
• Must have Full Control or Designer Permissions
Design Manager Caveats
Design ManagerDemo
Content ManagementDemo
Limitations
• Options Hidden from the UI
• Content Types, Site Columns, Search
• Use SharePoint to access Content Types, Site
Columns, etc.
Features & UI
• Sub Sites Unsupported
• Sandbox Solutions limited support
• No OOTB Multi-Lingual Support
• No REST API for Anonymous Users
• No Caching
Limitations (Cont.)
Suggestions
• Consider SPServices (ASMX still available)
• JSLink for content queries
• Search and Display Templates
Backend Integration
• Minimize CSS and JavaScript
• Use CDN
• Reduce Requests
Performance
Responsive Design
By 2014, Mobile Internet will take
over Desktop Internet Usage.
Device Types & Break Points
Break points are the different screen sizes for your devices
Important Related Buzzwords
ProgressiveEnhancement
GracefulDegradation
Adaptive Web Design
Responsive Web Design Desktop FirstMobile First
• Cross Browser Support
• Greater ROI
Responsive Design
TwitterBootstrap
ZurbFoundation
LessFramework
Skeleton
Common frameworks
And so many more
Thank You!
Building Public Facing Web Sites
SharePoint 2013
@AprilDunnam
SharePointSiren.com