Professional SharePoint® 2010 Branding and User Interface Design

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Deploying Branding in

SharePoint

WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?

Introduction to branding deployment in SharePoint

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Customized and uncustomized fi les

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Options for deploying SharePoint branding assets

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Creating a SharePoint solution and feature

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Deployment recommendations

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Most of the chapters throughout this book have discussed the processes involved in planning

and creating your SharePoint branding. This chapter discusses the fi nal piece of the design

process: deployment. In other words, this chapter covers your options for putting your design

into production. By understanding the pros and cons of each option, you can better under-

stand what approach would be best for your specifi c project.

If you are already familiar with the concept of SharePoint branding deployment you may be

thinking to yourself, “Isn’t this a developer topic?” In some cases, it most defi nitely is a devel-

oper topic, whereas in other cases developer involvement may not be needed at all. However,

because designers often play a key role in the SharePoint branding process, it is crucial that

you be familiar with the options for branding deployment. That way, you can cooperate with

developers or server administrators if necessary to work through the details of deploying your

SharePoint branding assets. In some cases, you might even be the person responsible for deploy-

ing the branding assets, in which case knowledge of the process is critical.

There have been signifi cant improvements to the tools used to deploy custom branding to

SharePoint 2010, making the process easier than ever before. This chapter discusses the vari-

ous options and approaches available for deploying branding fi les to SharePoint 2010 and

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