Professional SharePoint® 2010 Branding and User Interface Design

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What’s New in SharePoint 2010

WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?

New features in SharePoint 2010

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Changes to the branding story

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Migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

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This chapter discusses the major changes to the branding story in SharePoint 2010 and pro-

vides an overview of SharePoint concepts. If you are new to SharePoint or SharePoint brand-

ing, this chapter should serve as a good fi rst step in your learning process. If you’ve used

SharePoint previously, you’ll notice several changes to many pieces of functionality you may

already be familiar with.

OVERVIEW OF NEW FEATURES IN SHAREPOINT 2010

When the earliest versions of SharePoint were released around 1999, the product was designed

to be a web-based document management tool that would provide collaboration to users

across an organization. As the product evolved, each version of SharePoint became easier to

use to create a custom user interface (UI). However, for the most part, customization of the UI

was tricky at best and often involved modifying system fi les and overriding a lot of CSS. The

end result still could easily be identifi ed as SharePoint, which limited its appeal as a platform

for sites that required a customized UI.

The release of Microsoft Offi ce SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 signaled a big change in

the SharePoint branding story. Essentially, MOSS was the combination of SharePoint Portal

Server 2003 and Mic ...