Chapter 17

Realizing You Are a SharePoint Administrator

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Getting familiar with the settings for your site

Bullet Accessing the Site Settings page

Bullet Getting a handle on the Look and Feel section

Bullet Changing the site logo and the look of your site

It used to be that website administration was done by the same web developer geeks that created the site. This made life simple for the information worker. If something was wrong with the site, call IT! If something needed to be changed, call IT! If a new site needed to be created and developed, call IT!

SharePoint has shifted the paradigm of website administration. No longer do you need to involve IT in your website administration. This relieves the pressure on IT and also empowers you to take control of your own site. Didn’t Uncle Ben in Spider-Man say, “with great power comes great responsibility”? Well, the same is true with SharePoint. If you are a site administrator, you have great power at your fingertips. Just be prepared; the website users will now come to you instead of IT. No need to fear, though; SharePoint makes website administration ...

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