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Composite Apps - Custom Pages (4 of 4)

Now we have a completely custom page but what we really want is a page that matches the look and feel for our site as defined by the Master Page. To accomplish this, open the page in SharePoint Designer and choose "Attach Master Page"...

Published 02-11-2008 8:00 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications, SharePoint Designer 2007

Composite Apps - Custom Pages (3 of 4)

So we have a new page , we've added a link to the Quick Launch so we can easily find it... but the page is still pretty ugly: Well, the first thing we can do is apply the SharePoint styles to the page. This will work if you want a completely custom...

Published 02-08-2008 8:00 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications, SharePoint Designer 2007

Composite Apps - Custom Pages (2 of 4)

Now that you have your custom page , you'll probably want to make it more accessible. To do that, let's add a link to the Quick Launch. Now, we talked about how to do this from the web interface before , today we're going to make the change...

Published 02-07-2008 8:00 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications, SharePoint Designer 2007

Composite Apps - Custom Pages (1 of 4)

Earlier we took a look at how to add Custom Web Part Pages to your SharePoint sites. You can also create custom pages within SharePoint Designer. To get started, open your SharePoint site in SPD and choose to create a new ASPX page: An ASPX...

Published 02-06-2008 8:00 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications, SharePoint Designer 2007

Composite Apps - SPD Workflow Basics

One of the great new features introduced by SharePoint Designer is the ability to create and customize Workflows using predefined conditions and actions. Most Workflows created by SPD reference a list or library so before we get started, we'll create...

Published 02-05-2008 8:00 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications, SharePoint Designer 2007, Workflow

Composite Apps - SPD and Content Pages

Now that we've seen how Master Pages work , let's look at a content page and see how it relates to a Master Page. We'll start by opening the default.aspx page in SharePoint Designer. When you open the page the first thing you'll notice is...

Published 02-04-2008 8:15 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications, SharePoint Designer 2007

Composite Apps - SPD and Master Pages

One of the great things about SharePoint 2007 is that it was built as an ASP.NET 2.0 web application which means that it can take advantage of the new features in ASP.NET 2.0, including Master Pages. Master Pages allow you to define the overall...

Published 02-04-2008 7:15 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications, SharePoint Designer 2007

Composite Apps - Introducing SharePoint Designer

In my last few posts I've been discussing how to build Composite Applications using the out of the box functionality included in both Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. It is amazing to me how much you can do with...

Published 01-03-2008 6:37 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Composite Applications, SharePoint Designer 2007

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Navigation for Custom Pages

Once you have built a few custom pages of your Composite Application, you'll want to give users an easy way to navigate to those pages. One quick way is to store those pages in a Document Library and use a List View Web Part to display the pages...

Published 12-10-2007 8:00 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Composite Applications, Windows SharePoint Services v3

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Customizing Navigation

Version 2 of SharePoint did not support customizing the navigation. In Version 3, you have a few options for configuring the navigation: In the site settings, you can configure the Top Link Bar: The Top Link Bar page allows you to manage the inheritance...

Published 12-10-2007 7:53 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: Composite Applications, Windows SharePoint Services v3

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Connected Web Parts

Now that we have two related lists, it would be nice to filter our list of Products by Vendor. We can easily accomplish this using out of the box List View Web Parts (LVWP). First we’ll create a new page to host our Web Parts by going to our Pages library...

Published 11-12-2007 7:15 PM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: SharePoint Products and Technologies, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Lookup Columns and Related Lists

One of the powerful features in SharePoint is that it allows you to lookup data from another list giving you the ability to create relationships between your Lists and Libraries. To show how this works, let’s create a Company list and relate it to our...

Published 11-12-2007 7:27 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: SharePoint Products and Technologies, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Custom Web Part Pages

By creating custom views using the List View Web Part, you’re able to display lots of data in lots of different ways. Up until now though, we’ve been putting those views on the homepage of our site (default.aspx). In some scenarios that is just fine but...

Published 11-05-2007 7:20 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: SharePoint Products and Technologies, IW Consulting, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications

Out of the Box Composite Apps - The List View Web Part (LVWP)

There’s another place you can customize how your list displays. From any Web Part Page you can add a List View Web Part for a list that exists on the current site. · Open the page in Edit mode · Click on a Web Part Zone’s “Add a Web Part” button · Select...

Published 11-01-2007 8:19 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: SharePoint Products and Technologies, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications

Out of the Box Composite Apps - List Views

Once you have created your custom list you’ll want to choose how to display your list items. One view is already created for you and lives on the AllItems.aspx page. To create a new view, hit the View dropdown and select Create View: On the Create View...

Published 11-01-2007 7:40 AM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: SharePoint Products and Technologies, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Composite Applications

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Composite Apps - Custom Pages (4 of 4)

Composite Apps - Custom Pages (3 of 4)

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Composite Apps - Custom Pages (1 of 4)

Composite Apps - SPD Workflow Basics

Composite Apps - SPD and Content Pages

Composite Apps - SPD and Master Pages

Composite Apps - Introducing SharePoint Designer

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Navigation for Custom Pages

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Customizing Navigation

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Connected Web Parts

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Lookup Columns and Related Lists

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Custom Web Part Pages

Out of the Box Composite Apps - The List View Web Part (LVWP)

Out of the Box Composite Apps - List Views