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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

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

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Custom Lists

Most people that are familiar with SharePoint have seen the default lists and libraries that are available but there is one that is often overlooked. SharePoint allows you to create a custom list that is essentially a blank canvas. To create a custom...

Published 10-31-2007 9:08 AM by Raymond Mitchell

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

What are Composite Applications?

For those of you that couldn’t make it to the SPUGs I thought I would start out with a quick post on what I mean by Composite Applications. There were two pretty good quotes I mentioned at the SPUGs: “A Composite Application consists of functionality...

Published 10-11-2007 7:43 AM by Raymond Mitchell

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

SharePoint User Groups - October Recap

Last week I presented at the Iowa and Nebraska SharePoint User Groups and today I presented at the Minnesota SharePoint User Group. Today’s turnout blew me away. We had over 160 attendants and tons of great questions!!! The topic, for those that couldn...

Published 10-10-2007 2:44 PM by Raymond Mitchell

Filed under: General, 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)

Composite Apps - Custom Pages (2 of 4)

Composite Apps - Custom Pages (1 of 4)

Composite Apps - SPD Workflow Basics

Composite Apps - SPD and Content Pages

Composite Apps - SPD and Master Pages

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

Out of the Box Composite Apps - Custom Lists

What are Composite Applications?

SharePoint User Groups - October Recap