Microsoft SharePoint 2007: Web Content Management Course

In this course, participants will learn about the web content management features of Microsoft SharePoint 2007. The course starts from the perspective of an end-user so that participants will understand what the authors and consumers of your SharePoint sites will see, and then goes beneath the surface to teach attendees to customize and extend the out-of-the-box features.

By the completion of this course, attendees will understand how to implement sites that face the Internet with branded look and feel so that visitors will never know they are looking at a SharePoint site; and understand how to configure the same site to support the creators and managers of content in your organization. Participants will also learn how to implement and customize things like security and navigation, how to deploy content to production environments, and how to target different audiences and different countries and languages.

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

> Create a publishing site and pages
> Configure the publishing infrastructure
> Leverage master pages and style sheets using the publishing features
> Create publishing site definitions
> Separate content and layout with content types and page layouts
> Incorporate SharePoint Designer branding assets into Visual Studio solutions
> Understand and manage site hierarchies
> Customize menus and navigation
> Manage users and permissions
> Use and configure versioning and approval processes and workflows
> Deploy content
> Target different audiences
> Manage variations and localize content
> Aggregate information
> Collect usage data

Introduction to MOSS Publishing
Creating a Publishing Site
Creating Pages
Versioning and Approval

Branding
The Publishing Infrastructure
Working with Styles and Themes
Using Master Pages
Editor and Table Styles

Creating a Publishing Site Definition
SharePoint Site Definition Basics
Web Publishing Site Definition
Branding in a Web Publishing Site Definition
Adding Assets into Visual Studio Solutions

Page Layouts and Content Types
Content Types in Web Content Management
Creating and Deploying Page Layouts
Creating and Deploying Pages Based on Page Layouts and Content Types

Site Structure
Understanding Site Hierarchy
Site Maps
Vanity URLs and Host Headers
Microsoft Hosting Recommendations

Enabling Content Management
Users and Roles
Understanding Versioning
Review, Approval, and Publishing
Content Deployment
Audience Targeting
Variations

Content Discovery - Navigation and Search
Configuring Out-of-the-Box Navigation
Creating Custom Navigation Elements and Providers
Configuring and Customizing Search

Aggregating Information
Using and Branding Content Query Web Parts
Aggregating Data Across Site Collections
Usage Analysis Reporting