There are many enhancements in SharePoint 2010 that affect the overall and user interface as well as how users experience a SharePoint site. In this session, Randy Drisgill will be discussing these enhancements and how they affect branding in SharePoint 2010. Randy will not only discuss these topics but he will also discuss the various approaches to branding a SharePoint 2010 site and have a demo showing practical examples of creating a SharePoint 2010 Master Page from an existing SharePoint 2007 branded Master Page.

Intro to Branding in SharePoint 2010

• What is Branding?
• SharePoint 2010 Terminology
• SharePoint 2010 User Experience (UX)
• Overview
• Demo

Branding Enhancements in SP2010

• Master Page Enhancements
• Web Standards Enhancements
• Navigation Enhancements
• New Theming Infrastructure
• Demo
• Wiki Pages
• The Ribbon
• Status Bar / Notification Area
• Dialog Framework
• Visual Upgrade
• Other Enhancements
• Silverlight
• Client Object Model
• Content Query Web Part
• Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
• Digital Assets

SharePoint Designer 2010

• Overview
• The Ribbon
• Working with Lists, Content Types, and Site Columns
• Other Features
• Demo

Approaches to Branding in SharePoint 2010

• Out of the Box Branding
• Themes and Alternate CSS
• Custom Master Pages
  

Converting a SharePoint 2007 Master Page to SharePoint 2010

• Demo
• Taking advantage of 2010 Branding Features

Next Offering: March 3, 2010, 2pm - 3:15pm EST