Which things do you need to build a successful intranet? It is not easy to start an intranet from scratch. There are a handful of things which can be very useful when you try to start to implement a SharePoint Intranet project. I would like to show you which components can help you to make a fancy design concept (Theme, MasterPage, PageLayouts, DisplayTemplates, Navigation, …) and how to get this design into your SharePoint SiteCollections (Packaging and Deployment). Also I will show you that the search plays a big role when building up an intranet, for display-ing your content. Get to know which little pieces can make a big improvement, when trying to make a better design of your standard looking intranet.

1. SharePoint Intranet of Things
Which things do you need to build a successful intranet?
Melanie Culver

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3. SharePoint Intranet of Things
Which things do you need to build a successful intranet?
Melanie Culver

4. Melanie Culver
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Consultant & Solution Architect
ORBIS Austria
Contact
melanie.culver@orbis.at
http://www.xing.com/profile/Melanie_Culver
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/melanie-culver/19/745/2b6
Twitter: @CulverMelanie
www.orbis.at

5. Design Possibilities
Theming
Search
Design Components
Navigation
Deployment
SharePoint Online
Agenda
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6. Design Possibilities
Theming
Search
Design Components
Navigation
Deployment
SharePoint Online
Agenda
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7. Design Possibilities
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Complexity
Standard Theme Design
Manager
Custom
Design

8. Required Knowledge
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 CSS
 ASP.NET
 XML
 SharePoint
 PowerShell
 Developer Toolbar in Browser
 How to use Google

9. Demo
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Design Possibilities

10. Design Possibilities
Theming
Search
Design Components
Navigation
Deployment
SharePoint Online
Agenda
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11. Theming
 Easiest way for design changes
 Notepad++ or
SharePoint Color Palette Tool
 Colour Codes
 corev15.css
 Browser Developer Tools
=> Composed Look

12. Demo
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Theming

13. Design Possibilities
Theming
Search
Design Components
Navigation
Deployment
SharePoint Online
Agenda
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14. Search
 Search Driven Application
 Content Sources
 Crawled Metadata
 Managed Metadata
 Display Templates/Search Templates
 Further fields for presentation

15. Demo
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Search

16. Design Possibilities
Theming
Search
Design Components
Navigation
Deployment
SharePoint Online
Agenda
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17. Design Components
 Display Templates
 PageLayout
 WebParts
 MasterPage
 Site Templates
 BreadCrumb
 CSS, JavaScript, Images

18. Demo
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Design Components

19. Design Possibilities
Theming
Search
Design Components
Navigation
Deployment
SharePoint Online
Agenda
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20. Navigation
 Across several SiteCollections
 Manually or Automated
 Security Trimming
 TermStore
 Problems
• Synchronisation of all properties does not work

21. Demo
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Navigation

22. Design Possibilities
Theming
Search
Design Components
Navigation
Deployment
SharePoint Online
Agenda
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23. Deployment
 For several SiteCollections
 Package & Rollout
• Sandboxed Solution
• Script
Requirements:
 Client Object Model
 TFS
 PowerShell

24. Demo
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Deployment

25. Design Possibilities
Theming
Search
Design Components
Navigation
Deployment
SharePoint Online
Agenda
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26. SharePoint Online
 Automated Creation of Elements
 Design Possibilities
 Sandboxed Solutions
 Content Type Hub
 No Server Code
 Masterpage -> not recommended
 Be aware of Updates

27. SharePoint Online
 Managed Properties restricted
 Rename of Subdomain not possible
 Sandboxed Solution & applying Theme => Timeout
 Jquery: don‘t use $() => use jQuery()

28. Summary
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 Automate as much as you can
 Package as much as you can
=> makes your life a lot easier

29. Q&A
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30. Melanie Culver
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Consultant & Solution Architect
ORBIS Austria
Contact
melanie.culver@orbis.at
http://www.xing.com/profile/Melanie_Culver
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/melanie-culver/19/745/2b6
Twitter: @CulverMelanie