How does your SharePoint site handle the growing number of devices that are or will be soon accessing your site? Traditional branding for SharePoint has its shortcomings with modern devices. In this session we will review available options to enhance SharePoint and create a unified experience across modern internet devices with an in-depth review of current trends and how to utilize them in your current or upcoming SharePoint project. We will finish by considering how this might be impacted by SharePoint 2013.
Session Take-aways:
As an introduction session to modern Internet devices and how they affect the presentation of a SharePoint 2010 site, each attendee should leave the session with a solid understanding of how different devices and viewports treat SharePoint including the good and the bad. Further they will have been exposed to multiple techniques and methods in which SharePoint can be modified to enhance SharePoint for modern Internet devices including tablets and smartphones with a look at the benefits and shortcomings of each method. After a review of SharePoint 2013's addition of devices channels, attendees will also learn how to leverage this new understanding of Internet devices with device channels for a truly usable, maintainable SharePoint branding initiative moving forward.
Highlights:
Learn the shortcomings of SharePoint's interface with modern Internet devices.
See modern techniques Branding experts use to solve the mobile problems.
Find out how to leverage this knowledge in SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013.
1. Beyond Branding SharePoint
SharePoint and Today’s Web
Eric Overfield
SharePoint Branding and UI Lead
PixelMill
SharePoint Saturday Friday Honolulu #SPSHNL – December 7th, 2012
2. Introduction – Eric Overfield
Founder and SharePoint Branding Lead, PixelMill
Working with SharePoint since 2004
Web Designer since 1998
Located in Davis, CA
blog.pixelmill.com/ericoverfield
@EricOverfield
linkedin.com/in/ericoverfield
3. PixelMill
Developing SharePoint solutions since 2004
SharePoint Branding and UI Specialists
Developer of Cost effective SharePoint Templates
Your SharePoint Branding Experts
4. What You Will Learn
How Accessing the Web has Changed
Difference between Devices
Possible Solutions with SharePoint
What about SharePoint 2013?
8. And Tomorrow?
Televisions?
Cameras? Who Knows?
Watches? Printers?
Game Devices? Toasters?
9. "There’s a plethora of devices
out there with widely differing
abilities – it’s never been more
confusing or challenging to
create brilliant interfaces that
work across them all.” ~ Jeffery
Zeldman
19. Available Options
Device Specific Interfaces
SharePoint 2010 - Mobile Detection
SharePoint 2013 – Device Channels
One design to rule them all, one design to bind them
Responsive Web Design Anyone?
20. The Mobile Interface
SharePoint 2010 has a mobile interface
Allows access to documents, lists, calendars, search, SMS alerts
Controlled by USERAGENT
App_Browserscompat.browser
Custom Web Parts, _layouts likely won’t work
Difficult to customize
21. Code Once, Use Everywhere
Progressive Enhancement
Responsive Web Design
22. Progressive Enhancement
#1 trend for 2012 - .net Magazine
Mobile First Strategy
Coined by Steven Champeon in 2003
Content first, then add styling
Separate Content from Presentation
23. SharePoint and Progressive Enhancement
SharePoint was not built with PE in mind
JavaScript and SharePoint
Too much presentation baked into html
i.e. Tables, Inline styles
But Mobile first is useful!
25. Responsive Web Design
#2 trend for 2012 - .net Magazine
Coined by Ethan Marcotte in May 2010
Use fluid grids and flexible media to adapt
Uses CSS3 and JavaScript
All devices load same page, use CSS3 to adapt
26. Fluid Grid – Flexible Media – CSS3 Media Queries
34. SharePoint and Responsive Design
Uses CSS3 (media queries) and maybe HTML5.
SharePoint already has a mobile view
Configure with compat.browser
Generally only one Master Page for all devices.
Wide lists and Site Settings pages are not mobile friendly
Primary issues are with RWD itself!
35. SharePoint and Responsive Design
Additional overhead
Does require CSS3
Bandwidth Concerns
Are mobile users and desktop users the same?
User site requirements
37. PE vs RWD vs Separate Mobile
One site is difficult enough to maintain
SharePoint limits our options
Responsive Web Design is worth considering
Define Project
Limit overhead
Find a CSS guru will be key
Responsive Design is not for the faint of heart
39. Device Channels Anyone?
New to SharePoint 2013
Interfaces tailored and mapped to specific device(s)
Custom Master Pages per Channel
Custom DeviceChannelPanels
40. Device Channels – The Good
Tailored interfaces!
Device Channels – The Bad
Only works with Publishing Sites
Maintain multiple Master Pages and/or sites
New devices? Maintain that list too?
It’s a mixed bag
41. The Best of Both Worlds
Responsive Design and Device Channels
Build a Responsive site for all devices
Use DeviceChannelPanels
Create a Device Channel for special cases
But when will you upgrade?
42. Summary
Build towards the future, not the past
Mobile devices will penetrate the corporate firewall
SharePoint 2010 – Responsive Design
SharePoint 2013 – Responsive Design w/ Device Channels
43. Resources
"Responsive Web Design" by Ethan Marcottes
http://bit.ly/bcKwQS
Ethan Marcottes’ 20 Favorite Responsive Designs
http://bit.ly/ngkI8D
v5, the Responsive HTML5 Master Page for SharePoint 2010 by Kyle Schaeffer
http://bit.ly/n8VQZw
SharePoint 2010 Responsive Web design Template by Luis Kerr
http://bit.ly/NKPjwX
Responsive Frameworks for SharePoint
http://responsivesharepoint.codeplex.com
Configure SharePoint Server 2010 for Mobile Device Access
http://bit.ly/cg6fYo
44. Beyond Branding SharePoint
SharePoint and Today’s Web
Thank You
Eric Overfield
@EricOverfield
blog.pixelmill.com/ericoverfield
eoverfield@pixelmill.com
Hinweis der Redaktion
Recording sessionSlides will be available from blog and twitterOverview talk of SharePoint and new devices Light on tech and howto Don’t worry tech folks, many resources at end.
Recording session and will make available on blog and twitter, so if you remember one of those then you can always review everything we discuss
mobile is invading, for the good, all organizations. if not now then in the next few years.Iphone is estimated to provide 1/3% of gdp.
What, you think your next web initiative is only going to last a few years? How long did you last intranet or public facing site last?Built towards to future, not the past, you MUST consider tablets and smart phones at the least
MrZeldman founded A List Apart, best practices and innovations in web design.sure, you can zoom in on many smart phones or tablets, but what if you can make tailored experience for each device?Modern devices share basic ability with css, js though which his a plus
Let’s look at what we have OOTB as well as with just minor modifications.Stay away from total code re-write
Build particular interfaces for specific devices SP 2010 has mobile detection, but it's not good, and difficult to brand What about 2013? We will get to thatDesign and code an interface that can scale itself to different devices
Based only on specific user agentsMobile pages do not use master pages, you can modify redirection create mobile control template based on site definition create a mobile adapter for web partLeaving a lot out because I don’t like it, too basic
Html is very clean and simpleUsing javascript to determine functionality and add on features as allowed.Yahoo, amazon, etc
A true PE site should work without JS, SP will not do that.Tables and inline styles breaks the idea of separating content and presentation.
fluid proportion-based grids (which use percentages pixels) to adapt the layout to the viewing environmentAll clients effectively load the entire page but using css, hides or replaces elements to tailor the experience to the screen.DOES NOT USE USERAGENT, browser detection, rather works of screen width.Early adopter AIDS.gov
Mississippi Department of IT
Midwest Tool Manufacture
European Alternative Energy Company
Uses css3 media queries and js, which is ok with SP.Turn mobile view off in compat.browser found in web applications directory. Look it up.Issues are on next slide.
Also a lot of overhead, but SP already has a lot of that as well.Not IE7 and IE8 friendlyRequire CSS3? There is a js ability with jQuery’s help.Does a mobile user need the same information as a desktop user?Adding information vs consuming information. Less real estate and is the navigation necessarily the same?http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/22/separate-mobile-responsive-website-presidential-smackdown/
Coding techniques to get around some overhead combine files, minimize scripts use wrapper divs that keep large images off mobile browsers
SPD (some limits), Visual Studio, Firebug, Browser issues
Device Channels work only with Publishing Sites Allow for one interface for all desktops and another for most tablets let's say.Only 10 device channels per site collection, but do you really want to maintain 10 MP’s?
In 2010 I suggest RWD as it is the most compatible with SP allows for the targeting of most devices, Needs one Master pageIn 2013 still use RWD, but you can think about DC for particular devices if the need arises One primary interface that will work with most devices have the ability to allow a target for a few particular devices easier to manage 2-3 branding efforts rather than many if you attempted to tailor your site to all devices.
Html5shiv
Thank You!Don’t forget to check out my blog where you can download this presentation or the recording.Easiest way to get to the material I referenced