Randy Drisgill & John Ross 
SharePoint 2013 Branding and User Interface Design 

Plan, design, and launch a brand in Share Point

If you are planning, designing, and launching your brand using Share Point, this book and author trio will walk you through everything you need to know in an understandable and approachable way. From specific technologies such as master pages, page layouts, and CSS to offering best-practices and real-world experience for creating successful branding projects through Share Point 2013, you will learn how to approach your branding project in effective new ways. This visual book provides step-by-step instructions in a simple and striking format that focuses on each of the tasks you will face in your own branding project.

* Explains the various approaches to Share Point branding and methodologies for creating an engaging UI.

* Guides you through planning for branding and using the Design Manager to start a design.

* Addresses implementing modern web techniques such as HT ML5, j Query, and mobile responsive design into Share Point.

* Explores creating Share Point branding for public facing websites as well as internal intranets, including a deep dive into how custom Share Point branding is created from scratch. Provides coverage on designing apps for Share Point.

Table of Content

Foreword xi

Introduction xiii

I The Basics 1

1 What is Share Point Branding and UI Design? 2

2 Share Point Overview 12

3 Working with the Share Point 2013 User Interface 34

II Planning a Design and Getting Started 84

4 Planning for Branding 86

5 Using the Design Manager to Start a Design in Share Point 108

6 Cascading Style Sheets and Share Point 150

III Advanced Share Point Branding 194

7 Creating Custom Master Pages and Page Layouts 196

8 Advanced Share Point Branding Tasks 234

9 Creating Content Rollups with Share Point WCM 268

10 Composed Looks and Custom Branding 300

IV Other Branding Concepts 328

11 Modern Web Design and Share Point 330

12 Designing Apps 366

Index 400

About the author

Randy Drisgill, Microsoft MVP, has more than a decade of experience with developing, designing, and implementing Internet-based software. He is
a coauthor of Professional Share Point 2010 Branding and User Interface Design.

John Ross, Microsoft MVP, has been providing Internet solutions to clients for nearly a decade. He is a coauthor of Professional Share Point 2010
Branding and User Interface Design and Real World Share Point 2010.

Paul Stubbs is a Microsoft Architect for Windows Azure focusing on solution development and Share Point.