April Dunnam
Lead SharePoint Consultant/Developer

Introductions
@AprilDunnam
April started her career as an IT Intern at Cherokee Casino. It was there she found her niche and a passion for design & development and began to focus her efforts on asp.net development, c# and SharePoint.
She went on to complete dual degrees in MIS and Marketing from Northeastern State University and got a job at a telecommunications firm where she worked her way up to
SharePoint Developer. Several years later, April was invited to join the ThriveFast team as senior consultant.
April is dedicated to continual self-improvement. She is constantly reading up on the latest technologies & career publications and routinely participating in professional conferences including Tech
Fest & SharePoint Saturdays.
Leadership: Vice President of the Tulsa SharePoint Interest
Group.
SharePointSiren.com
april.dunnam@thrivefast.com

Tulsa SharePoint User Group
Meets Last Wednesday of Every Month
Time: 12:00 – 1:00
**Lunch is provided!
For More Info including meeting location, times visit: http://www.tulsaspug.com
@Tulspug https://www.facebook.com/groups/TSPIG/

Agenda
 Theming
 Color Palette Tool
 Design Manager
 Accessing Design Manager
 Import a Site Design
 Page Layouts
 Display Templates
 Device Channels
 Design Packages
 Publish and Apply

What’s New With Theming
• No More PowerPoint Themes
• Theming Engine with GUI Interface
• HTML Based
• Supports HTML5 and CSS3 Standards

Theming Options
• Use can use an out-of-the-box theme OR
• Create your own with Composed Looks
• Site Settings  Composed Looks

Composed Looks
• New to SharePoint 2013
• Components:
• Image URL – Image for Theme Gallery
• Font Scheme URL - Defines font styles for your theme
• Theme URL – Building Block – Defines all colors
• Master Page URL – Use out-of-the-box or custom master

So How Do I Create A Composed Look?
• Super Easy thanks to the Color Palette Tool
• Free! Brought to you by Microsoft
• Download Here: http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=38182
• GUI Interface to Create SPColor File (Theme URL)
• Live Preview of Changes
• Save SPColor File and Upload to Theme Gallery
• Site Settings  Theme Gallery

Demo

Design Manager
• New to SharePoint 2013
• Theming is great but can only get you so far
• Use Design Manager if you want to make SharePoint look less like SharePoint
• Custom Master Page
• Page Layouts
• Custom CSS
• Javascript

Design Manager
• Create complete custom branding through the UI
• Bye Bye SharePoint Designer!
• Design View is no more
• Opens Doors to Designers
• Web Designer Creates HTML/CSS
• You import into SharePoint and Convert to SharePoint
Elements

Design Manager Caveats
• Publishing Infrastructure is Required!
• Must treat Branding Assets as Local Files
• Use WebDAV
• Open in Explorer or Map to Network Drive
• Must have Full Control or Designer Permissions

Demo

Design Manager Step 1
• First Step is to Import your HTML Master Page File
• HTML Master Page should be the Skin Only
• Should Include:
• Suite Bar / Welcome Styling
• Top Navigation Styling
• Left Navigation Styling
• Footer Styling
• Page Layouts will be imported later

HTML Master Page Gotchya’s
• HTML Prototype MUST be XML Compliant!!
• Use online XML Validator to validate
• http://validator.w3.org/

HTML Master Page Gotchya’s
XML Compliancy error

HTML Master Page
• Some Assembly is Required!
• Add SharePoint Functionality with
Snippet Manager
• Top Navigation Control
• Quick Launch Control
• Footer Control
• Search Control

HTML Master Page Formatting Tips
• Plan your Prototype with Design Manager in Mind
• Have containers for each SharePoint Element
• Navigation
• Search
• Site Logo
• Site Title
• Put comments and have container names match
SharePoint element names

HTML Master Page Formatting Tips
• Make sure to include the following snippets in your Master
Page. Without these you will not be able to add Apps:
<!--ME:</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>-->
<!--CE: End PlaceHolderMain Snippet-->
<!--SPM:<SharePoint:AjaxDelta id="DeltaPlaceHolderLeftNavBar"
BlockElement="true" runat="server">-->
<!--SPM:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderLeftNavBar" runat="server">-->
<!--SPM:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
<!--SPM:</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>-->
<!--SPM:<SharePoint:AjaxDelta id="DeltaPlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server">-->
<!--SPM:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server">-->
<!--SPM:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
<!--SPM:</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>-->

HTML Master Page Formatting Tips Cont’d
• And Last But Not Least……
• DO NOT Touch the .Master!!
• SharePoint creates .master file when HTML file is converted
• Make any changes to your HTML file NOT your .Master file
• Changes made to HTML files are synced to the .Master

Troubleshooting Style Issues

Demo

Page Layouts
• Controls Layout of Main Content
• Many out-of-the-box Layouts
• Assembly Required: Uses Snippets and Snippet Manager
• Associated with a Master Page
• Don’t touch the .aspx file!
• Make any changes to your html file
• Make sure you have containers for web part zones in your page layout

Demo

Display Templates
• The center of displaying SharePoint 2013 Search
• Replaces XSLT
• Control Templates
• Item Templates
• Don’t touch the javascript!

Device Channels
• Interfaces tailored and mapped to specific device(s)
• Based on User Agent
• 10 Device Channels per Site Collection

Screen shot of creating a device channel and maping to a master page

Screen shot of creating a device channel and maping to a master page

Design Packages
• Design Manager will Package your Custom Branding
• Re-Deployable to another Web App or even another Farm
• Creates a WSP
• To Import your Design Package:
• Site Settings  Design Manager  Import a Design
Package

Demo

Publish and Apply Design
• Design Manager will Import and Apply your Design Files
• Must Publish and Approve Design Files after added
• Use Design Manager or Master Page Gallery to do this

SharePoint Design Manager

@AprilDunnam
SharePointSiren.com
april.dunnam@thrivefast.com