Professional SharePoint 2007 Design (Wrox Professional Guides)

From the planning details to the steps to the considerations, understand how to design the perfect SharePoint implementation by applying the information in Professional SharePoint 2007 Design. Begin with an overview of a installation and move through the technical aspects of creating usable, accessible, aesthetically pleasing SharePoint interfaces, with a primary focus on using SharePoint?s basic design tools to create a better looking and more effective installation. Understand how to use PhotoShop to design the graphics and template model for your site and learn how to integrate SharePoint themes.

User review
Four authors, not evenly written
The two opening chapters set the tone for the book and unfortunately it was not good. The first chapter was filler and did not add any value. The second chapter had some good discussion on topology and taxonomy, but it barely scratched the surface of design. The rest of the book has some in-depth chapters on Sharepoint design features, but it is apparent that four authors wrote this book and the editing process did not smooth out the transitions. I believe you can get most of this information off of MSDN and Technet.

User review
Excellent book for part-time designers working in SharePoint
This book was great for me because I work as my companys only SharePoint designer, but I'm really a developer. The book style is conversational so if you are hoping to jump around alot in the book you may have a hard time. I chose instead to read straight through and following all of the examples it took me about three days. This book does a good job of walking through prototyping a site in PhotoShop especially for people who don't use it that often.

The book focuses on Internet facing sites and though it does refer to the differences in Intranet sites I often wanted more information than was provided.

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Years of SharePoint Design Experience Advice
This was a very helpful book.

Often it is difficult to know what a recommended approach is or even what is possible in the world of SharePoint site design and branding.

The authors provide practical advice from their in-depth experience in dealing with SharePoint. Each chapter takes you through a particular area, showing you how to navigate around the technological issues.

I did find myself wishing they had better separated the exercises from the topical discussion a bit more.

Highly recommended.


User review
Different Design Book
This is a great book for those that want to do design the right way.

User review
EXCELLENT Resource!
For those who will be rebranding a site and all that it entails - this is an invaluable resource. From master pages, layout pages, using CSS, navigation, etc., it's all here. If you are a developer who finds yourself having to perform these tasks then get this book! Nicely done.