SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook Over 110 recipes to engineer web content and master SharePoint 2013 John Chapman BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook Copyright © 2014 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: January 2014 Production Reference: 1160114 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. ISBN 978-1-84968-658-7 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Abhishek Pandey ([email protected]) Credits Author Project Coordinator John Chapman Joel Goveya Reviewers Proofreaders Gary Arora Denise Dresner Zoltán Fiala Linda Morris Moe Kahiel Jiri Pik Indexer Mariammal Chettiyar Acquisition Editor Sam Wood Graphics Yuvraj Mannari Lead Technical Editor Priya Singh Production Coordinator Alwin Roy Technical Editors Sharvari H. Baet Cover Work Alwin Roy Mrunal Chavan Pankaj Kadam Copy Editors Janbal Dharmaraj Laxmi Subramanian About the Author John Chapman is a software developer and designer, living in the Denver area, who specializes in SharePoint and .NET. Having worked in the higher education and telecommunications industries, he is now working as a software engineer for Sitrion, formerly NewsGator. He is working on the Social Sites product. Social Sites is the premier enterprise social software for Microsoft SharePoint. John holds a B.S. and M.S. in Graphic Information Technology from Arizona State University. For more information about John Chapman, visit http://www.sharepointjohn.com. I would like to thank my wife, Simone. Her support and patience have made everything I have accomplished in my life possible. About the Reviewers Gary Arora is a diehard technologist (read: Geek) and a seasoned consultant with over 10 years' experience. With a professional focus on SharePoint and the overall Microsoft stack, he has led and/or contributed to projects across industries in the United States and Europe. Zoltán Fiala leads the Competence Center Microsoft of Adesso AG in Hamburg, Germany. He holds a PhD in web engineering from Dresden University of Technology and has worked as a SharePoint architect and project manager for several IT consultancy firms in the past. He has significant experience in the design and development of Web Content Management and portal solutions based on Microsoft technologies. For more information about Zoltán visit http://www.z-fiala.net. Moe Kahiel is a senior SharePoint Enterprise architect with over 20 years of experience in a wide range of IT technologies. He has worked in the past with enterprise organizations such as EDS now HP and other Microsoft partners. He is now an independent consultant focusing on Enterprise Content Management. He holds certifications of SharePoint (MCTS) and Microsoft (MCP), and is also a Certified Document Imaging Architect (CDIA). I would like to thank the staff at Packt Publishing for giving me this opportunity and many thanks to my family for their help, support, and patience. Jiri Pik is a finance and business intelligence consultant working with major investment banks, hedge funds, and other financial players. He has architected and delivered breakthrough trading, portfolio and risk management systems, and decision-support systems across industries. His consulting firm WIXESYS provides their clients with certified expertise, judgment, and execution at the speed of light. WIXESYS's power tools include revolutionary Excel and Outlook add-ons available at http://spearian.com. www.PacktPub.com Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more You might want to visit www.PacktPub.com for support files and downloads related to your book. 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Table of Contents Preface 1 Chapter 1: Branding SharePoint with Composed Looks 7 Introduction 7 Applying a composed look 8 Changing the site master pages 15 Changing the site logo 19 Uploading a custom color palette 23 Uploading a custom font scheme 28 Creating a custom composed look 31 Using PowerShell to apply a composed look to all sites in a site collection 34 Using PowerShell to apply master page and logo settings to all sites in a farm 36 Chapter 2: Branding SharePoint with Device Channels and Design Packages 41 Introduction 41 Creating a device channel for mobile devices 42 Applying a master page to a device channel 48 Creating and exporting a design package 53 Importing and applying a design package 57 Importing a design package to all site collections with PowerShell 60 Listing the device channel master pages 64 Chapter 3: Branding SharePoint with Custom Master Pages and Page Layouts 71 Introduction 72 Editing a master page in SharePoint Designer 73 Changing the site master pages in SharePoint Designer 77 Hiding unwanted master page controls 78 Restoring the Navigate Up button using a master page 82