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A Basic Tutorial to Get Started with SharePoint Designer
In our series of tutorials, getting started with SharePoint, we are going through quick tutorials ondealing exclusively withWindows SharePoint Services 3.0. The pinch, however, is that you are limitedto the templates and design options that are available with SharePoint.For those that wish to adventure into designing their own SharePoint site, there is SharePoint Designer,which is available as a free download at Microsoft’s main SharePoint page. SharePoint designer workswith your SharePoint site to provide virtually unlimited design options. Before we can do that, however,we have to get things set up. We are going to walk through setting up SharePoint Designer with yourhosted SharePoint site and get into designing your dream. The first thing we need to do is download SharePoint Designerfrom here. You will have to register for the free download, and if you have a LiveID or Hotmail account, you can use that for your registration.After we have the program, the next step is to install it. You will find that this part is extremely easy.Even on my Vista laptop, it was about a 3-click install using the default settings. The first time you run SharePoint Designer you will be presented with options for online Help, systemmaintenance, and the Customer Experience Improvement program. Again, I chose the defaults,leaving a checkmark in just “online Help”.Install Options Then you get to choose if you want to use WindowsUpdate for this product. I highly recommend that you keep your software up to date. To get started with a new site and to hook up to ourhosted SharePoint,we are going to go to “File” and select “new”, and then “Web Site”. On the dialog that pops up, we have a choice of General orSharePoint Templates to choose from. No doubt, you noticed the Templates section. Before you object,check it out; you will find it empty. The templates in the General section are blank basic sites. SharePoint’s dynamic content capabilitiesare not built into these sites, but can be added later. This is a good option if you want to build a sitefrom scratch.
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