Course 50354 Scope:
This class is designed for business or IT Professionals that need to modify the OOTB (out of the box) SharePoint experience using the free tool SharePoint Designer 2010. Developers need to focus on classes based on not-so-free Visual Studio product.
Module 1 - Overview
http://www.codeplex.com/
http://www.topsharepoint.com/
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/
Module 2 - Changes
Download SharePoint 2010 32 bit version (free)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d88a1505-849b-4587-b854-a7054ee28d66
Download SharePoint 2010 64 bit version (free)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=566D3F55-77A5-4298-BB9C-F55F096B125D
Module 3 - Designer Interface
Master Page and Content Placeholders
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/introduction-to-sharepoint-master-pages-HA102019628.aspx
Module 4 - Data Views
REST http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/cc950529
ATOM http://www.atomenabled.org/
SOAP http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms995800.aspx
XML http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb190600
RSS http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/secrssinfo.mspx
Linked Data Sources
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/add-a-linked-data-source-HA010355748.aspx
Module 5 - External Content Types
BDC Editors
http://www.lightningtools.com/bdc-meta-man/default.aspx
CRUD - Create Read Update Delete
Module 6 - Workflows
Workflow Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263148(office.14)
Understanding Workflows
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/understand-approval-workflows-in-sharepoint-2010-HA101857172.aspx#_Toc264526218
Daily Weekly Monthly Workflow
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-NZ/sharepoint2010programming/thread/705f5920-bd8e-412d-a32a-52ddd346ba49
Workflow Conditions Reference
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/workflow-conditions-in-sharepoint-designer-2010-a-quick-reference-guide-HA010376962.aspx
Workflow Actions Reference
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/workflow-actions-in-sharepoint-designer-2010-a-quick-reference-guide-HA010376961.aspx
If a workflow is paused it will wait dehydrated until the condition is met and will then continue. You can find more info here. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd535789(v=office.12).aspx
and here http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsworkflowfoundation/thread/115a00d9-f192-4459-9f1e-609379890d64 and more here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/advancedworkflow/archive/2006/05/19/602116.aspx
Workflow Versioning
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/yardman/archive/2010/04/14/versioning-a-visual-studio-sharepoint-workflow.aspx
Workflow Variables
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/use-variables-in-workflows-HA010240415.aspx
More from Office.com
Understand approval workflows in SharePoint 2010
Workflow conditions in SharePoint Designer 2010: A quick reference guide
Workflow actions in SharePoint Designer 2010: A quick reference guide
Introduction to designing and customizing workflows
Use the task process editor for approval workflows
Appendix
Check for Empty Dates
http://cliffchaney.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/empty-or-null-dates-in-sharepoint-2010/
Get Rid of Revert to Template
http://www.entrancesoftware.com/2013/04/23/sharepoint-consultant-tip-removing-revert-to-template/
Help
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help
Books
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharepointbooks.html
Browser Support
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526.aspx#Compatibility
SharePoint 2010: Beginning with SharePoint Designer
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/6187.aspx
Development vs. Production
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4896694/sharepoint-desinger-2010-transfer-reusable-workflow-from-stage-to-prod
Drop-off library issues
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/60341/creating-items-in-drop-off-library-via-spd-workflow
Copy workflows
http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2012/04/22/solved-moving-sharepoint-2010-designer-workflows-between-sites.aspx
http://blog.karstein-consulting.com/2011/02/10/walkthrough-how-to-move-or-copy-a-sharepoint-designer-2010-list-workflow-to-another-list-on-the-same-site-or-another-site/
http://www.sharepointbasic.com/2012/04/how-to-copy-sharepoint-list-workflow.html
PowerShell and Workflows (posh)
http://www.harepoint.com/Products/HarePointWorkflowExtensions/Example-PowerShell.aspx
What Lists have workflows (posh)
http://everythingsharepoint2010.blogspot.com/2013/04/get-all-lists-with-workflow.html
Extras
CSS Tutorials
Great help here from w3schools and check out the samples in the garden.
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
http://www.csszengarden.com/
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/
Visio
The ability to design in Visio and then import in to SP Designer is great. Have a look at the links below they will help to get you started.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visio/archive/2009/11/23/sharepoint-workflow-authoring-in-visio-premium-2010-part-1.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visio/archive/2010/01/19/sharepoint-workflow-authoring-in-visio-premium-2010-part-2.aspx
The following article provides a great walkthrough for you to follow in creating/importing a workflow in to SharePoint 2010 - http://www.visguy.com/2009/08/10/visio-2010-sharepoint-workflows/
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/transfer-workflows-between-sharepoint-designer-and-visio-HA101890958.aspx
InfoPath Form vs. Custom Web Part
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/yardman/archive/2010/04/08/infopath-form-vs-custom-web-part.aspx
Add Color to your Issue Tracking
http://blog.splibrarian.com/2012/06/06/using-calculated-columns-to-add-color-coding-to-your-sharepoint-lists/
http://blog.pathtosharepoint.com/2008/12/09/color-coding-more-examples/
