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64 Chapter 2 Working with SharePoint Sites
13. Type SiteTest over Subsite, and in the central pane, click SPDSBS_Sites.
14. Click OK.
The new site opens in a new SharePoint Designer window. Notice that the Title and
Description site properties of the Human Resources site were not saved.
Preview in
Browser
15. On the Site tab, click Preview in Browser in the Manage group.
The browser opens and displays the home page of the new site.
CLEAN UP Close SharePoint Designer.
Key Points
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The SharePoint site properties Title and Description communicate to users the purpose
and function of a site. They are also fundamental to making information easy
to find.
Themes can be created using PowerPoint 2010. The .thmx file is then loaded in the
Themes gallery at the top-level site of a site collection.
Themes change the colors and fonts used on a site. If you want to change other design
elements, such as font size or spacing, you need to use cascading style sheets.
Cascading style sheets used on SharePoint sites can be created to not support
themes.
A number of features can be activated at the site-collection level, whereas others
can be activated on a site-by-site basis.
You can use SharePoint Designer to create and manage SharePoint groups and
map users and SharePoint groups to permission levels for sites, lists, and libraries
You cannot change the site template used to create a SharePoint site after the site
is created. If the functionality you require is not exposed by a feature, you have to
delete and re-create the SharePoint site using a different site template.
You can delete child sites of a site collection by using SharePoint Designer; however,
you cannot delete the top-level site of a site collection. Deleted sites are not sent to
the Recycle Bin.
You can reset customized (unghosted) pages to be uncustomized pages that point
to site definition files on the Web server.
Site components such as site columns and content types can be managed using
SharePoint Designer.