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Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

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850 Part IX: Maintaining a Server in Windows SharePoint Services<br />

even end users themselves can rapidly extend <strong>and</strong> customize their SharePoint sites<br />

in hours—rather than days or weeks.<br />

The combination of design <strong>and</strong> coding tools in FrontPage 2003 provides more<br />

control <strong>and</strong> greater flexibility over the layout of text, tables, navigation elements,<br />

graphics, Flash content, <strong>and</strong> other design elements on a Web page. Plus, you can<br />

apply fully customized themes <strong>and</strong> templates to design the SharePoint site you want.<br />

SharePoint <strong>Products</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Technologies</strong> Fundamentals<br />

Web Parts<br />

Lists<br />

Libraries<br />

There are some fundamental SharePoint <strong>Products</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Technologies</strong> concepts that<br />

serve as the building blocks for customizing websites.<br />

Web Parts are a major asset of SharePoint <strong>Products</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Technologies</strong>. Web Parts are<br />

modular units of information that can be inserted into pages. Third parties or corporate<br />

developers can develop Web Parts for SharePoint Lists, <strong>and</strong> document libraries<br />

can be inserted into pages as Web Parts from within FrontPage 2003, or even from<br />

the browser. Web Parts used in the website—such as Announcements, Contacts, <strong>and</strong><br />

Shared Documents—can be accessed from the Web Parts task pane, as can Web<br />

Parts located on the server <strong>and</strong> online in the Online Gallery of Web Parts.<br />

Because <strong>Microsoft</strong> SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is built on <strong>Microsoft</strong> Windows<br />

SharePoint Services, you can add both predesigned <strong>and</strong> custom lists to sites created<br />

with SharePoint <strong>Products</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Technologies</strong>. For example, you can create a picture<br />

library to share a collection of digital pictures or create an issue tracking list to maintain<br />

a history on a specific issue. You can also use calendar views for any SharePoint<br />

list that has a date <strong>and</strong> time column. In addition, you can add attachments to list<br />

items, including HTML pages, documents, <strong>and</strong> images.<br />

SharePoint lists are collections of information you can share with visitors to<br />

your website. Lists can contain a variety of data types, including text, numbers,<br />

hyperlinks, pictures, <strong>and</strong> more. Default lists on Windows SharePoint Services sites<br />

include Contacts, Events, Links, <strong>and</strong> Announcements. You can easily create new lists<br />

from various ready-made list templates or even custom lists by using the FrontPage 2003<br />

List Wizard. Lists you create are made available to others on your site <strong>and</strong> also in the<br />

Web Parts task pane. The primary reason for putting information in Windows Share-<br />

Point Services lists is that the lists are updatable by authorized users from their<br />

browsers, making it easy for content owners to keep information on the site current.<br />

SharePoint libraries are central repositories for files, including Word documents,<br />

Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, pictures, forms, <strong>and</strong> more. You can<br />

think of libraries as file shares that are exposed within Web pages. Users can upload

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