Computer Training

SharePoint Designer 2007

Introduction

This workshop will demonstrate how to use the html editor SharePoint Designer and the file transfer program PowerTerm FTP. The purpose of the training is twofold: (1) to edit and maintain department web pages using SharePoint Designer and (2) to transfer the new webpage changes to the web server.

Using the features provided in SharePoint Designer, participants will learn (1) how to create, modify, and remove information from their department website, (2) link to other web pages or document files (PDF, Word, & Excel), using either an absolute or relative link, and (3) how to use additional tools to organize web content. Afterwards participants will transfer the updated webpage to the server using the PowerTerm FTP file transfer program.

About SharePoint Designer and FTP

SharePoint Designer is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) html editor that allows you to create and maintain web pages without knowing hypertext markup language. It is easy to use and requires only basic computer skills.

File Transfer Protocol, known as FTP is the Internet standard for transferring files from one computer to another. It is not only the name of the protocol but also the method used to transfer web pages from your computer (the client) to the campus server and vice-a-versa. Each department or organization uses an assigned web folder for their web pages.

Although there are several file transfer programs only PowerTerm FTP is supported at the University of Scranton.

Need to Know

Before transferring any files between the client and server, you need to understand that there are two transfer modes (ASCII and Binary). If PowerTerm FTP you must change the mode button manually to transfer these files in the proper format.

1. ASCII files are files comprised of alphanumeric characters (letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and other symbols). All text and html files should be transferred as ASCII files.
2. Binary files are files that consist of compiled data (zeros and ones), such as graphics (.gif, .bmp), images (.jpeg, .png), movies (.mov, .mpg) and multimedia files (flash, .swf). The table on the next page has various examples listed.