Chapter 6. Publishing information to the web

 

This chapter covers

  • Hosted internet-facing sites
  • Blogs
  • Lists such as discussion boards and surveys
  • Permissions
  • Embedded video (Option for SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server)

In the last chapter I introduced you to a standard site that can be used to manage documents and associated information. In this chapter you’re going to do something a bit more fun; the scenario that you’re going to implement is for publishing a site to the World Wide Web with details for an upcoming wedding. Almost all of the scenarios in this book are slight modifications to real sites I’ve created and this one is no exception, because it was my own wedding website! To get started I’ll walk you through the scenario you’ve been given and show how you’ll attain the solution utilizing SharePoint.

6.1. Determining what information to make available for your guests

Let’s discuss the three core parts of our scenario: situation, business priorities, and solution. The first part, situation, provides a detailed explanation of the request that you’ve received. The next part, business priorities, extracts a list of requirements based on priority to accomplish your goals. The third section gives you an overview of the solution that we’ll spend the rest of the chapter walking through and building.

6.1.1. Situation

6.2. Setting up a SharePoint site for the internet

6.3. Configuring your site

6.4. Blogs: creating a subsite to blog

6.5. Permissions: managing access to your site

6.6. Taking it further with SharePoint Server

6.7. Summary