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Chapter 1: Why Design?
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This example may be the most unlike any SharePoint design you have seen. But it was, in fact, designed
in SharePoint. If you don’t believe it, view the source of the rendered page and you will see the following:
<meta name = "GENERATOR" content = "Microsoft SharePoint" />
As with many things, it may be hard to define what good design is, even though you probably know it
when you see it. And these examples show what good design can look like. In addition, the examples
establish that designers are not and, more important, should not be confined to the templates that come
with a standard MOSS 2007 installation.
Note, however, that these examples are provided to contrast the look and feel of the default templates
available in MOSS 2007. Do they necessarily satisfy things such as usability and accessibility? Maybe or
maybe not, but that is not the point. The point is that with some thought and planning, and maybe access
to the right tools (and the right book), you can take the ordinary and make it extraordinary.
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