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Customizing the SharePoint 2010 search system
May 15 - 17, 2012
11:00 am to 2:00 pm Eastern time (8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific, via teleconference)
The SharePoint search system is highly customizable even for people with no programming skills. This workshop takes you step by step through the process of defining user requirements, customizing navigation, creating and using managed metadata, customizing the search box, creating custom search pages, and customizing the search results item summary.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
At the end of the seminar, you should be able to:
- Determine search system requirements for a specific business process;
- Add and remove items from the Top Link Bar and Quick Launch sidebar;
- How SharePoint stores people and content metadata;
- How to create, import, edit, and use topic hierarchies and controlled vocabularies;
- Create and use custom metadata elements in lists, libraries, navigation, document sets, and search;
- How to create and use scopes to allow users to target their searches to specific content;
- How to add properties to the Advanced Search page;
- How to use SharePoint Designer to change the search results page format and metadata in the search summary;
- How to test the behavior and measure the effectiveness of your custom search solution.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS SEMINAR
This seminar is designed for cross-functional teams that may include IT staff, Web site administrators, content owners, knowledge
managers, corporate librarians, technical writers, e-commerce managers, editors and others who
want to learn how to enhance the SharePoint search and navigation system.
SEMINAR FORMAT
The seminar is conducted via teleconference. You can download and view the presentations and handouts on your own computer.
Day 1 (May 15, 2012)
Section 1: Analyzing search requirements
• Search engines vs. search systems
• The SharePoint search context and information ecology
• Case study: identifying and analyzing a high profile search application
Section 2: Elements of the SharePoint search system
• Types of searches and how they work
• Search system setup: content sources, managed properties, scopes
• How SharePoint stores metadata
• How to turn on stemming
Section 3: Metadata in the search system
• How to plan topic hierarchies, controlled vocabularies, and term sets
• How to import, create, and edit managed metadata
• How managed metadata is used in search results, list/library navigation and filtering, document sets, and content types
Day 2 (May 16, 2012)
Section 4: How to create custom search pages
• How to create a Search Center site
• How to create custom search and results pages
• How to associate scopes with search results pages
• How to add, remove, and configure Search Web parts
Section 5: How to customize search pages
• How to add Best Bets
• How to add a property to the Advanced Search page
• How to add a property to the People search page
• How to customize the search results page with SharePoint Designer
• How to add and remove sections from the Refinement Panel
• How to add site navigation links on the search results page
Section 6: How to integrate an external metadata repository
• Three integration strategies: pros and cons
• How to display external repository search results on a SharePoint page
• How to eliminate manual Best Bets entry and display thesaurus relationships
• SharePoint-compatible third-party metadata repositories
Day 3 (May 17, 2012)
Section 7: Special topics
• How to customize and use the Content Query Web part (zero term search)
• How to create and use the Audiences feature
• How to integrate SharePoint search with desktop tools
• Multi-lingual support features
Section 8: Improving the search system
• SharePoint usage reports
• How to create a Web survey
• Usability testing for search
• Team studies
• Collaboration profiling
INSTRUCTOR
DATE & TIME
May 15 - 17, 2012. 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Eastern (8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific via teleconference).
COST
The workshop fee is $1,200 per person for members of the Society of Knowledge Base Publishers, $1,450 per person for nonmembers. The fee includes slides and electronic handouts relevant to the session topic.
Book discount
Participants are eligible for a 10% discount on the hard copy edition of our book (see below) and a 50% discount on enterprise license for the electronic edition.
HOW TO REGISTER
To register, call (423) 968-5584 to request a pro forma invoice
or provide credit card details (we accept Visa, MasterCard, American
Express, Diners Club, and Discover). Regardless of method, we must receive payment prior to the event.
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January 30, 2012
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