8. Creating application sites with SharePoint Designer

This chapter covers Managing and creating lists with SharePoint Designer Applying conditional formatting with SharePoint Designer Configuring an out-of-the-box list workflow Working with survey and status lists

In the last chapter we discussed functionality that you can use to create business intelligence sites. This chapter begins our section on composite sites and shows how you can build powerful applications using SharePoint Designer. The scenario that you’re going to implement, following a step-by-step process, is automating the review process for tracking employees and their certification status. To begin, we’ll discuss the scenario you’ve been given and how you’ll create the solution utilizing SharePoint. Throughout this chapter I’ll be referencing SharePoint Designer by its commonly used acronym, SPD.