Microsoft® FrontPage® Version 2002 Inside Out

Author Jim Buyens Pages 1264 Disk 1 Companion CD(s) Level Int/Adv Published 05/02/2001 ISBN 9780735612846 Price $44.99 To see this book's discounted price, select a reseller below.	More Information About the Book Table of Contents Sample Chapter Index Related Series Related Books About the Author Support: Book & CD Rate this book

Chapter 35: Using SharePoint Team Web Sites continued

Administering SharePoint Team Web Site Settings

On this page are the following:

• Web Site Settings. The first portion of the Site Settings page controlsthe SharePoint team Web site’s name, description, and home page layout. These are the links in this portion:
• Change Site Name And Description. Click this link to display a Change Site Name And Description page that modifies the nameand description of the SharePoint team Web site.
• Customize Home Page Layout. Click this link to display a Home Page Layout page that determines which lists should appear in the center column of the SharePoint team Web site’s home page and which should appear in the right column. (Recall that the left column of the home page contains the Quick Launch area, and that the Customization page for each list controls whether that list appears in the Quick Launch area.)

In general, only the most popular lists should appear on the home page. Team members should click Documents, Discussion Boards, or Lists to access the rest.


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Figure 35-27.  The Site Settings page controls properties that affect an entire SharePoint team Web site.


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Figure 35-28.  This is the bottom half of the Site Settings page that appears in Figure 35-27.

• Web Administration. This portion of the Site Settings page contains links that add or remove users, create subwebs, and jump to overall site administration. Here are the links:
• Manage Users. Click this link to display the Web page that adds, removes, or changes the roles of users who have access to one or more Webs on the current server.

If a SharePoint team Web site has no designated users, the Manage Users link and the Send An Invitation link described next won’t appear. Instead, a Change Permissions link appears. Use the Change Permissions link to add one or more users. The Manage Users and Send An Invitation links will then appear.

For more information about managing user access to FrontPage-based Webs, refer to "Managing Users" on page 1107.

• Send An Invitation. Click this link to run a wizard that gives team members access to the SharePoint team Web site and sends them e-mail. The e-mail describes the team Web site and invites them to participate.
• Create A Subweb. Click this link to create a subweb within the SharePoint team Web site.
• Go To Site Administration. Click this link to display the Administration page for the SharePoint team Web site.

For more information about the Administration page for FrontPage-based Webs, refer to "Administering SharePoint Team Services Web Settings" on page 1101.

• User Information. This portion of the Site Settings page provides options to modify your own SharePoint team Web site account or, if you’re an administrator, the accounts of others. This portion’s links are as follows:
• Edit My Information. Click this link to display a Personal Settings page that shows and modifies your own user account information.

A hyperlink titled Edit User Information updates your full name, the address to use for sending e-mail, and any notes you care to provide.

A hyperlink named Change Password changes your password.

A hyperlink named Manage Personal Subscriptions displays all subscriptions you currently have in effect, and provides a way to delete those you no longer want.

• View User Information. Click this link to display a list of users who have participated in or been invited to use the current SharePoint team Web site. This page contains hyperlinks to add or remove users, to invite new users, and to modify the full names, e-mail addresses, and notes pertaining to any known user.

• Modify Site Content. This portion of the Site Settings page contains links to customize each document library, discussion board, and list in the current SharePoint team Web site. These links display the same pages that displaying the list and clicking Modify Settings And Columns would display.

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Last Updated: Saturday, July 7, 2001