Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Plain & Simple

Chapter 3. Getting Started with SharePoint Sites

In this section:

• Understanding Sites

• Creating a SharePoint Site Based on a Template

• Locating Items on a Team Site

• Working with Workspaces

• Changing a Site’s Look and Feel

• Viewing Site Content

• Saving a Site Template

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is a Web-based platform that is used for collaboration among team members working on various projects. Because SharePoint is a Web-based program, a supported browser is really the only piece of software that is needed to access and utilize the many features that SharePoint provides.

A SharePoint site is a Web site that is used for organizing various aspects of your project. For example, you can have a SharePoint site that is used for the composition of proposals. This ...