Chapter 2. Branding SharePoint with Device Channels and Design Packages

In this chapter, we will cover packaging out-of-the-box branding elements and targeting the branding for specific devices. We will cover the following recipes:

  • Creating a device channel for mobile devices
  • Applying a master page to a device channel
  • Creating and exporting a design package
  • Importing and applying a design package
  • Importing a design package to all site collections with PowerShell
  • Listing the device channel master pages

Introduction

With the 2013 release of SharePoint, Microsoft has added two new capabilities that assist with full-scale branding of SharePoint sites: device channels and design packages. A device channel uses the user agent of the web browser sending the ...

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