How To: Create Custom Pages with Custom Content Type

Hi again :)

Those are a simple steps to create your Custom Content Type, then create Pages based on that Content Type.

Create Content Type

Steps:

Site Actions > Site Settings > Modify All Site Settings

� Under 'Galleries' > 'Site content types'.

� In 'Site Content Type Gallery' page; Click 'Create'.

� Enter 'NewsContentType' in the 'Name' field.

� Select 'Page Layout Content Type' for the 'Parent Content Type'.

� In the 'Put this site content type into' section; select 'New group' -that's for better organization- and enter a name 'MY Content Types' for that group.

 

Create Columns for your Content Type

Steps:

� In 'Site Content Type: NewsContentType' page; under 'Columns' section; click 'Add from new site column'.

� For each of the following fields enter 'Column name', select the 'The type of information in this column', and specify the group of that column.

� The fields are: Title 'Single line of text', Date 'Date and Time', Source 'Single line of text', Brief 'Multiple lines of text', Description 'Multiple lines of text', and Image 'Image with formatting and constraints for publishing'.

 

Create Page Layout

Steps:

Open your site by SharePoint Designer

� File > New > 'SharePoint Content' tab > 'SharePoint Publishing' Section'

� Select 'Page Layout' from the list

� Under 'Options'; Select your Content Group, select your Content Type, Specify URL name, and Title.

� Now in your page layout, you can add fields from your existing Content Type:

        o Toolbox > SharePoint Contents > 'Your Content Type'.

� You will find your Page Layout saved under:

        o Catalogues > Master Page > 'Your Page Layout'

� Before using your Page Layout; you've to:

        o 'Save' and 'Check In' the page

        o Approve the Page Layout from 'Master Page Gallery'

 

Add Content Type to your Site

Steps:

Site Actions > Site Settings > Modify Pages Library Settings

� Under 'Content Types' > 'Add from existing site content types'

� In 'Add Content Types: Pages' page; Select 'MY Content Types' group; then select 'NewsContentType' content type from the list.

 

Create Page based on Content Type

Steps:

Site Actions > Create Page

� Enter 'Page Title and Description' information.

� Select 'Page Layout' that you just created

How to: Get Site Template Name

Hi all,

This is a simple topic, but it's very important to know how to get the SiteTemplate Name.

Steps:

• Open "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\1033\XML" directory (assuming you installed MOSS to this path).
  
• In that directory, there are a number of xml files; Open the one called "webtempsps.xml"
  
• In that file you will see an entry for a