7. Adding, Editing, Connecting, and Managing Web Parts on the Page
by Penelope Coventry Errin O’Connor Troy Lanphier, Johnathan Lightfoot, Thomas Resi
Microsoft® SharePoint® Foundation 2010 Inside Out
- Microsoft® SharePoint® Foundation 2010 Inside Out
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- Introduction
- 1. Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
- Presenting SharePoint Foundation 2010
- Sites
- Communities
- Content
- Search
- Insights
- Composites
- What’s New?
- The Ribbon
- Alerts Enhancements
- Business Connectivity Services
- Client Object Model
- Custom Field Rendering Enhancements
- Events Enhancements
- Health Analyzer
- List Enhancements
- Enforcing Unique Column Constraints
- Mobile Device Development Enhancements
- Mobile Messaging
- Performance Monitoring and Request Throttling
- The Ribbon
- Sandboxed Solutions
- Security Enhancements
- Automatic Password Change and Managed Accounts
- Effective Permission API
- Secure Store Service
- Service Application Framework
- Silverlight Integration and Cross-Domain Data Access
- UI Enhancements
- Unified Logging Systems
- Windows PowerShell for SharePoint
- Workflow Enhancements
- Summary
- 2. Administration for Business Users
- 3. End-User Features and Experience
- 4. Creating Sites and Workspaces by Using the Browser
- 5. Designing Lists and Libraries
- Creating Lists
- Modifying Lists and Libraries
- Updating Permissions and Management
- Deleting a List or Library
- Saving a List or Library as a Template
- Changing Permissions for a List or Library
- Manage Files That Have No Checked-In Version
- Workflow Settings
- Information Management Policy Settings
- RSS Settings on Lists or Libraries
- Subscribe to an RSS Feed in a List or Library
- Adding Columns to Lists or Libraries
- Calculating Column Values
- Changing and Deleting List Columns
- Reordering List Columns
- Working with Site Columns in a List or Library
- Creating and Modifying List and Library Views
- Working with List Content
- Creating Discussions
- Creating Surveys
- Summary
- 6. Creating and Formatting Webpages
- Creating and Modifying Content Pages by Using a Browser
- Using SharePoint Designer to Create and Modify Webpages
- Creating Application Pages for SharePoint Sites
- Summary
- 7. Adding, Editing, Connecting, and Managing Web Parts on the Page
- 8. Managing Site Content
- An Introduction to Information Architecture
- Governance
- Choosing a Content Manager
- Managing Content for Internet Sites
- Summary
- 9. Working with External Content
- 10. Using and Creating Workflows
- SharePoint Workflow Basics
- Gathering Requirements by Using Visio Premium
- Creating, Editing, and Managing Custom Workflows by Using SharePoint Designer
- Using Conditions and Actions
- Creating a List Workflow
- Using Common Conditions
- Using the Workflow History Log to Monitor the Progress of a Workflow
- Creating Workflow Variables and Calculating Values
- Using Workflow Variables and Comparing Data from Different Lists
- Assigning Task Items to Users or Groups
- Adding an Else - If Branch to Your Workflow
- Using Workflows to Send Emails
- Checking and Publishing Workflows
- Using the Impersonation Step
- Using Reusable and Globally Reusable Workflows
- Using Conditions and Actions
- Working with Workflows and Visual Studio
- Summary
- 11. Integrating SharePoint with Microsoft Office 2010
- 12. Taking Lists and Libraries Offline
- 13. Managing Site Settings
- Sites vs. Site Collections
- Site Settings (Subsite)
- Site Settings (Top-Level Site)
- Summary
- 14. Creating, Managing, and Designing Sites by Using SharePoint Designer 2010
- 15. Customizing the User Interface
- 16. Developing SharePoint Solutions by Using Visual Studio 2010
- Index
- About the Authors
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A Brief Introduction to Web Parts
Adding Web Parts to a SharePoint Site
Editing and Maintaining Web Parts on a SharePoint Site
Connecting Web Parts in a SharePoint Site
Web portals gained immense popularity in the late 1990s, giving companies an easy way to relate information to both internal and external users. Up until that point in time, content had been largely static and was maintained by a one or more webmasters on a series of HTML webpages. Any content that was generated had to be converted to a webpage by someone with technical skills in HTML, JavaScript, and so on.
One of the key concepts introduced by web portals was the notion of interactivity. Content pages could be assigned to a designated author who could modify content directly. In addition, content could be added, deleted, or moved on a web page by an end user.
In this new model, the webmaster was still responsible for the core site structure as well as the initial layout of content on the page. Zones could be designated by the webmaster to contain customizable areas of content, and then modular components could be added by content authors to display content.
Finally, these modular components could be customized by users on a per-user basis. A good example of this would be a module that displayed a weather report. If the user wanted to customize a weather report for their city, region, or ZIP code, these changes would not affect other users visiting the site.
Over time, these modular components have had different names and varied slightly in format. Whether you call them Web Widgets, Portlets, Gadgets, or Web Parts (in the case of Microsoft SharePoint), they all have the same core function—to represent customizable content on a webpage.
Web Parts are a key component of any SharePoint installation. They are present in all versions, from SharePoint Foundation to SharePoint Server (Standard or Enterprise). They can be purchased from third-party providers or created by developers (perhaps within your own company) to accomplish a specific task.
A variety of Web Parts exist, but there really are only two things a Web Part is intended to do:
Receive Input
Display Content
Sometimes a Web Part accomplishes both of these tasks. Consider the weather component. If we reimagined this as a custom Web Part, it could both receive input (the city or ZIP code) and display content (the weather report for the appropriate area).
Web Parts can also be connected to each another. One Web Part might receive input and then provide this input to filter the content displayed by a second Web Part. You will see more of this behavior in the section Connecting the Web Parts, later in this chapter.
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