Custom Wiki Pages SharePoint 2010 September 18, 2018
Use Case Customer: Micron Developer Community Developers supporting in-house systems they didn’t write Wanted a single-page, per-system method for documenting in-house system info Liked ‘Wiki’ capabilities (cross-linking, formatting) Product eval indicated SharePoint for information mgmt Lots of freedom, but NO formatting standards Can we customize to customers’ needs? YES September 18, 2018
What’s involved… Site Columns Content Types Layout Pages Formatting Anchors September 18, 2018
The Process Create Site Columns Create Content Type(s) If Wiki and you want cross-linking within the text, column type is: “Full HTML content with formatting and constraints for publishing” Create Content Type(s) Parent: Enterprise Wiki Add site columns Flexibility consideration: Do you want a CT that has a standard set of columns, then children for different user groups with custom columns? September 18, 2018
The Process (cont.) Create Page Layout Modify Page Layout SPD 2010 > New Page Layout Select New Content Type URL (file) Name and Title Modify Page Layout Open Enterprise Wiki Layout Page > Copy ALL code > Paste over yours Toolbox > Content Fields > Add Site Columns Format Text / Add Headers Anchor tags? September 18, 2018
The Process (cont.) Make Layout Available Publish, Approve Look and Feel > Page Layouts and Site Templates Page Layouts > Your new layout > Add Warning! Changes to page layouts change existing pages based on those layouts! September 18, 2018
Example September 18, 2018
Reference http://blog.henryong.com/2010/06/08/how-to-create-custom-sharepoint-2010-page-layouts-using-sharepoint-designer-2010/ September 18, 2018