Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013

Adding feature stapling to custom site tempalte.


Adding feature stapling to any custom site tempalte.

1. Add a new feature with feature stapling xml
2. Add following xml to element.xml file for that feature.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
  <FeatureSiteTemplateAssociation
  Id="2B78C8DE-4C07-4a18-A6A6-E9FE1AB7EE30"
  TemplateName="TestSiteTemplate#0"/>
</Elements>



Notes-
1. Please make sure that the newly added feature is part of the custom web template.

2. You can find out template name and ID (Ex. TestSiteTemplate#0 )in the xmls given at following path.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\1033\XML

Monday, January 7, 2013

SharePoint 2013

App App App... Everything is App

SP2013 changed drastically for developers due to its app model specifically, there are many other changes also there like social media, SkyDrive Pro, new APIs however the APP model have changed the way to design and deploy the features in SharePoint. Also, you can buy free or paid apps from Microsoft SharePoint 2013 app store.
Here the link- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps-for-sharepoint-FX102804987.aspx

See references for more insight-
http://www.sharepointkings.com/2013/01/what-is-app-in-sharepoint-2013.html
http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2012/07/sharepoint-2013-my-view-on-whats-new.html