I need to add an ability for users to add custom views for a Survey List. Using Designer is not an option.
In order to add a new View I now open the standard SharePoint form "/_layouts/ViewNew.aspx?List={SurveyListID}".
I setup a new view selecting the fields I want to see. Then, when I look at this View it looks like standard "{SurveyTitle}/overview.aspx" view no matter what I do. But I need it to look more like a SharePoint list view. I've seen dozens blog posts where people used this method and no one mentioned any problems like I am having. I've tried this method using 3 different SharePoint farms and I get the same behavior.
I was able to create a view that works OK using Designer by copying "All Responses" View and editing . However, forcing users to use Designer is not a great idea.
Does anyone know an easy method to force my custom views to display properly in Survey List?
Finally, I've found solution.
Open the page /_layouts/ViewType.aspx?List={SurveyListID}
Create a view based on "All Responses" View
Done! No need to use Designer
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Sharepoint designer is not allowed. The forms must contain fields with references to list items but may contain custom asp controls as well, which we whish to use later in the process.
The target isn't always to replace the original new, edit and display forms but to create extra forms too. Currently, we create custom forms by copying the existing base forms and edit them by hidding the zonetemplates and add our custom fields below. It aint the most elegant way, but at the moment the best result we have so far.
I would like any suggestions.
If developer tools ar not allowed, you might want to consider Infopath.
Also, SharePoint comes with a Form Web Part that you could include in your page.
I'm a MOSS 2007 newbie and am trying to find out where a view is used.
I have a larger list and i want to have two different views into that list. I've inherited the site collection, and currently there are three views, with two of them named almost identically. Now i'd like to find out if i can safely remove one of those views.
So the question is: Is there a way to find out all references to a view?
I'll provide additional information gladly!
"First part of my problem is that i'd like to find out which view this web part is using."
"Second part is that i have a set of views made from a list, and i should find out if some web part is using some of those views"
A Web Part does not use a view directly. The current view of the web part is based upon a view, but if you change or delete the view, the web part still displays your list/library as before. Thus, if you delete your views, all web parts will still continue to function.
What you should probably do is compare your views (which fields are displayed, filtering, sorting, grouping, etc.) with each other and also with the view inside your web part. That way, you'll know which view was used before.
What could happen is that you break links to your view page. This is, if on some other page there is a direct link to your view.
What are you trying to do exactly? To get all the views of a specific list, use SPList.Views and load them in the SPViewCollection.
I'm just tasked by my boss to create a Sharepoint solution for the scenerio below.
(I'm a total newbie to Sharepoint. So please forgive me if i use the terminology wrong)
The portal should open in a custom look than the default Sharepoint design and it should have links to the products. Every product page should have different look and feel but have same types of content. For example every product should have Published Materials list but with different set of content.
So, an example of the desired map is like this:
/Home
-Latest News
-Core Team List
-Products
-Product 1
-Product 2
-Product 3
I found Sharepoint a whole new and strange world. I thought i'm good at learning, until i met Sharepoint. Everything seems very detailed and i'm living difficulties in finding useful information quickly. Because i have no Sharepoint background and i don't event know what i'm lookin' for.
Could you please help me by telling me how can i accomplish this or even just telling me the name of "thing" that i'm trying to accomplish.
Thank you in advance.
PS. Oh, by the way, I learned the word Branding in my search for the holy grail. I don't even know that the word fits or not...
I did try the method you post on other page (Restaurant review site in SharePoint) but unfortunately i couldn't succeed. I stucked at choosing what type of content type in the "Create Content Type" page at first and then tried some parent types but i couldn't get it show up in Sharepoint Designer 2007's New Sharepoint Content "Publishing Page" dialog.
So i tried something else.
At my homepage created a new Document Library of type "Web Part Page" called "Products". It created me a some sort of list whose all items are web pages. At this point i felt that i'm near to accomplish something at last.
Here are some questions i've collected: :)
I add two Announcements web part to different "Products" pages. When I add a new announcement to the list from one product page, it shows up in the other one too! How can I make their content only visible in page that the content created on?
*[Theming is a recurring theme in my posts]* Is it possible to change the view of each Product page at this setup so they have different design and color?
Thanks.
Check out the links I posted in the answer to this question for some links to SharePoint 101 tutorials online:
Restaurant review site in SharePoint
Given you're looking for 'branding' that will mean a custom Master Page. A Master Page is what will determine the overall layout of your SharePoint Web Application's pages. After creating a standard SharePoint application, connect with SharePoint Designer and play with that Master Page for a while until you get the hang of it.
In modifying or creating custom Master Pages, it is important to take note of all the controls (special ASP.NET server-side tags) in particular Content Place Holders; if you create your own Master Page and these are missing you're in a world of uninformative-error-message hurt.
You're going to want to create Lists ( http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA011199881033.aspx ) to represent 'News' and 'Products'... for Products you may even want to create a Content Type.
Once you create 'News' and 'Products' lists, to see those lists of Products you'll want to make views and use List View Web Parts ( http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100240521033.aspx ) to include those views in Pages... but at the subject of Web Parts this is probably getting a bit overwhelming so I'll stop here. Comment me if you'd like more.
Addendum
"Is is possible to show only categories of a document library in home page and documents of the selected category in another page?"
-> Yes, and there are several ways. I'd suggest you look into either defining a View for that list which filters based on the category field, then add List View Web Parts to your home page, or writing custom XSLT for the Content Query Web Part, and then add it to your home page. Writing the XSLT for he Content Query web part is a little more difficult, but using the List View has it's short comings in being not-as-configurable, much like this guy is finding out: No-code solution for calendar view of SharePoint news items
"But how can i change a list item to show its details as a whole new page with its own web parts and theme?"
-> Here's the kicker; in SharePoint, each Site you create has a special list for Pages, and each Page actually belongs to a Content Type.
So you can take any content type and turn it into a page; all you have to do is create a Page Layout for it, and add that Content Type to the list.
(So, an example. This is purely speculative; I'm not saying do this specifically, and you probably can't do it exactly as I describe it as I'm oversimplifying a little)
You create a Content Type 'Product', but you also decide 'Category' should be a Content Type too. So you create a content type for 'Catagory', and you give it a lookup column, which refers to items in the 'Product' List. You specify that the lookup can contain multiple items.
Now you want a Page where people can see a category, and all the Products which belong to it. You create a 'Page Layout' (an aspx file) for the 'Catagory' Content Type. In the Page Layout aspx file you can include web controls which render the Catagory's fields, such as 'title' and 'description' and you can probably even add one to render the 'Products' lookup field. (maybe you'll have to code it yourself)
I hope I haven't lost you.
Now that you've created a Page Layout for 'Catagory' you can add 'Catagory' to the Pages list/library and then create pages which represent Catagories, and when people edit those pages, they will also edit the Catagory.
More Addendum
If "Announcements" is a list, the web part you added was a list view web part, and so it just shows the contents of the list (which is independent of the product pages)
You'll want o specify filters of your view. I dunno if you can specify unique filters on the web part... but you can try :)
You might want to consider looking into The Content Query Web Part.
I don't fully understand your second question, but I get the feeling the answer is yes... what do you mean by "view"? You gotta be careful with the lingo; do you mean the Page Layout? or the List View Web Part? or the List View? or the Master Page? ...
you HAVE to check out Heather Solomon. She is the shiznat when it comes to sharepoint branding.
A good start would be using Sharepoint Designer.
Use SharePoint Designer to do your CSS work, particularly in discovering the CSS rules in play. DO NOT publish the finished work from SD; if you do, future Windows Updates may wipe out your files. Instead, deploy your customizations as a Feature. In MOSS 2007, you can add a single custom CSS file using Central Admin - this will then be applied AFTER core.CSS at runtime, To the best of my knowledge, this is the only practical way of doing this.
You need to indicate whether you are using WSS or MOSS. With WSS, you can use themes.
I want to hide or make some fields read only on editform.aspx. I follwed the example on this page, but without deliting the "original" webpart list. I hide the original webpart and created a new custom list from the original list. Then i was able to apply xsl on the custom list to hide or to make the field "read only". Unfortunately the recurring events stopped working or where totaly messed up. Some times i've got error messages when I clicked on specific event in calendar view. The calendar list works fine and the fields are hidden or disabled in "Edit mode" when the event is not recurring. My question is. Is there any other way to hide or disable the items for specific security group or sharepoint group on calendar list?
If SharePoint Designer is an option, then this blog post from Laura Rogers shows how you can display SharePoint fields by permission level. It should work with a calendar list.
This will give you complete control over the solution without the need for a third-party product.
Two tools I've run across to do what you're looking for:
SPListDisplaySetting - "SharePoint feature (for WSS 3.0 and MOSS) providing advanced settings to customize list form rendering in new, display and edit mode."
You can specify that certain fields only show up on edit, new, or display pages and only for certain groups, or to hide them completely.
My only problem with this is that the installer doesn't quite work. However, a user has posted working instructions on the discussion board.
SharePoint Tool Basket - List Columns Manager - "This feature allows site collection administrators to view all the columns of a list including hidden/read-only ones and gives column details such as the internal name, Guid, Type.."
I found a pretty nice solution at Cleverworkarounds. The code is writen in javascript so the script does not actually remove the fields, which in my case is necessery, but it does hide the fields. Me, I need to stick to SharePoint List Form Extensions due to some sensitive data our customers have and want to be remove for some users. Laura Rogers solutions is good too, but with Cleverworkarounds you don't need to use Sharepoint Designer.
One option is to download the Sharepoint Manager from CodePlex. Install it on the server (it uses the object model) and you get simple access to a whole heap of stuff including, on a per-field-per-list basis, whether a specific column is hidden in it's entirety (even from the list settings), or hidden from the display form, the edit form or both. It's a matter of setting a true/false dropdown and clicking save. There is also the option for making columns readonly too.
It's all or nothing in terms of permissions though - whatever you choose applies to everyone who can access that area.
You can hide items in the calendar list using JQuery. Please follow the steps below:
- From the Calendar tab Customize List category select -> Form Web Parts -> Default New Form
- Select the Insert tab and from Web Parts category -> click Web Part.
- Choose Media and Content, then choose Content Editor and click Add.
- Place the Content Editor below your form and click inside the Content Editor
- Click on Format Text tab -> Markup category -> Click on HTML -> Edit HTML Source
Add the following code:
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function() {
$("td.ms-dttimeinput").hide();
$("span[title='All Day Event'] > input").attr("checked","checked");
$("tr:has(span[title='Recurrence'])").not("tr:has(tr)").hide();
$("tr:has(span[title='All Day Event'])").not("tr:has(tr)").hide();
$("tr:has(span[title='Workspace'])").not("tr:has(tr)").hide();
});
</script>
The above code also puts the "All Day Event" to be checked true.
Hope this would be useful ..
I think it is little bit hard to do that. Otherwise there should be not so much such third party tools like SharePoint Column View Permission, Bamboo also has such tool.
Take a look at this if you want make it happen through code stackoverflow.com/questions/1058232. But I am not sure it works in calender.
This should be a really really simple thing, but for some reason it is just eluding me.
I want a Sharepoint page which will have a drop down list that is tied to a database lookup table.
When an item is selected and they click a GO button, I want it to update a gridview that is also on the page.
I'm looking for a simple how to - while assuming I'm a sharepoint idiot. BTW, I am using the Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer.
Thanks,
Edit:
My need is actually very simple. I want to filter the results of a query using a drop down list. This used to be called a master - detail relationship.
For example, my regular data has school name, application name, and how long the application was running. Because there could be a hundred applications per school and there are 60+ schools, I only want to show one schools information at a time.
So, I want to put a drop down list at the top of the screen which contains the list of schools. When one is selected, the gridview should be updated to reflect the new schools information.
Chris.
I currently use a drop down tied to one sharepoint list to filter a dataview of another sharepoint List.
The instructions are here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner/archive/2007/03/05/asp-net-controls-filter-the-data-view.aspx
I'm not exactly sure of the specific needs here, but it seems that you are trying to stretch a bit beyond what Sharepoint Designer is well suited to. To look up data, you do have access via the dataview web part, which is here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA100948041033.aspx
However your filtering needs may prevent you from using this. If you want to do it .net without knowing too much about MOSS, you can use the "son of smartpart" (google it) which allows you to host standard .net user controls in webparts.
Hope this helps!