Mike
Mon Nov 22 00:19:59 CST 2004
> And congrats to SizzleMaster for making it to Mike's blog.
That was quite a while ago - I'm (believe it or not) more forgiving nowadays
:)
> Who knew fame and fortune would be so easy???
I should start charging for people plugs ? (:) !)
(Posted only to the thread in the WSS newsgroup so that Daniel sees it but
none of the SPS people are bothered with this response. Apologies to WSS
people but this *is* an old thread by now.)
Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
"Daniel Larson (www.portalbuilder.org)"
<daniel@larsontechnology.spamfree.com> wrote in message
news:B6F267E5-064C-4A45-B555-A676D9D4FEC1@microsoft.com...
> Easy, all... let's be friendly here. We're all reading this little soap
> opera. And congrats to SizzleMaster for making it to Mike's blog. Who knew
> fame and fortune would be so easy???
>
> Posting to more than one newsgroup is a waste of all our time, actually...
> so try to pick one newsgroup to post and don't sweat if it's the wrong
group.
> Generally, the SPS folks try to read most of them periodically-- and we
all
> have day jobs that prevent this from happening from time to time.
>
> Now, on to Meg's question:
>
> Careful with Areas. Areas can be quite buggy... I'd recommend avoiding the
> API (including the object model AND web services) around area creation if
at
> all possible. And if you don't, don't say you weren't warned.
>
> You CAN however edit, and create your own, area templates to do exactly
what
> you mentioned. An Area is just a specialized version of a STS team site
(WSS
> site).
>
> Go to the site layouts directory and make a copy of the SPSTOC folder and
> rename it to your own name:
> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
> extensions\60\TEMPLATE\1033\SPSTOC
> Rename this to something like:
> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
> extensions\60\TEMPLATE\1033\SPSSUPERFREAKYAREA
>
> Then reference the name in WEBTEMPSPS.XML. Now, edit that sucker until
your
> own evil plans have come to fruition. Don't forget to IISRESET or you
won't
> see the template in the site settings. You can pick your new evil template
> from the page
http://localhost/_layouts/1033/SPEditCategory.aspx. Click on
> the Page tab.
>
> There are a few gotchas to working with Areas. You can't use the
EXECUTEURL
> tag in ONET.XML, as it will be ignored.
>
> Good luck! And be friendly to each other for pete's sake.... or else
you'll
> get on MY blog too!!!
http://www.portalbuilder.org/sites/daniellarson/blog
>
> Daniel Larson
> www.portalbuilder.org
>
>
> "meg" wrote:
>
> > Pardon me if my postings have ruined your day, I didn't realize you were
the newsgroup police.
> > It should be obvious by my postings that I don't know a heck of a lot
about SharePoint, which is why I am
> > asking questions on several groups because I am not sure which is the
best - as well, these Sharepoint
> > newsgroups don't get a lot of responses so I do raise my chances of
getting an answer to my question by
> > crossposting to several, which I might add is what another newsgroup
police person such as yourself asked me
> > to do when I had "multi-posted" once.
> >
> > "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:596194FC-69B9-4606-8BE1-70C177D0C149@microsoft.com...
> > Please do not post questions on Areas / sub-areas to the WSS newsgroup
as
> > these are only present in SPS 2003. The SPS newsgroups should be enough
for
> > this posting (and probably only one of them would have been enough too)
> >
> > Mike Walsh Helsinki Finland
> > WSS FAQ wss.collutions.com
> >
> > "meg" wrote:
> >
> > > We want to make it simple for some users that are dragging their heels
on adding content to our site so I
> > was
> > > wondering if it's possible to create some sort of a template area that
has "predefined" subareas and
> > webparts
> > > added to them, so all the people have to do is go to it and add their
content. But I need like 12 of them,
> > so
> > > I was wondering if they can be copied and recreated?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >