Is it possible to add webpart zone in sitepages?

Question

I had a SharePoint site where I created a page (not a webpart page). Can I add webpart zone on this page?

Answer 1

Sure you can. Just open the page in SharePoint Designer and add web part zone on it. Designer will automatically add the web part manager tag on the page too.

Answer 2

U just add your webpart in sharepoint site. Then open your site in sharepoint designer.Find your webpart zone you added like so

  <WebPartPages:SPUserCodeWebPart runat="server" Description="My WebPart" Title="ContactUsWebpart" 
          AssemblyFullName="XTILTON.WEB, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f58f965830ac0890" 
          SolutionId="a10addc4-93e8-4b4d-9bd3-41bd166e30de" 
          ID="g_c659e549_13c5_4c1c_8db9_c80e6d00fb88" ChromeType="None" TypeFullName="XTILTON.WEB.ContactUsWebpart.ContactUsWebpart" ></WebPartPages:SPUserCodeWebPart>

after that copy that webpartzone in your .aspx page. that's it.

Answer 3

Please make sure that all mandatory ContentPlaceHolder from SharePoint master-page is linked to your custom page.

Maybe you should start design/create your custom page from native SharePoint web-part page, not start from scratch, to make sure all SharePoint functionality works well.

Answer 4

Register your webpart at the top of the page using sample code below

<%@ Register tagprefix="VotingButton" 
             namespace="xx.org.SharePoint.WebParts.VotingButton"  
             assembly="xxx.org.SharePoint, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=ff75f32512e6d74c" %>

Next, add the web part to the web part zone area of page as below

<VotingButton:VotingButton runat="server" 
                           Description="VotingButton" 
                           Title="VotingButton" 
                           __MarkupType="vsattributemarkup" 
                           __WebPartId="{58eb6642-70ed-450e-af72-e6062d07da2f}" 
                           WebPart="true" 
                           __designer:IsClosed="false" 
                           partorder="2" 
                           id="g_58eb6642_70ed_450e_af72_e6062d07da2f">
</VotingButton:VotingButton>