set of functionality that can be turned on at a particular scope level
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Managed metadata field grey when deploying with powershell
I have a powershell script that does the following:
Create web application x
Add and install some wsps
Create site collection using a site definition deployed with one of the wsps.
3b. The ...
1
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2answers
19 views
External “Asset Library”
Any idea if SharePoint has an extensibility point to add an external DAM store as a normal Asset source for images or other media files?
1
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1answer
12 views
Apply element manifest without re-activating feature
I have a feature module which consists of an XML file which adds ConsoleNodes to the Site Actions menu. To test it, it seems I must compile the package, deploy it, activate it, etc. Since this is ...
0
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0answers
17 views
Add element to more than one feature
This is the case: We have an existing site collection with Feature A with 6 elements: E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6 (5 list instances and 1 web event receiver).
I want to create a feature which only exists ...
0
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0answers
54 views
List of Site Features using Client Object model - SharePoint 2010
I am working on a Windows Forms application to list the features available for a SharePoint site. But I find no way, to retrieve the list of Site Features using Client Object Model.
...
0
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1answer
94 views
Sharepoint Foundation 2010 Missing Server Side Dependencies
I installed some of infowise templates to our sharepoint server and it installed some features. Now, we try to upgrade 2013 version of sharepoint server. But we take some error about these features. ...
0
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0answers
40 views
Visual Studio 2012 Feature Deploying with two front-ends
We have a situation where we have too many developers needing to work on the same SharePoint 2013 farm. We thought the best way around this was to build out another front-end and install VS 2012 on ...
1
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2answers
54 views
Value retain when redeploy of SharePoint Timer Job
I have a very simple question on SharePoint 2010 Timer Job, I build by reference from here.
Basically upon execute of the Timer Job, I add an entry to SharePoint Custom List as following:
public ...
0
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2answers
81 views
Removing all Enterprise SharePoint Features from a web application
I am having a hard time determining which features to include in the removal process. Additionally, I am struggling to determine the order in which they should be removed. Could you please help me ...
2
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1answer
72 views
Sharepoint 2010: Creating Feature.xml and Elements.xml using notepad
Thanks for your help in advance.
I am learning Sharepoint 2010 and trying to dive deep. What I am doing right now is to create a content type and fields using declarative programming in notepad and ...
0
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1answer
75 views
SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure” feature workaround?
I am running Sharepoint 2010 Foundation.. I have been trying to locate SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure” features... This feature does not seem to be available on the Foundation version... ...
0
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0answers
47 views
The 'Scope' attribute is invalid - The value 'Site' is invalid according to its datatype
After setting the value Site to the attribute Scope of a Feature on a Sharepoint 2013 application I started receiving the following error, deploying to Sharepoint Online:
Error occurred in deployment ...
2
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2answers
91 views
Powershell script to retrive all the customization done on sharepoint site
How to write a powershell script which will display the customization done on a sharepoint site - customizations like custom features, custom workflows, custom site def, infopath form etc...
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2answers
83 views
How can the deployment of a feature (or element) be made dependent on the SharePoint version (2010/2013)?
I have a solution (deployed in the Sandbox) that declaratively creates CustomActions (menu items).
It works fine in SharePoint 2010 and 2013, but we don't like the look in 2013 so I'd like to exclude ...
1
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1answer
217 views
Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': The parent content type specified by content type identifier 0x0101 does not exist
I have created 80 content types. some of them are inherited from some other content types. I have placed all the content types in feature in such an order that parent content types are at top. But ...
1
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1answer
61 views
How to DeActivate feature of my site?
How to DeActivate feature of my SharePoint site remotely ?
I have created .wsp package file and uploaded SandBox solution to my SharePoint site. But in my elements.xml file it has 1 mistake of ...
0
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1answer
458 views
Feature with id already exists - force option
I'm getting that old familiar error when trying to deploy my SharePoint solution via Visual Studio:
Error occurred in deployment step 'Add Solution': A feature with ID {Guid} has already been ...
1
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3answers
40 views
Feature Folder Path Name Doubled
Why when I create a new feature in VS2010 and deploy it, I see the Features folder has my solution but the name is "Doubled Up". Is this expected behavior? See my sample below:
C:\Program ...
0
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0answers
69 views
custom reusable feature to create and deploy login page for FBA site using page layout
i want to create a feature which will deploy globally in a web farm and will create a custom login page layout template. any SharePoint applications running in that farm should be able to create a ...
0
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1answer
134 views
Override default.aspx in Sharepoint Foundation by Feature
I want to develop a feature(-event receiver) to override default.aspx. I want to use a webpart-page instead and add some webparts. I don't know how to override it. I know how to build a new ...
4
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1answer
83 views
Add .preview file using feature
I have this feature with a nice little master page inserted through a feature, and it works fine. Now I'm looking into theming, created a composable look. To choose this look in the design manager ...
0
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2answers
187 views
Change SharePoint Sub-Site's Default Page
I am installing a sub-site in Sharepoint 2010 using PowerShell. For all the sub-sites, we have configured sharepoint to launch a particular sub-site's default.aspx page as landing page after log-in. ...
1
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1answer
142 views
To deploy page layout with feature at the same time of adding content type, the content type Id issue
First let me describe my situation:
Now I'm using object model to add two content types (inheriting Pages content type) using the FeatureActivating methode in the Feature Receiver. in the same ...
0
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2answers
121 views
Feature deactivation and webpart not being removed
I have a question regarding a feature and the webparts. Basically recently i noticed that when i deploy a webpart with my solution and it is bound to a feature on site collection scope, when it is ...
0
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1answer
39 views
Remove a list from all site collections when a feature is uninstalled
I have a site scoped Feature which specifies a list as such:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
...
2
votes
1answer
107 views
SPListCollection.EnsureSitePagesLibrary() throwing SPException (specified title already exists in this Web site)
I am attempting to call SPListCollection.EnsureSitePagesLibrary() upon FeatureActivated. The method is throwing the following exception:
Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: A list, survey, ...
1
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2answers
182 views
Add user control or web part to every page in a site
I want to have a feature which causes the following to happen everytime any page in a site loads.
I need to have a web part or user control which adds information about the current user to the page. ...
-1
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2answers
112 views
Overwrite a dll in the GAC to avoid installing the whole feature
Is it possible to overwrite 1 dll in the GAC of a live server of my customer? Otherwise I need to install the whole feature. In this feature are very much webparts and other stuff.
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3answers
179 views
Uninstall Site Collection Features not found error. What's the physical path for them?
I want to uninstall some features of the site collection on my server.
These features are on my site collection and of site or web scope. On the Sharepoint "Site Settings" -> "Manage site features" ...
1
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1answer
169 views
Can't find WebApplication scoped feature
I've deployed a wsp that has 2 features. The one scoped at a web level is listed where I'd expect to see it and activates without a problem. The feature scoped at a web application can't be found ...
2
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1answer
78 views
How to activate content type on specific web?
I have site collection ex: http://microsoft.com/ and i got few child webs:
http://microsoft.com/news/
http://microsoft.com/somethingelse/
<Elements ...
1
vote
3answers
151 views
applicationSettings ignored in web.config
I've written a feature assembly that includes an SPFeatureReceiver. I can successfully deploy the feature's WSP, the assembly goes to the GAC, and the feature (mostly) does what it's supposed to. ...
1
vote
0answers
43 views
Missing Features and Existing Lists
I have a site that was hosted on a Microsoft Project Server instance. One of the sub-sites was based on the Project Workspace Template in order to get access to the "special" lists like Risks and ...
0
votes
1answer
45 views
Add custom code for solution upgrade
I have a solution for SP2010. Let's call it s.wsp. I had version 1 of s.wsp and now I have version 2 of s.wsp. Versions 1 and 2 share three common features: A, B and C. Version 2 adds a new feature D.
...
1
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2answers
300 views
Content deployment error; feature not installed
The business had a wish to copy content from production to acceptation (publishing environment). So I created a content deployment job to do so, and ran it.
It failed with the following error:
...
2
votes
2answers
205 views
How to use one page layout for few content types
I have elements.xml with module:
<Elements>
<Module Name="IntranetNewsPageLayout" Url="_catalogs/masterpage">
<File Path="IntranetNewsPageLayout\IntranetNewsPageLayout.aspx" ...
0
votes
1answer
80 views
Update SPList.TemplateFeatureId
I need to update the TemplateFeatureId for a couple of lists in our SharePoint 2010 installation. The current TemplateFeatureId points to a feature that is no longer installed in the farm. Both ...
2
votes
1answer
76 views
Feature with List and registration form
I am new to SharePoint and want to discuss an issue
I want to create a feature that will create custom application page (registration form) and a custom list to store registration form's data. I can ...
0
votes
1answer
79 views
web.config entries not deleted when deactivating farm feature
I have application that adds a Farm feature so Sharepoint 2010. When you configure it, some entries are added to the web.config file located in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web ...
0
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2answers
229 views
Why does my feature appear in the site collection?
I have created a new feature in visual studio and scoped it to web. I have deployed this to a site collection. When i look at the site collections features it appears there.
Why is this?
I ...
0
votes
1answer
76 views
TimerJob error missing public constructor
I have an issue on my SharePoint 2007 portal, where i created a custom TimerJob, but when I deploy it i get a message:
MyTimerJob cannot be deserialized because it does not have a
public default ...
0
votes
1answer
89 views
Disable auto activate feature
I have a really strange behaviour, I'm working with SharePoint 2007 and I have a feature web application scoped, and i don't want it automatically being activated on deploying the solution, but it ...
0
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2answers
159 views
How to Deploy the Feature with Scope=Site & Scope=Web for WebParts & EventReceiver respectively?
I have only 1 Visual Studio Project.
It contains 1 EventReceiver(for DocumentLibrary) and multiple-WebParts.
I have defined the Scope=Site of Feature.xml file of Project.
I have created 1 custom ...
0
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1answer
80 views
Unable to get list “Calendar” list in feature while creating site
I want to create custom calendar list programatically.
SPListTemplate template = web.ListTemplates["Calendar"];
var newListID = web.Lists.Add(fromTitle, description, template);
But i cannot do ...
0
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4answers
641 views
How to programmatically get Feature ID?
In order to programmatically activate a feature, you need its Feature ID (some type of GUID) that is set in the .feature file. Is there a pretty way of retrieving this value programmatically, so that ...
0
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0answers
52 views
Site-scoped feature with both Modules and Visual Web Parts
I have a Feature with Modules that place files in the Master Page Gallery, and I recently added Visual Web Parts to the feature. Then I realized at some point the copying of files into the Gallery had ...
0
votes
1answer
126 views
Adding style sheet to feature
I have created a feature in sharepoint 2010. The feature has a visual web part (sandboxed), the web part has controls etc.
I have added some styles to the web part. How do i upload the stylesheet ...
0
votes
1answer
249 views
Page not appearing in site pages library
I want to deploy a page to the sitepages library. When i deploy this code it does not appear.
However when i go to the url manually e.g. contoso.com/SitePages/mytestpage.html, i get the 'save as' ...
0
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2answers
202 views
How do i activate a Feature when a subsite is created
I have a web template that users can create sub sites from. I want to activate a feature when the subsite is created e.g. create list, columns etc for that sub site only.
How would i approach doing ...
0
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2answers
62 views
How do i create a feature in web template?
I have created a web template in visual studio, it includes the standard element file and onet file, it also has a feature which is scoped to site level.
All this works fine, i can deploy it and can ...
