A solution package is the distribution package (file extension .wsp) that delivers your custom SharePoint code and artefacts to the web servers within your server farm.
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Explain it to me: SharePoint deployment scope, solution and features
There are different levels of scope for deployment, but I have not been able to find a definitive explaination of when each applies and what the restrictions are that require loosening (or tightening) ...
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List of best practices on structuring SharePoint 2010 solutions
I am looking for good guidance on how to structure a SharePoint Solution including:
Visual Studio Project Structure
Features (how to separate features)
Namespaces
When to use multiple project ...
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Best practices for creating a shared code library for SharePoint projects
I have several projects for SharePoint 2010 (mostly they are separate solutions built each to separate wsp's) in active development. And I have a similar tasks in these projects (logging, ...
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Best way to package publishing content types
I'm currently planning on how to package my Publishing content types in a WSP to make deployment in production easier. I came a cross the following choices
1- create a feature receiver and ...
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How to create a WSP solution package with visual studio 2012 for an existing SharePoint site?
I asked this question previously but didn't get a proper answer. (How to create the wsp package in visual studio 2010 with following features?)
My manager told this to me: "As mentioned we don't ...
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Mutliple solutions using shared dlls can cause havoc when individual solutions are retracted
Problem: Multiple solutions using shared dll's can cause havoc when individual solutions are retracted.
Example: You have a web part helper dll used by all your web part code. If you retract a ...
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modify web.config programatically to add a workflow authorized type
I need to add a line in the web.config under authorizedtypes, I want to do it with a wsp solution so that sharepoint takes care of syncrhonizing it with other front end servers.
I just want to put ...
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Sharepoint Q&A tool like Stack Exchange
Are there any add-ons to Sharepoint to provide a Q&A type of site like this one or Stack Exchange? This would be for an internal corporate intranet, rather than a public site. I know there are ...
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How to reproduce Visual Studio “Deploy” action?
It seems like whenever I am developing a web part and I "Deploy" it from Visual Studio, everything gets deployed and works exactly as I would expect.
When I take my WSP and try to install it to a ...
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How to find the localized name of the Web Part Gallery
I have learned (still a SP-Noob...) that I have to take care of removing webParts that I deployed as part fo a solution myself.
Now I have coded something like
string file = "MyWebPart.webpart"; ...
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What is best practice for deploying third party SharePoint 2007 solutions?
I want to know what to look for and what to do (both from a developer and IT admin point of view) before installing a third party solution into a SharePoint 2007 farm?
Is there a checklist that I ...
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Detecting Solution Deploying Status
I am Looking for a way to detect if the a solution is deploying the following code does not seem to return "Deploying" like I see in central admin.
$wspID = Get-SPSolution -Identity 'mysolution.wsp';
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How to create the wsp package in visual studio 2010 with following features? [duplicate]
I want to create a wsp package. When I deploy it, it must add features such as two SharePoint lists, one webpart, one image library sequentially. Can I do this in WSPBuilder? I want to deploy this on ...
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How to create WSP Package of a SharePoint 2010 site without VS 2010 (with SP Designer)?
I am having a site with publishing feature enabled. So "Save site as a template" feature is not available for me. Since I don't have control over the SP server farm, I am not sure about how I can ...
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How to create a WSP package for a SharePoint 2010 site? [duplicate]
I previously asked this Question: How to create WSP Package of a SharePoint 2010 site without VS 2010 (with SP Designer)?.
But didn't get a proper answer. I am developing a SharePoint 2010 website. ...
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How Visual Studio checkes that SharePoint has been installed on my local PC?
I want to build wsp file for SharePoint 2013, but it is not installed on my local PC. What should I do to make this thing possible? I guess that I need to tell Visual Studio somehow that SharePoint ...
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How to use your own custom ListItem template for Display, Edit, and New
I would like to use my own custom ListItem template. I also would like to overule the ListFieldIterator method to use some logica to include or exclude some fields dependance on user/usergroups:
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How do I update an already existing wsp on farm? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Update-SPSolution does not Deploy Solution
I have a wsp that is already deployed on the farm. I made some code changes. I cannot use the Add-SPSolution command because I ...
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Unable to activate solution in SharePoint 2010 site
I have created a simple solution (just a new content type for now) that works both on my development machine and test server. However, when I upload it the solution gallery on the live site, it just ...
