SharePoint 2010 I cannot see custom folder after deploying a webpart

Question

I have a SharePoint 2010 server and a development pc. I installed Visual Studio 2010 in my pc, and I created a web part. After I build the project I got the CreateTaskWebPart.wsp and CreateTaskWebPart.dll.

I deployed that solution using powershell. I executed the following commands to deploy my solution.

add-SPSolution c:\temp\solution1\CreateTaskWebPart.wsp install-SpSolution -Identity CreateTaskWebPart.wsp -WebApplication

http://moss2010:81/SitePages -GACDeployment

I went to Central Administration-> System Settings -> Manage Farm solutions. And I see that the web part was deployed to http://moss2010:81.

When I try to use that web part, I cannot see the the custom folder under Categories. So I am not able to use the webpart.

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Edit:

Sorry for the delay. I am sending the elements, feature and manifest

This is the Elements.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" >
  <Module Name="SimpleWebPart" List="113" Url="_catalogs/wp">
    <File Path="SimpleWebPart\SimpleWebPart.webpart" Url="SimpleWebPart.webpart" Type="GhostableInLibrary" >
      <Property Name="Group" Value="Custom" />
    </File>
  </Module>
</Elements>

This is the Feature.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Feature xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" Description="My Visual WebPart Feature" Id="98d7ec0c-ba7c-4803-b722-e02e5507624c" Scope="Site" Title="CreateTaskWebPart Feature1">
  <ElementManifests>
    <ElementManifest Location="VisualWebPart1\Elements.xml" />
    <ElementFile Location="VisualWebPart1\VisualWebPart1.webpart" />
  </ElementManifests>
</Feature>

This is the manifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Solution xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" SolutionId="65eddfe5-1611-4c2e-970d-f6b3784d570e" SharePointProductVersion="14.0">
  <Assemblies>
    <Assembly Location="CreateTaskWebPart.dll" DeploymentTarget="GlobalAssemblyCache">
      <SafeControls>
        <SafeControl Assembly="CreateTaskWebPart, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=eca34ed344b67602" Namespace="CreateTaskWebPart.VisualWebPart1" TypeName="*" />
      </SafeControls>
    </Assembly>
  </Assemblies>
  <TemplateFiles>
    <TemplateFile Location="CONTROLTEMPLATES\CreateTaskWebPart\VisualWebPart1\VisualWebPart1UserControl.ascx" />
  </TemplateFiles>
  <FeatureManifests>
    <FeatureManifest Location="CreateTaskWebPart_Feature1\Feature.xml" />
  </FeatureManifests>
</Solution>

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

If you packaged it up as a feature then you probably need to enable the feature.

Go to Site Actions > Site Settings > Site collection features and make sure the feature associated with your webpart is Activated.

You could also activate it via PowerShell:

Enable-SPFeature –identity "CreateTaskWebPart" -URL http://moss2010:81

Answer 2

Also, if you update the solution and do not see the changes that are expected try deactivating/re-activating the feature.

Answer 3

Adding as an answer since I don't have enough rep to comment yet...

Rob D'Oria's answer is mostly correct. What worked for me would be something similiar to:

    Enable-SPFeature –identity "CreateTaskWebPart_Feature1" -URL http://moss2010:81 

You have to include an underscore for it to work properly. So if your feature "Title" attribute is "CreateTaskWebPart Feature1" then the identity you provide with Enable_SPFeature should be "CreateTaskWebPart_Feature1".

Answer 4

I think that there is need to enable the site collection feature associated with web part, To do this you need site collection admin privillage and perform following Goto site setting->Under site collection administration click on site collection feature ->Find your webpart name and enable the feature.