Chapter 15: Working with Web Parts

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Chapter at a Glance

Remove a Web Part, page 405. Add a Web Part from a Web Part Gallery, page 407. Customize a Web Part by using the Web Part tool pane, page 414. Create a New Web Part Page by using a browser, page 422.

In This Chapter, You will Learn to:

• Understand Web Parts and Web Part Pages.

• Remove a Web Part.

• Add a Web Part from a Web Part Gallery.

• Customize a Web Part using the Web Part tool pane.

• Customize a home page using Web Parts.

• Create a New Web Part Page by using a browser.

Web sites based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services use a technology known as Web Part Pages, which are special Web pages that contain one or more Web Parts. Web Parts are reusable components that can contain any type of Web-based information including analytical, collaborative, and database information. This technology enables Web sites to be flexible and highly customizable. To customize these sites, you can use three types of tools.

• A browser

• A Windows SharePoint Services–compatible Web page editing tool, such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

• Programmatically, a tool such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005

No one tool can do everything, and therefore it is likely that in any deployment of Windows SharePoint Services, all three tools will be used at some period of time.

This chapter introduces the basic concepts of Web Part Pages and Web Parts. By using the browser, you will learn how to view Web Part Pages in different ways, as well as how to change the appearance of Web Part Pages by adding and removing Web Parts and by tailoring a site by adding Web Part Pages.

Important  

Before you can use the practice files in this chapter, you need to install them from the book’s companion CD to their default locations. See “Using the Book’s CD” on page xix for more information.

Important  

Remember to use your SharePoint site location in place of http://wideworldimporters in the following exercises.