1.7. Parts of a Page Each SharePoint site has a home page named default.aspx . Different site templates create different home pages, as shown in Figure 1-7. These pages are made up of web partsa web part is a type of custom control that contains a title bar, a frame, and content. Figure 1-9 indicates the web parts included in a document workspace. animal 1-7. Team, workspace, and meeting sites animal 1-8. Navigating between team and workspace sites animal 1-9. Web parts on a home page Web parts appear on a web part page , which is a special type of page that contains zones where you can drag and drop web parts. The home page of each site is a web part page. Web parts often present data from lists within the site. In fact, all of the lists in a site show up as web parts when you create a new web part page, as shown in Figure 1-10. animal 1-10. Designing a web part page I said that lists are tables of related data, but that doesn't really convey the importance of lists within SharePoint. Lists are used to organize and store Office documents, links, members , discussions, images, and all other types of content in SharePoint. For the most common tables, SharePoint includes a set of list templates , which are categorized and described by task in Table 1-2. Table 1-2. Types of lists Category | List template | Use to | Team projects | Announcements | Post messages on the home page of your site. | | Contacts | Share information about people your team works with. | | Document library | Share Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents with the team. | | Events | Keep informed of upcoming meetings, deadlines, and other important events. | | Form library | Share InfoPath forms with the team. | | General discussion | Get answers and share opinions within the team. | | Links | Share links to web pages relevant to team members. | | Survey | Get quantifiable feedback from the team. | | Tasks | Track work that you or your team needs to complete. | | Picture library | Share images. | | Problem report | Track customer complaints and feature request. Assign items and record resolution. | Meetings | Agenda | Outline meeting topics, who will cover them, and how much time each presenter is allotted. | | Attendees | Invite members to the meeting. | | Decisions | Enter, review, and track decisions made at the meeting. | | Issues | Manage a prioritized set of problems meeting will address. | | Meeting series | Handle recurring meetings, such as monthly status reviews. | | Things to bring | List things that attendees should bring to be prepared for the meeting, such as notebooks , handouts, or lunch . | | Objectives | List goals for the meeting. | | Workspace pages | Link to other pages in a multipage meeting workspace. | Site administration | List template gallery | Add or remove custom list templates. | | Site template gallery | Add or remove custom site templates. | | Web part gallery | Add or remove custom web parts. | In addition to displaying lists, there are also web parts that perform specific tasks, as shown in Table 1-3. Table 1-3. Other web parts included with SharePoint Web part | Use to | Content editor | Display HTML text that can be edited within a frame. | Image | Include an image on a page. | Members | Display a list of site members and status. | Page viewer | Include a view of another web page in a frame. | Form | Filter a list displayed in another web part. | XML | Transform an XML data source using XSL and display the result in a frame on the page. | I explain how to construct new pages and modify existing ones in more detail in later chapters. |