Building Content Type Solutions in SharePoint 2007

Product Description

Content types are a core concept used throughout the functionality and services offered in SharePoint 2007, and are designed to help users organize their SharePoint content in a more meaningful manner. A content type is a reusable collection of settings users apply to a certain category of content in order to manage the metadata and behaviors of a document or item type in a centralized, reusable way. If you have ever created or thought about creating document-centric SharePoint solutions, then this book is for you. It teaches power users, administrators, and developers how to use SharePoint content types and walks them through the process of creating one in a sample scenario. The first two chapters provide an overview of content types and can be read by anyone who has had experience with SharePoint. Chapters 3 through 8 are targeted at SharePoint power users and administrators, offering details about the components of document content types and walking readers through the process of creating a sample performance appraisal solution. The last two chapters are geared toward developers and describe how to programmatically manipulate the sample performance appraisal solution with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Topics covered include creating columns, associating document templates, customizing the Document Information Panel, adding workflows, defining an information management policy, reusing content types within a site collection, and programmatically manipulating a content type.

About the Author

David Gerhardt manages a team at 3Sharp that develops out-of-the-box and custom solutions for clients using Microsoft SharePoint offerings and Office System client applications. He has more than 12 years of consulting experience and especially enjoys XML-related technologies. He has written articles for the MSDN Library and Windows IT Pro magazine and has a blog site at http://blogs.3sharp.com/davidg.

Kevin Martin manages a development team at 3Sharp that creates custom solutions for clients using Microsoft SharePoint offerings and Office System client applications. He has more than 20 years experience in the industry.

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