Webpart basics in SharePoint 2010

A Web Part is a modular unit of information that forms the basic building block of a Web Part Page. You can add Web Parts to Web Part zones in a Web Part Page and then customize the individual Web Parts to create a unique page for your site users.

Restore closed web parts?

·         Open the sharepoint site

·         Site actions

·         Edit page

·         Click on Insert

·         Specify the location of the mouse cursor where you need to place that webpart

·         Click on webpart

·         It will open the web part gallery page

·         Scroll down towards the bottom by means of categories section

·         You will see a section named as “Closed webparts”

·         As soon as you click on closed webpart then you will see a list in the right hand side

·         Select the appropriate one which was closed and click on Add

·         That’s it-webpart will be successfully restored back to the page where it exists before. J

How to delete a webpart?

·         Open the page where the Web part is located.

·         Select Edit Page from the Site Actions drop-down menu.

·         Click the Web part to be deleted.

·         Click the Web Part Tools tab on the Ribbon.

·         Click the Delete Button, and then click Okay in the warning dialog.

How to add a webpart?

·         Open the sharepoint site

·         Site actions

·         Edit page

·         Click on Insert

·         Specify the location of the mouse cursor where you need to place that webpart

·         Click on webpart

·         It will open the web part gallery page

·         Select  the appropriate webpart from the categories list

·         Click on Add

·         That’s it-you are done J

How to export a webpart in SharePoint 2010?

·         Edit the webpart

·         Under Advanced Settings look for Export option

·         Change the option to Export All

·         Save the webpart configuration and you have the option back in place now

·         That’s it-you are done J

If you have any queries/questions then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues J

Thank you.

Activation could not be completed because the InfoPath Forms Services support feature is not present-SharePoint 2010

I was trying to publish the InfoPath form by using the browser enabled functionality but as soon as i clicked on published then I got the following error message:

Activation could not be completed because the InfoPath Forms Services support feature is not present. -OR-

There has been error while loading the form.

I worked on such similar issue in the past but that belongs to SharePoint 2007 version so I am pretty much sure that there should be some correlation with the same resolution.

You must be thinking as which resolution I am talking about. Don’t think and stress out, refer the following details:

http://sharepointknowledgebase.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-form-template-is-browser.html

Finally I dig into the 14-features folder on the servers and found out the exact feature i.e. IPFSSiteFeatures

I have resolved this issue without much headache/stress and resolution too is very simple:

Disable-SPFeature "IPFSSiteFeatures" -URL "http://yoursitecollectionURL"

Enable-SPFeature "IPFSSiteFeatures" -URL "http://yoursitecollectionURL"

If you have any queries/questions regarding the mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues J

Thank you

SharePoint 2010: Backup/Restore with PowerShell Command

This article is in continuation with the backup operations thread and you can get the reference from here:
http://sharepointknowledgebase.blogspot.com/2012/06/backup-restore-in-sharepoint-2010.html

Restore Operations

Restore operations are associated with:

·         Site collection

·         Subsite

·         List and Document Libraries

Restore of the site collection

By using Powershell

Name: Restore-SPSite

Synopsis: Restores a site collection.

Syntax:  Restore-SPSite [-Identity] <String> -Path <String> [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-ContentDatabase <SPContentDatabasePipeBind>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-GradualDelete <SwitchParameter>] [-HostHeaderWebApplication <String>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<C

    ommonParameters>]

Description: The Restore-SPSite cmdlet performs a restoration of the site collection to a location specified by the Identity parameter. A content database may only contain one copy of a site collection. If a site collection is backed up and restored to a different URL location within the same Web application, an additional content database must be available to hold the restored copy of the site collection.

Example:

C:\PS>Restore-SPSite http://server_name/sites/site_name -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak

This example restores a site collection from the backup file C:\Backup\site_name.bak to the site collection URL http://server_name/sites/site_name.

By using STSADM command:

For site collection restore:

    stsadm.exe -o restore

           -URL <URL>

           -filename <filename>

           [-overwrite]

How to restore the subsite

By using Powershell

Name: Import-SPWeb

Synopsis: Imports a site collection, Web application, list, or library.

Syntax: Import-SPWeb [-Identity] <SPWebPipeBind> -Path <String> [-ActivateSolutions <SwitchParameter>] [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-HaltOnError <SwitchParameter>] [-HaltOnWarning <SwitchParameter>] [-IncludeUserCustomAction <None | All>] [-IncludeUserSecurity <SwitchParameter>] [-NoFileCompression <SwitchParameter>] [-NoLogFile <SwitchParameter>] [-UpdateVersions <Append | Overwrite | Ignore>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

Description: The Import-SPWeb cmdlet imports a site collection, Web application, list, or library. The capability to import from a library is a new feature in SharePoint 2010 Products.

Example: C:\PS>Import-SPWeb http://site -Path export.cmp -UpdateVersions –Overwrite

This example imports the contents of export.cmp into a site at http://site, overwriting the versioned content on the site with the contents of the export.cmp file.

By using STSADM command:

stsadm.exe -o import

           -URL <URL to import to>

           -filename <import file name>

           [-includeusersecurity]

How to Restore the List/Document Libraries

By using Powershell

Export-SPWeb –Identity <site URL> -Path <Filename> -Includeusersecurity

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issuesJ J

Thank you.

Method 'Post' of object 'IOWSPostData' failed SharePoint 2010

Guys, before I start writing on this error message, let me clarify that I have tested this issue in two environments:

·         SharePoint 2010 and Office 2007

·         SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010

Directly Jumping on to the troubleshooting steps, let me brief some details as how I reproduced that error message:

·         Open your SharePoint site

·         View all site content / http://SharePoint2010/sites/SPAdmin/_layouts/create.aspx  

·         Custom list section

·         Import a spreadsheet (refer the following screenshot)

·         Provide appropriate details for the Name field

·         Select an excel spreadsheet that you wants to import by means of Browse option

·         Range of cells

·         As soon as you selects the range of cells and click Ok then you will get the below mentioned error message:

Method 'Post' of object 'IOWSPostData' failed

First condition: SharePoint 2010 and Office 2007

If you are using the above combination then it’s never going to work.

Second condition: SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010

Its working perfectly without any problems, if you are facing the mentioned error message for this combination then here is the resolution for this:

·         Go to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033”.

·         Find “EXPTOOWS.XLA” and double click on it.

·         Press “Alt+F11” to display VB code editor.

·         Select code window and find “lVer = Application.SharePointVersion(URL)”

·         Add following line “lVer = 2”.

·         Save and close the window.

·         Restart and see if it worked.

·         If not, change “lVer = 3”.

·         Restart and see if it worked.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know, Thank you.

how to import a spreadsheet into sharepoint list 2010

Just like SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 also provides this functionality in which we can directly import an excel spreadsheet and creates a custom list based on the number of the columns.

How to import? Here is the step by step guide for you:

·         Open your sharepoint site

·         Click on view all site content

·         Create

·         Select the List category from the left

Note: If you do not wants to follow the above mentioned steps then please make some adjustments in your site URL (like the below one)

http://SharePoint2010site/sites/SPAdmin/_layouts/create.aspx

You will be wondering as what exactly we need to do in the URL, it’s very easy

Just append _layouts/create.aspx after the site name. That’s it

·         Okay, continuing the same point

·         As soon as you click on ‘Import a spreadsheet’ then Provide the list name as per your project requirements

·         Click on Browse and select your excel file that you wants to import

·         Select the range of cells that you want to import

·         Click OK

-That’s it-Job Done J Very Easy Right J-

If you face any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues. Thank you.