Deploy a web part using feature

Create a normal cs file for the web part. To deploy it, create 2 files in the feature folder - Feature.xml, elements.xml and webpart.webpart

wpchat.webpart---------------------------------------

webParts
webPart xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v3"
metaData
type name="Eversheds.InstantMessaging.WebParts.WPChat, Eversheds.InstantMessaging, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=b0c7276684f0a390 "/type
importErrorMessageCan not import WPChat/importErrorMessage
/metaData
data
properties
property name="Title" type="string"IT Service Desk/property
property name="Description" type="string"A web part which allows the user to chat /property
property name="MissingAssembly" type="string"Cannot import this Web Part./property
property name="DisplayName" type="string"IT Service Deskproperty
property name="Name" type="string"ITServiceDesk/property
property name="AllowHide" type="bool"False/property
property name="AllowClose" type="bool"False/property
property name="ChromeType" type="chrometype"None/property
property name="AllowZoneChange" type="bool"True/property
property name="Hidden" type="bool"False/property
property name="AllowMinimize" type="bool"False/property
property name="AllowEdit" type="bool"True/property
/properties
/data
/webPart
/webParts

Feature.xml ---------------

?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?
Feature Id="D34D00B1-EC5C-4da8-8C50-009CB4B8BB42"
Title="IMCHATFEATURE"
Description="This is the chat Webpart"
Version="12.0.0.0"
Hidden="FALSE"
Scope="Site"
ReceiverAssembly="Eversheds.InstantMessaging, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=b0c7276684f0a390 "
ReceiverClass="Eversheds.InstantMessaging.FeatureReceiver.ReceiverChatFeature"
DefaultResourceFile="core"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"
ElementManifests
ElementManifest Location="elements.xml"/
ElementFile Location="WPChat.webpart" /
/ElementManifests
/Feature


Element.xml--------------------

?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?
Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"
Module Name="WebPartPopulation" Url="_catalogs/wp" RootWebOnly="TRUE" List="113"
File Url="WPChat.webpart" Type="GhostableInLibrary"
/File
/Module
/Elements

Deploy this using wsp and the web part can be added to the web part gallery.

Create custom page layout using Feature

If you want to create a custom page layout using features in your solution, use the below steps-

Create a folder structure as -

12----
Template---
Features------
ABCPageLayout---
layout.aspx
Feature.xml
Elements.xml

layout.aspx-----------------------------

First create the entire layout in sharepoint designer and copy paste into .net aspx file.


Feature.xml-----------------------------

Feature Id="8C463F26-AE3C-4309-A284-AC095EB351A9"
Title="ABCPageLayout"
Description="page layoutt for use"
Version="12.0.0.0"
Scope="Site"
Hidden="True"
DefaultResourceFile="core"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"
ElementManifests
ElementManifest Location="ProvisionedFiles.xml"/
/ElementManifests
/Feature

Elements.xml---------------------------------

Module Name="OSGPageLayouts" Url="_catalogs/masterpage" Path="PageLayout" RootWebOnly="TRUE"
File Url="ABCPageLayout.aspx" Type="GhostableInLibrary"
Property Name="ContentType" Value="$Resources:cmscore,contenttype_pagelayout_name;" /
Property Name="PublishingAssociatedContentType" Value=";#$Resources:cmscore,contenttype_articlepage_name;;#0x010100C568DB52D9D0A14D9B2FDCC96666E9F2007948130EC3DB064584E219954237AF3900242457EFB8B24247815D688C526CD44D;#"/
/File


Deploy this as a feature and your page layout will automatically go to the sharpoint pagelayouts.

Feature to create page of a page layout type

In case you want to create a page of a certain page layout in your solution folder, Follow the below steps.

First create the page layout in your solution using feature. (Steps in another post)

Create a structure as below in your solution -

12 --
Template --
Features ---
Page123-----
Elements.xml
Feature.xml
TemplatePage.aspx


Elements.xml------------------------

Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"
Module Name="PublishingHomePage" Url="$Resources:cmscore,List_Pages_UrlName;" Path=""
File Url="TemplatePage.aspx" Name="Welcome.aspx" Path="TemplatePage.aspx" Type="GhostableInLibrary" IgnoreIfAlreadyExists="TRUE"
Property Name="Title" Value="Online Services" /
Property Name="ContentType" Value="Article Page" /
Property Name="PublishingPageLayout" Value="~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/HomePageLayout.aspx, /sites/onlineservices/_catalogs/masterpage/HomePageLayout.aspx" /
/File
/Module
/Elements

Feature.xml----------------------------------

Feature Id="523E7D1F-052A-42e6-BD85-3ACFC82831EE"
Title="Page123"
Description="Home Page"
Version="1.0.0.0"
Scope="Site"
Hidden="True"
DefaultResourceFile="core"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"
ElementManifests
ElementManifest Location="Elements.xml"/
ElementFile Location="TemplatePage.aspx" /
/ElementManifests
/Feature

change the Feature id in your code.

TemplagePage.aspx--------------------- It is the normal templatepage in every site.

%@ Page Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.TemplateRedirectionPage, Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing,Version=12.0.0.0,Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %
%@ Reference VirtualPath="~TemplatePageUrl" %
%@ Reference VirtualPath="~masterurl/custom.master" %

Deploy this as a feature and your page is ready.

Window.Unload() not working in IE6

I was not able to get this simple thing working in IE 6. It worked on IE7 and IE8 and not on IE6. I found the below workaround.


SCRIPT FOR="window" EVENT="onunload"
alert("on unload");
/SCRIPT

This works without any problem.