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Igor Goldshtaub is KWizCom's VP Proffessional Services
By Igor Goldshtaub, VP Professional Services
KWizCom Corporation
Summary
In the following article Igor Goldshtaub, VP Professional Services for KWizCom Corporation explains the process of adding a web part to your web parts gallery using a feature.
Want to add web parts to your web parts gallery using a SharePoint feature?
Let me show you the easiest way...
Background
If you want register a web part for a site collection, you should add the web part to the Web Part Gallery in the site collection.
The KWizCom Tagging Feature is convenient to use here as it allows you to see the Tags Cloud Web Part in the site collection where the Tagging Feature is activated.
It is important you understand everything in SharePoint 2007 is based on features. So - to add your web part to the web parts gallery you will need to create a special feature for your web part with the correct scope as well:
Let's say you have sample web part named "MySampleWebPart".
The first thing you need to do is create a folder named "MySampleWebPart" inside the Features folder:
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12TEMPLATEFEATURESMySampleWebPart
Now, copy your "MySampleWebPart .dwp" file inside the newly created folder and create 2 XML files named "elements.xml" and "Feature.xml".
To complete your work you should modify both XML files and then install and activate the feature.
Open the "Feature.xml" file for editing (for example in notepad) and put the following XML there:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Feature Id=" 8425EAF7-6ACE-4597-83C7-831CA8614D6D"
Title="MySampleWebPart"
Description="Here is my sample web part"
ImageUrl="GenericFeature.gif"
Scope="Site"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<ElementManifests>
<ElementManifest Location="elements.xml" />
</ElementManifests>
</Feature>
Note: Each feature must have a unique ID. Please make sure that you use your own generated GUID for it.
Open the "elements.xml" file for editing (for example in notepad) and put the following XML there:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<Module
Name="WebPartPopulation"
List="113"
Url="_catalogs/wp"
RootWebOnly="TRUE">
<File Url="MySampleWebPart.dwp" Type="GhostableInLibrary" />
</Module>
</Elements>
Done!
Now, you can install and activate the feature that will add the web part you the Web Parts Gallery.
Install Feature
Run STSADM command:
"C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12BINstsadm" -o installfeature -name MySampleWebPart -force
Activate Feature
After installation, you should have this new site collection feature:
Activate the feature to see the web part in web parts gallery.
Result
If you did everything correctly, you will see your web part in Web Part gallery
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