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114 Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Web Pages
Important Design view in SharePoint Designer is not a true representation of what you see in
a browser. Some aspects of a page might not be displayed the same or some code might not
function unless you view the page in the browser. As you make changes to a Web page, you
should constantly review the page in a browser and test the functionality of your changes.
Every browser is different, so you should also test your page in the set of browsers with
resolutions commonly used by visitors to your sites. If you have multiple browsers installed
on your computer, you can use the arrow on the Preview command to preview a page in a
specific browser at a particular resolution.
Working with Web Parts
In Chapter 3, “Working with Lists and Libraries,” you created a Web Part page, inserted
an XSLT List View (XLV) Web Part into a Web Part zone, and then customized its properties.
You can add the same Web Part to a Web Part page or to a Wiki page by using the
browser.
The XLV Web Part is used to display the contents of lists and libraries. Each time the data
in the list or library changes, the changes are reflected in the XLV Web Part. You have
likely used or seen XLV Web Parts on many pages. For example, when you create a team
site, an XLV Web Part on the home page displays files stored in the Shared Documents
library. When you display the contents of a task list, the All Tasks view page contains an
XLV Web Part. However, you can use many types of Web Parts other than the XLV Web
Part.
A Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 installation has 13 built-in Web Parts: Relevant
Documents, XML Viewer, HTML Form Web Part, Content Editor Web Part (CEWP), Image
Viewer, Page Viewer, Picture Library Slideshow Web Part, Silverlight Web Part, Site Users,
User Tasks, SQL Server Reporting Services Report Viewer, What’s New, and Whereabouts.
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 includes more than 50 additional built-in Web Parts,
including Business Data List, Content Query Web Part (CQWP), Current User Filter, Excel
Web Access, Visio Web Access, Indicator Details, Search Box, Top Federated Results, Web
Analytics Web Part, and SQL Server Analysis Services Filter. Of course, your company
may have developed its own Web Parts or purchased third-party Web Parts. A detailed
description of all the Web Parts you can find in SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint
Server are outside the scope of this book.
See Also For more information about Web Parts, see Chapter 20, “Web Parts and Their
Functionality in SharePoint Server 2010,” in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Administrator’s
Companion by Bill English, Brian Alderman, and Mark Ferraz (Microsoft Press, 2011).