What is a Web Part?

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Integration

What is a Web Part?

Components of a SharePoint Portal page are called Web Parts.

Microsoft defines a Web Part as:

A modular unit of information that consists of a title bar, a frame, and content. Web Parts are the basic building blocks of a Web Part Page. A Web Part is the combination of a Web Part Description file (.dwp) and a Web Part assembly file (.dll). All Web Parts are based on Web Custom Controls.

Ektron has created a Web Part for each Ektron CMS400.NET display function, as well as Web Parts for other useful Ektron CMS400.NET information.

Three Types of Web Parts

There are three types of Web Parts.

Type

Description

Available to

Shared

A Web Part added to a Web Part Page by a user who is creating or making changes to the Web Part Page in shared view

All users of a Web Part Page with appropriate permissions

Personalized

A shared Web Part with one or more property values modified by a user who has made changes to the Web Part in personal view

The user who made the changes. Other users continue to see the shared Web Part.

Private

A Web Part that a user has

added to a Web Part Page from a Web Part gallery

or

imported from a computer while creating or making changes to the Web Part Page in personal view

The user who added or imported the Web Part. Other users cannot see private Web Parts.

When properly configured, Ektron CMS400.NET Web Parts are shared Web Parts that can be personalized by different users (assuming they have the necessary permissions).

The type of Web Part you are working with can be important because:

You may have permission to modify only some types of Web Parts on certain Web Part Pages, but not on other Web Part Pages

You may be able to connect to certain types of Web Parts on a Web Part Page, but not to other types of Web Parts on the same Web Part Page

Ektron(R) CMS400 Online Help - Release 5.0, revision 3 Copyright 2005 Ektron(R), Inc. All rights reserved. www.ektron.com

Type	Description	Available to
Shared	A Web Part added to a Web Part Page by a user who is creating or making changes to the Web Part Page in shared view	All users of a Web Part Page with appropriate permissions
Personalized	A shared Web Part with one or more property values modified by a user who has made changes to the Web Part in personal view	The user who made the changes. Other users continue to see the shared Web Part.
Private	A Web Part that a user has added to a Web Part Page from a Web Part gallery or imported from a computer while creating or making changes to the Web Part Page in personal view	The user who added or imported the Web Part. Other users cannot see private Web Parts.