Publish a List on a Web Site
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You can publish a list that is stored in a business application in a Microsoft Office Live Small Business account to the account's public-facing Web site, so that visitors to the Web site can view the list data. When the list owner changes information in the list, the information displayed on the public Web site is automatically updated. By default, the list data is also published as an RSS 2.0 Web feed, allowing customers to subscribe to the feed in the RSS reader of their choice.
For example, if a restaurant wants to post their daily specials to customers online, you can create a list called “Daily Specials” in a business application and publish the list to their public Web site. When the restaurant updates the “Daily Specials” list in the business application, it automatically updates on the public Web site and publishes a new item to the RSS Web feed.
There are two entry points to publish a list to a public Web site. If you're working in a business application, you can go to the Sharing sidebar and select Lists. Or, for more flexibility, go to Page Editor and add a List Publisher module to any existing Web page.
Add a List Publisher Module to a New Web Page from a business application
On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click More, and then click Business Applications.
On the Business Applications Home page, on the left navigation bar, click the application that contains the list you want to publish.
Click the tab for the specific list.
In the Sharing sidebar, click Lists, and then click Publish a list.
In the Publish a List dialog box, in the Page title box, type a title to appear at the top of the new Web page.
In the Page URL box, type the Web address to appear in the address bar of the new Web page.
Click Publish list.
In Page editor, right-click the yellow placeholder box in the new Web page, and then click Properties. This placeholder box adds a confirmation step to ensure that you do not publish data unintentionally.
In List Publisher, the application, list, and fields contained in the view that you requested to publish are automatically selected. To change the order of the field display, click the Field name for the field that you want to reorder. Click Move up or Move down until the field is in the desired location.
In the Select list layout drop-down list, select one of the layouts to format the data on the web page.
Click OK.
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If the advanced design features are activated, you have several additional options for configuring the data you want to publish and complete control over the layout of the data on the Web page. For more information, see Customize a list on a Web page using the advanced design features. |
Add a List Publisher Module to an Existing Web Page through Page Editor
On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
In Page Manager, next to the name of the Web page on which you want to publish your list, click Edit.
In Page Editor, on the actions bar, click Module, and then click List Publisher.
In List Publisher, in the Applications drop-down list, select the application that contains the list you want to publish.
In the List drop-down list, select the name of the list you want to publish.
In List Publisher, under Select the fields you want to display, clear the Display check box next to any field that you do not want to display.
To change the order of the field display, click the Field name for the field that you want to reorder. Click Move up or Move down until the field is in the desired location.
If you want to use a different layout template for the list, select a template from the Select list layout drop-down list.
Click OK.
Note If the advanced design features are activated, you have several additional options for configuring the data that you want to publish and complete control over the layout of the data on the Web page. For more information, see Customize a list on a Web page using the advanced design features.