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PublishingWeb.Description Property

Gets or sets the description string for this PublishingWeb object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Description As String
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As PublishingWeb
Dim value As String

value = instance.Description

instance.Description = value
public string Description { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The description string for this PublishingWeb.

Remarks

This property wraps the Description property.

To save changes after setting this property, call the Update method.

Examples

This sample demonstrates setting and saving property values on a publishing Web. Before building and running this sample, verify that Publishing feature has been enabled for the SPWeb, and that the defaultPageFileId is SPFile.UniqueId for the new default page.

[c#]

using SPContentTypeId = Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentTypeId;
using SPContentType = Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentType;
using SPSite = Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite;
using SPFile = Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile;
using SPWeb = Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb;
using PublishingSite = Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingSite;
using PublishingWeb = Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingWeb;
using PageLayoutCollection = Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PageLayoutCollection;
using PageLayout = Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PageLayout;

namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointServer.Samples
{
    public static class PublishingWebCodeSamples
    {
        public static void SetPublishingWebProperties(SPWeb web, System.Guid defaultPageFileId)
        {
            // TODO: Replace these variable values and input parameters
            // with your own values.
            string newTitle = "your Title";                     // new PublishingWeb.Title value
            string newDescription = "your Description";         // new PublishingWeb.Description value
            bool resetInheritPageLayouts = true;                // new PublishingWeb.IsInheritingAvailablePageLayouts value
            bool resetInheritWebTemplates = true;               // new PublishingWeb.IsInheritingAvailableWebTemplates value

            // Validate the input parameters.
            if (null == web)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("web");
            }

            // Get the PublishingWeb wrapper for the SPWeb 
            // that was passed in.
            PublishingWeb publishingWeb = null;
            if (PublishingWeb.IsPublishingWeb(web))
            {
                publishingWeb = PublishingWeb.GetPublishingWeb(web);
            }
            else
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentException("The SPWeb must be a PublishingWeb", "web");
            }

            //  Retrieve the SPFile.
            SPFile newDefaultPageFile = publishingWeb.Web.GetFile(defaultPageFileId);
            if( (null == newDefaultPageFile) ||
                !newDefaultPageFile.Exists )
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentException(
                    "The Guid does not match an SPFile on the SPWeb",
                    "defaultPageFileId");
            }

            // Set new values on the PublishingWeb.
            publishingWeb.Title = newTitle;
            publishingWeb.Description = newDescription;
            publishingWeb.DefaultPage = newDefaultPageFile;
            if( resetInheritPageLayouts && 
                !publishingWeb.IsInheritingAvailablePageLayouts  &&
                !publishingWeb.IsRoot)
            {
                publishingWeb.InheritAvailablePageLayouts();
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(publishingWeb.IsInheritingAvailablePageLayouts);
            }
            if (resetInheritWebTemplates && 
                !publishingWeb.IsInheritingAvailableWebTemplates &&
                !publishingWeb.IsRoot)
            {
                publishingWeb.InheritAvailableWebTemplates();
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(publishingWeb.IsInheritingAvailableWebTemplates);
            }

            // Save the new values on the PublishingWeb.
            publishingWeb.Update();
        }
    }
}

See Also

Reference

PublishingWeb Class

PublishingWeb Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing Namespace