Module Element (Site)
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Specifies files with which to provision SharePoint sites within an Onet.xml file.
<Module>
IncludeFolders = "Text"
List = "Integer"
Name = "Text"
Path = "Text"
RootWebOnly = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
SetupPath = "Text"
Url = "Text"
</Module>
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
---|---|
IncludeFolders |
Optional Text. |
List |
Optional Integer. Specifies the type of list, which is defined within Onet.xml. |
Name |
Required Text. Contains the name of the file set. Can only contain the following characters:
|
Path |
Optional Text. Specifies the physical path to the file set relative to \\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\SiteTemplates\Site_Definition. Can only contain the following characters:
|
RootWebOnly |
Optional Boolean. TRUE if the files specified in the module are installed only in the top-level Web site of the site collection. |
SetupPath |
Optional Text. Specifies the physical path to a folder in the Windows SharePoint Services setup directory (\\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE) that contains a file to include in the module. Can only contain the following characters:
|
Url |
Optional Text. Specifies the virtual path of the folder in which to place the files when a site is instantiated. If Path is not specified, the value of Url is used for the physical path. Use the Url attribute to provision a folder through the site definition. The Url attribute cannot contain the following characters:
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Child Elements
Parent Elements
Occurrences
Minimum: 0 Maximum: Unbounded |
Remarks
The Module element specifies a file or collection of files and a location where the files are installed during site creation. If the file is a Web Part Page, the module definition can specify which Web Parts should be included on the page.
Example
The following example from Onet.xml defines the views and files to include within a module.
<Module Name="Default" Url="" Path="">
<File Url="default.aspx" NavBarHome="True">
<View List="$Resources:core,lists_Folder;/$Resources:core,announce_Folder;" BaseViewID="0" WebPartZoneID="Left" />
<View List="$Resources:core,lists_Folder;/$Resources:core,calendar_Folder;" BaseViewID="0" RecurrenceRowset="TRUE" WebPartZoneID="Left" WebPartOrder="2" />
<AllUsersWebPart WebPartZoneID="Right" WebPartOrder="1"><![CDATA[
<WebPart xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v2" xmlns:iwp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v2/Image">
<Assembly>Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c</Assembly>
<TypeName>Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.ImageWebPart
</TypeName>
<FrameType>None</FrameType>
<Title>$Resources:wp_SiteImage;</Title>
<iwp:ImageLink>/_layouts/images/homepage.gif</iwp:ImageLink>
</WebPart>
]]></AllUsersWebPart>
<View List="$Resources:core,lists_Folder;/$Resources:core,links_Folder;" BaseViewID="0" WebPartZoneID="Right" WebPartOrder="2" />
<NavBarPage Name="$Resources:core,nav_Home;" ID="1002" Position="Start" />
<NavBarPage Name="$Resources:core,nav_Home;" ID="0" Position="Start" />
</File>
</Module>