Parameterize your page url to access SharePoint functionality
Webpart maintenance page
Some people think they’re removing a webparts by clicking on ‘x’, actually the webpart is closed and stille exists (invisible) on the page. With the SharePoint webparts maintenance page you can close, remove or delete (multiple) webparts on a page. This is very handy page specially when your well written SharePoint webpart causes an error so the whole page can’t be displayed. Here is the solution to remove the blocking webpart, add the following to your page url: ?contents=1
Acces the SharePoint ToolPanes
Is it possible to edit forms pages like AllItems.aspx, DispForm.aspx EditForm.aspx …? Yes, add the following to you’re Forms page url ?ToolPaneView=2, now you can edit existing webparts or add new webparts, a content editor webpart with a disclaimer text for example. With ?ToolPaneView=3 you can search for webparts and with ?ToolPaneView=5 you can upload you’re custom webpart.
Tags: SharePoint, toolpanes, toolpaneview, webpart maintenance page
August 26th, 2009 at 14:06
Editing SharePoint form pages is possible, but doing so isn’t recommended or supported by Microsoft! In the WSS 3.0 SDK you can read the following:
“Although it is possible to add Web Parts to the Display, Edit, and New forms for list items (DispForm.aspx, EditForm.aspx, and NewForm.aspx), doing so is not recommended or supported in Windows SharePoint Services. Adding Web Parts to list view pages (AllItems.aspx) is supported.”
See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa544154.aspx