Chapter 6
Working with Web Parts
IN THIS CHAPTER
Adding Web Parts to your web pages
Picking the right Web Part
Changing the way your Web Part acts
Using one Web Part to filter another
Web Parts are reusable components that display content on web pages in SharePoint. Just as the name implies, a Web Part is a part of a web page that is all packaged together nicely and easy to work with. Web Parts are a fundamental part of the team site experience, so make it a point to get comfortable with them and know what your options are.
The Team Site template is just one option when creating a new SharePoint website. There are other templates you can choose to create a new website, and Web Parts are critical to all of them in SharePoint.
In this chapter, we introduce you to Web Parts and show you how to use them on your web pages.
Adding a Web Part to Your Page
A Web Part is an individual component of content that can be placed on a SharePoint page, in either a zone in a Web Part page or in Rich Content areas of the Wiki Content page. Web Parts can be moved, added, and deleted, framed by borders and titles, and closed and reopened, depending on your need. In other words, they are a little piece of web functionality all wrapped up in a nice package for you.
In a team site, you may place Web Parts on your home page for your users to read and access items from your apps, such as announcements, ...
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