Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 Inside Out

Creating and Configuring Basic and Web Part Pages

With WSS 3.0 and only a browser, a user can create a powerful set of sites and pages to meet a vast number of needs.

Creating Basic Pages

The simplest kind of page is an ordinary, basic page that contains no Web Parts or other special features. A basic page can be created by performing the following steps:

1. Click View All Site Content and then click Create on the All Site Content page. Alternatively, click Site Actions and then click Create within any site.

2. In the Web Pages category, click Basic Page.

3. On the New Basic Page form shown in Figure 5-9, in the Name section, type in a name for the new page. Selecting the Overwrite If File Already Exists check box causes an existing page to be overwritten if ...