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What is the name given to a site containing multiple subsites within it?
SharePoint Site is a website that contains different SharePoint Web Parts like Document Library, Calendar, Task List, etc. SharePoint sites can have 1 or more pages to display content to the user. SharePoint Site Collection, just as the name implies, is a collection of SharePoint Sites.
What are site definitions?
(Entry 1 of 2) 1a : the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures (such as a building, town, or monuments) b : a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building. 2a : the place, scene, or point of an occurrence or event a picnic site.
What does custom site type mean in HTML?
Sometimes a custom site type is a recombination of built-in lists types, content types, column types, and other Features that is different from any built-in site type.
How to add components to a custom site?
Configure your custom site type to use a custom file dialog post processor or a custom external security provider. Do this by adding a Components element as a child of the Project element. For more information, see Components Element (Site) and the topics for its child elements.
How to create a site definition in Visual Studio?
In Microsoft Visual Studio, create a Site Definition project from the SharePoint | 2010 section of project templates. Make it a farm solution, not a sandboxed solution. Give it a name that will also function as the internal name of the site definition. Users do not see this name.
Is there procedural code in creating a custom site definition?
There is no procedural code involved in creating a custom site definition. It is an entirely declarative development task. Primarily, it involves adding Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) markup to two critical files: a WebTemp*.xml file and an Onet.xml file.