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1. Create a FREE Weather RSS Web Part Patrick Curran, MCT August 12, 2011

2. Patrick Curran MCT, MCITP, MCTS, MCP SharePoint Architect for Planet Technologies. Working with SharePoint since 2003. Administrator / Developer Architect / Implementer Troubleshooting / Branding Motto: Why code when SharePoint will do it OTB PCfromDC.blogspot.com @PCfromDC

3. Create an Address List from a predefined content type. Tweak and modify the list to meet out needs (Demo). Use SharePoint Designer 2010 to add a Data View Web Part to display our Address on a new Web Part page (Demo). Use SharePoint Designer 2010 to create a REST connection to display the current weather in Beverly Hills, CA (Demo). Create a data connection to display the weather of the zip code from our Address List (Demo).

4. Objective To display the weather at a location that is stored in a SharePoint list. I can’t believe the weather guy was wrong again!

5. Let’s Get Started… The first thing that we will need to accomplish is to create a list to store our address. Click on Lists

6. Creating “The List” Click on Create

7. Creating “The List” 1- Select Lists. 2- Click on the list type. 3- Add a name (No spaces, We’ll fix this in a bit). Click on Lists 4- Click on Create when ready!

8. Tweaking “The List” Now that our list has been created, let’s tweak it for our requirements. Click List Settings

9. Tweaking “The List” 1- Adjust the Title(add the spaces back). 2- Set the content type. Not part of this demo…

10. Tweaking “The Title” 1- Adjust the Title(add the spaces back).

11. Tweaking “The Title” 1- Adjust the Title(add the spaces back).

12. Tweaking “The Title” No “%20” in the URL User friendly name.

13. Add Content Type… Now that was easy! Default content type. We want to add an existing content type.

14. Add Content Type… 1- Select List Type from Drop Down. 2- Add Contact

15. Add Content Type… 1- Select List Type from Drop Down. 2- Add Contact

16. Add Content Type… OTB Content Type Columns.

17. Tweak The Content Type… Our Available Content Types. Change the Default Content Type.

18. Tweak The Content Type… Settings Before

19. Tweak The Content Type… Settings After

20. Tweak The Content Type… Change Last Name to Location

21. Tweak The Content Type… Change Last Name to Location

22. Tweak The Content Type… Click OK to finish

23. Tweak The Content Type… What Columns do we really need?

24. Tweak The Content Type… What Columns do we really need? Let’s hide the one’s we do not need!

25. Tweak The View… Let’s edit the View

26. Tweak The View… Let’s edit the View

27. Add An Address… Finally, let’s go ahead and Add a new item! At least the weather looks good for the weekend… Click Add new Item

28. Add An Address…

29. Add An Address…

30. Add An Address…

31. Let’s Create Our List! Demo Time!

32. It’s Time To Design! Let’s open up Designer and create a page to hold our information. 1- Open your site. 2- Select Master Pages. 3- Select the v4.master 4- Right click and select New from Master Page.

33. Create A Page… I hope these guys stop looking over my shoulder soon. 1- Save Page. 2- Ignore warning and click Yes

34. Create A Page… 1- Within the PlaceHolderMain, select the Common Content Tasks. 2- Click Create Custom Content

35. Create A Page… 1- Click inside of the PlaceHolderMain. 2- Insert a 4x4 Table.

36. Insert Data View Web Part… 1- Click inside the Upper Left table cell. 2- Insert an Empty Data View.

37. Insert Data View Web Part…

38. Insert Data View Web Part… 1- Ctrl + Click in order. 2- Insert as a Single Item View from the pull-down menu.

39. Insert Data View Web Part… Our list data is finally inserted!

40. Tweak The Web Part… Remove Paging Paging

41. Tweak The Web Part… Remove the first column

42. Tweak The Web Part… Format Address

43. Let’s See Some Data! Demo Time!

44. Add The Weather… Finally the FREE Weather Web Part! Click in the 3rd table row.

45. Add The Weather… Add New REST Connection 1- Select Data Sources. 2- Click REST Service Connection.

46. Add The Weather… 1- Name your connection. 2- Add URL. 3- Modify Parameters.

47. Add The Weather… 1- Modify Parameter. Our updated Properties.

48. Add The Weather… Insert REST Feed Data View into 3rd table row.

49. Tweak The Weather… With the Weather Web Part selected, click Add/Remove Columns.

50. Tweak The Weather… Lets remove the Displayed Columns.

51. Tweak The Weather… Delete the description row (right click in cell).

52. Tweak The Weather… Change the description Format type to Rich Text.

53. Tweak The Weather… Ignore the Warning! Our updated page!

54. Let’s See The Weather! Demo Time!

55. Make The Connection… How much more PowerPoint is there? 1- Select the address web part. 2- Add Connection

56. Make The Connection… 1 2 3

57. Make The Connection… 4 5

58. Make The Connection… 6 7

59. Tweak The Content… Add a hyperlink to the company web site 1- Select the company name (Planet Technologies) 2- Format Item as Hyperlink 3- Ignore Confirmation!

60. Tweak The Content… Edit Hyperlink Address 1- Click the function button 2- Select Web Page

61. Tweak The Content… Update Address

62. Tweak The Content… Open hyperlink in new page 1- Press the Target Frame button. 2- Select New Window as Target Frame.

63. Let’s See If It Works! Demo Time!

64. Troubleshooting…