Wss3sdk: how to add content types to websites

You can specify a content type in the website definition so that WSS makes the content types available by default whenever you create a website of this type.

The site definition can be included in a feature.

After creating a website, you can use the WSS object model to add a content type to the website.

Specify content type in site definition

If you want to specify a content type in the site definition, You can first create a separate feature for the content type, and then reference the feature in the site definition.

Steps:

1. Create a separate feature for the content type.
2. Reference the website-defined feature:

   1. In the feature defined by the outlet, open the XML file that defines the website.

   2. In the project element, add a reference to the content type feature under the categories and Category elementsSitefeaturesOrWebfeaturesElement. For example:

< Sitefeatures >
< Feature ID = "00bfea71-1c5e-4a24-b310-ba51c3eb7a57"   />
< Feature ID = "695b6570-acdc-4a8e-8545-26ea7fc1d162"   />
</ Sitefeatures >
< Webfeatures >
< Feature ID = "00bfea71-4ea5-48d4-a4ad-7ea5c011abe5"   />
< Feature ID = "00bfea71-e717-4e80-deaf-d0c71b360101"   />
</ Webfeatures >
Add the content type to the created website

You can use the object model to add content types to an existing website.

Steps:

1. UseAvailablecontenttypesMethod to access all available content types on the website. This method returnsSpcontenttypecollectionObject.

2. CreateSpcontenttypeClass Object.

3. UseAddAdd MethodSpcontenttypeObject To the content type set of the website.