Feature is used to give some enhancement in SharePoint site.
Please follow below steps to use feature in SharePoint site.
Paste these two .xml files in below location.
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedwebserver extensions12TEMPLATEFEATURESmyfolder
Here is both .xml files.
feature.xml (code)
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″ ?>
<Feature xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/”
Id=”5DFD12AF-D0AA-4c63-8FB8-C49DB1191083″
Title=”My Custom Action Feature”
Description=”Adds Custom Actions to the Web Site.”
Scope=”Web”
Version=”1.0.0.0″ >
<ElementManifests>
<ElementManifest Location=”element.xml”/>
</ElementManifests>
</Feature>
element.xml(code)
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″ ?>
<Elements xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/”>
<!– Custom Action in Site Actions Menu –>
<CustomAction
Id=”MyNewCustomAction”
Description=”This menu item is a new custom action.”
Title=”My New Custom Action”
GroupId=”SiteActions”
Location=”Microsoft.SharePoint.StandardMenu”
ImageUrl=”/_layouts/user.aspx”
Sequence=”10″>
<UrlAction Url=”http://myserver:1985/new/MyCustomPage2.aspx />
</CustomAction>
<!– Hide Custom Action –>
<HideCustomAction
Id=”HideDeleteWeb”
GroupId=”SiteAdministration”
Location=”Microsoft.SharePoint.SiteSettings”
HideActionId=”DeleteWeb” />
</Elements>
Open cmd:
cd
F:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedwebserver extensions12BIN then
press enter.
Write below command on command prompt:
stsadm
-o installfeature -filename myfolderfeature.xml (and press enter)
now you will see a message “Operation completed Successfully”
After that open your application in Central Administrator.
Site Actions->Create
Web Pages->Basic Page
Give a name to the page.
Here I have used “MyCustomPage2.aspx “.
Go to Site Actions->Site Settings
Under Site Administrator section click on site features
You will find the list of site features.
Select your feature.
In
this case I have used the name “My Custom Action Feature” (See
this name in feature.xml).
click
on Activate.
