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TPHAN · Guest

Hi everyone,

The scenario: I created a custom list called 'Partners' under 'Home' area.
Under 'Home', I created an area 'Project'. What I'd like to do is to make
the 'Partner' list available in the 'Project' area.

In the screen for the 'Partner' list, I clicked â€˜Select a portal area for
this listâ€™, then 'Change Location' link under the Location section. A tree
view appeared and I checked the 'Project' area. Click OK and it seems the
change has been made. It displays as:
Default location *
Home
Home > Project.

However, if you click OK to get out the set up, and click back again through
â€˜Select a portal area for this listâ€™, then 'Change Location', just to double
check, the change is gone. It only displays as before:
Default location *
Home

Of course, the 'Partner' list is not available in the 'Project' area.

I further tried to create a WSS site, create the â€˜Partnersâ€™ custom list in
this WSS site, and tried to add this list to portal area. Failed again.

Anyone knows why this is and how to fix it? I have the admin right. I also
have FP2003 if it can be of any help on this issue.

Thanks alot.

Hollis D. Paul · Guest

In article <9C01970B-CC1D-45B1-B744-6A7069EE8373@microsoft.com>,
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Hollis D. Paul · Guest

In article <918C5B60-8C2D-463F-8C90-FC05711E61F2@microsoft.com>,
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TPHAN · Guest

Hi Hollis,

Thanks for your reply.

Actually I did start from the list page (the source) and followed every step
described in your reply. My previous post omitted those steps and only
stated the problem part - the last section of the Add Listing page, named
"Location". In the iconographical tree view display of all area pages, I
select the page(s) I want the list to be published to.

Click OK and it seems the change has been made. It displays as:
Default location *
Home
Home > Project. ('Project' is the area I'd like the list to display)

However, if i click OK to get out the set up, and click back all the way
again through â€˜Select a portal area for this listâ€™, then 'Change Location',
just to double check, the change is gone. It only displays as before:
Default location *
Home

Of course, the list is not available in the 'Project' area.

I further tried to create a WSS site, create the custom list in this WSS
site, and tried to add this list to portal area. Failed again.

So in short, I did exactly what you said, both in portal area and WSS site.
But failed. The list can not be displayed/available in another portal area.
Do you know why this is and how to fix it? I have the admin right. I also
have FP2003 if it can be of any help on this issue.

Thanks alot and have a good weekend.

"Hollis D. Paul" wrote:

Hollis D. Paul · Guest

In article <8DE7E928-1A0E-4E51-973B-9F4B6BD749F0@microsoft.com>,
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TPHAN · Guest

Hi Hollis,

Thanks for your reply.

Can you tell me where the SPS install logs are? and what to look for? and
what might be the cause for this?

I've already had a SPS site running. Is there any way/steps I can back up
what I have now and restore it after reinstalling the SPServer?

Thanks.

Hollis D. Paul" wrote:

TPHAN · Guest

Hi Hollis,

I will take your advice to check out the log file, and may be open up a new
thread for answers. I will keep you posted any findings. Can I contact you
by your email? It may not be convenient for you to come back digging out the
threads.

Thanks for your guide and have a good weekend there.

"Hollis D. Paul" wrote:

Hollis D. Paul · Guest

In article <6BE94191-1604-4119-B2D1-A547030B1112@microsoft.com>,
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Ed125 · Guest

Hi ,
I've been trough this myself,
The only "magical and incredible smart" thing that the procedure of "Select
a portal area for this list ..." does when you are sitting in the "Modify
Columns and settings" page for the list, is to create a listing pointing to
the list in the "Portal listings" of the targeted area(s), something you can
do by hand in 30 seconds.
So, there is no whay to make the list itself available in the subarea (for
showing it in a web part, for example) unless you :
- Of course, recreate or copy the list in the subarea
- Save the list as a template in the original area and then create it in the
subarea based on tis template. You can also use the "include content" option
when creating the template. However, the newly created list based in the
template in the subarea, is a completly and new independent list :
conclusion - duplicated manteinance of the data it contains (unless I'm
wrong with this, maybe you'd better try it yourself)
- The option supposed to solve this issue : In the subarea, use frontpage to
create a Data View Web Part that points to the list that actually resides in
another area (or anywhare). Howhever, you will have to use FP and "unghost"
the area page. But there is also a workarround for the ghosting stuff :
Create de DVWP in a temporary web part page, and then export the WP and
import it to the destination area or page. This procedure won't unghost the
page. However, it's kinda tricky and me myself could never get it to work
properly.

Regards
Ed

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TPHAN · Guest

Hi Hollis,

Are you able to do the task which I described in my previous post, on your
portal server?

In brief, I'd like to try whether it is possible to make a custom list
created in one area available in another area as a web part. Say, I create a
custom list in area A and display it using a web part. I want to make this
custom list/web part available in area B, So I can use this custom list in
area B without recreate it again and display it in a web part. When I edit
the custom list, it will change in both area A and B. This will make the
portal site construction a bit easier and reduce maintenance.

I thought I could do above by creating a list in area A and adding this list
to the portal listing in area B. Obviously it proved not workig. I want to
know whether I missed some steps or I did something fundamentallly wrong.

Ed125 in another post (thanks Ed) said he's been through the same thing and
could not do it either. One way to solve this is to build data view web
part over the custom list with FP2003. But the page will be unghosted. He
also pointed out that a ghosted version could be possible. I haven't
digested it out.

So again, could you help me by experiementing on your machine and tell me
your findings?

Thanks.

"Hollis D. Paul" wrote:

TPHAN · Guest

Hi Ed,

Thanks for your reply. It is good you've experienced what I am
experiencing, and even better you are sharing your findings.

In brief, I'd like to try whether it is possible to make a custom list
created in one area available in another area as a web part. Say, I create a
custom list in area A and display it using a web part. I want to make this
custom list/web part available in area B, So I can use this custom list in
area B without recreate it again and display it in a web part. When I edit
the custom list, it will change in both area A and B. This will make the
portal site construction a bit easier and reduce maintenance.

From your post, it seems the only way to do above is to create a data view
web part over the custom list by FP2003. Can you give me the steps to do it?
You also learned a trick not to unghosted the page, can you point me to that
original link/source? so I can learn/try it myself.

Thanks.

"Ed125" wrote:

Hollis D. Paul · Guest

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TPHAN · Guest

Hi Ed,

I have not put my hands on the portal as I am busy with another project.
But I will try to find time, hopefully this week, to try out. And I'd also
like to work out the similar solution for document library. Otherwise, the
maintenance effort would be too huge for me.

Thanks. Will keep you posted.

"Ed125" wrote:

Ed125 · Guest

TPHAN :
Did you suceed with this ?
Please let me know, I was rather buisy but I could finally get it to work
Regards
Ed

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