Microsoft Sharepoint Web Parts

Sharepoint Discussion Rollup Web Part

The Discussion Rollup Web Part displays the most recent discussion messages of each Discussion List within the Sharepoint Site collection and thus gives much better visibility to new discussion posts created anywhere within the current site collection. The Web Part can be used with Windows Sharepoint Services V3, MOSS 2007, Sharepoint 2010, Sharepoint 2013  (both Server and Foundation)and  Sharepoint 2016. The following parameters can be configured: Number of posts to be displayed Custom CSS styles Discussion Lists to be included Show/hide author's picture Product Price      Discussion Rollup Web Part 30 Day Evaluation Version   Free Discussion Rollup Web Part for Sharepoint 2013 30 Day Evaluation Version   Free Discussion Rollup Web Part for Sharepoint 2016 30 Day Evaluation Version   Free Discussion Rollup Web Part Sandbox Version (on premise only) 30 day Evaluation Version   Free Discussion Rollup Web Part License Key per Server License Includes 1 year technical support USD 150.00  Discussion Rollup Web Part Installation Instructions

Installation Instructions: download the Discussion Rollup Web Part Installation Instructions (PDF file, see above)  either install the web part manually or deploy the feature to your server/farm as described in the instructions. Configure the following Web Part properties in the Web Part Editor "Miscellaneous" pane section as needed: Nbr. of Posts: Enter the desired maximal number of discussion posts to be displayed (Default=5) Web Part CSS Style: Enter the desired CSS styles to format the web part. You can apply multiple CSS styles separated by semicolons. Example: background-color:#ffffcc Max. nbr. of words displayed: Enter the maximum number of words to be displayed in the body text. Detail Link Text: enter the link's text to be displayed if the body text is truncated (see "Max. nbr. of words" setting above). You can embed HTML to control the rendering of the link. Example: <P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">read more..</P> Suppress HTML: allows you to either suppress or enable the embedded HTML in the announcement body text. Display Pictures: choose one of the available options: - none - Author - Embedded (show first picture embedded in the thread message) - Site Icon (If you choose to display the author's picture (as defined in the Sharepoint user profile). and no author picture is defined, a generic picture will be displayed). Image Width: enter the desired width of the author's picture in pixels. Default Author Picture: (optional) specify a default user picture (if there is no user picture available for the Post author) by entering a relative URL to the image. The web part supplies a built-in generic user picture if this field is left empty. Example: /yoursite/yourPictureLibrary/yourDefaultUser.jpg Display Author Name: display the name of the author in the footer area. Show Presence Icon: displays or hides the discussion post author's presence icon. Display List Name: display the name of the discussion list in the footer area. Display Publication Date: show or hide the date of the discussion post in the footer area Display "published" Date as string:  either display the published date of the discussion post as a date or as a verbose string (as. eg. "2 weeks ago"). Display number of replies: either show or suppress the dusplay of the number of replies for a discussion thread. Show only one item per List: show only the most recent item for each selected Discussion List or rather show a list of the most recent entries (ordered by "published" date) irrespective of the List. Show Posts: allows you to select one of the following display modes: - all - most recent per topic only - original topics only Show extra column(s): optionally show one ore multiple extra columns in the item footer area. Separate multiple entries by semicolons. Example: Category;Country Header: optionally display a custom web part header. Enter any text (including optional HTML tags)  Footer: optionally display a custom web part footer. Enter any text (including optional HTML tags)  Property Filter: enter one or more optional Filter conditions to apply a filter. Combine multiple conditions with AND and OR. Enclose the column name in square brackets if you are referring to a custom column. Examples: Title LIKE '%Sharepoint%' Author='{username}' [Tag]='Technology' Created > {today-5} Use the {username} placehoder to refer to the currently logged-in user. Use the {today} placeholder to refer to today's date. Lists to be included: (optional) explicitly enter the Discussion Lists you want to be included (leave this field empty to include all Discussion Lists in the site collection). Enter the Discussion List names using the relative Discussion List URL. Separate the entries with a semicolon. Example: Team Discussion;Subsite/Team Discussion;OtherSite/anotherDiscussionList If you append the “*” wildcard character at the end of an entry , the web part will return all discussion posts in this path. Example: SomeSite* will return all posts from the “SomeSite” site and the sites below it. If you prefix an entry with the "!" character, the web part will exclude that list's or site’s discussion posts. Examples: !SomeSite !SomeSite/Team Discussion Site Collection Name: optionally enter the URL of the desired site collection if the blogs to be rolled-up are located in another site collection. You can append the "*" wildcard to roll up multiple site collections as for example all discussions in your My Site application. Example: http://mysitedomain/personal/* Search only subsites: Roll up only discussion lists defined in a subsite of the current site Open Links in Popup Window: opens the links to the discussion thread in a popup dialog window (only available for Sharepoint 2010 and Sharepoint 2013). Cache Retention Time: enter the data cache retention time in minutes (enter "0" to turn off the cache feature) to speed up consecutive page visits. The use of this feature is recommened for deep site structures. License Key: enter your Product License Key (as supplied after purchase of the Discussion Rollup Web Part license). Leave this field empty if you are using the evaluation version.