In this article we will be seeing how to publish a content type in SharePoint
2010.
In this article we will be seeing the following:
- Publish a content type using console
application
- Publish a content type using powershell
script
Steps Involved:
- Open visual studio 2010.
- Create a new console application.
- Add the following references.
- Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
- Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.dll
- Add the following namespaces.
- Using Microsoft.SharePoint;
- Using Microsoft.Sharepoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync;
Publish a content type using console
application:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync;
namespace EMM
{
class Program
{
static void
Main(string[] args)
{
using (SPSite site =
new SPSite("http://servername:10/"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)
{
SPContentType contentType = web.ContentTypes["_bContentType"];
if (ContentTypePublisher.IsContentTypeSharingEnabled(site))
{
ContentTypePublisher ctPublisher =
new ContentTypePublisher(site);
ctPublisher.Publish(contentType);
Console.WriteLine(contentType.Name +
" is published successfully");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
}
}
}
Go to Site Actions=> Site Settings => Galleries => Site Content Types => Manage
publishing for the content type.
You could see the content type is published successfully.
Publish a content type using powershell script:
$hubSite=Get-SPSite "http://servername:10/"
$hubWeb=$hubSite.RootWeb
$contentType=$hubWeb.ContentTypes["_bContentType"]
$ctPublisher=New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync.ContentTypePublisher($hubSite)
$ctPublisher.Publish($contentType)