Lists, Libraries, Templates, Web Parts and Site Actions in MOSS 2007

Default Lists & Libraries Available

The following table shows all of the lists & libraries that the site owners can typically create on their site

List/Library	Description	Availability
	Libraries	Site templates
Document Library	Create a document library when you have a collection of documents or other files that you want to share. Document libraries support features such as folders, versioning, and check out.	All
Form Library	Create a form library when you have XML-based business forms, such as status reports or purchase orders, that you want to manage. These libraries require a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible XML editor, such as Microsoft Office InfoPath.	All
Wiki Page Library	Create a Wiki page library when you want to have an interconnected collection of Wiki pages. Wiki page libraries support pictures, tables, hyperlinks, and wiki linking.	All
Picture Library	Create a picture library when you have pictures you want to share. Picture libraries provide special features for managing and displaying pictures, such as thumbnails, download options, and a slide show.	All
Data Connection Library	Create a Data Connection Library to make it easy to share files that contain information about external data connections.	All
Translation Management Library	Create a translation management library when you want to create documents in multiple languages and manage translation tasks. Translation management libraries include a workflow to manage the translation process and provide sub-folders, file versioning, and check-in/check-out.	Not on My Site
Slide Library	Create a slide library when you want to share slides from Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or a compatible application. Slide libraries also provide special features for finding, managing, and reusing slides.	All
	Communications
Announcements	Create an announcements list when you want a place to share news, status, and other short bits of information.	All
Contacts	Create a contacts list when you want to manage information about people that your team works with such as customers or partners. You can share information between your contacts list and Windows SharePoint Services-compatible contacts programs.	All
Discussion Board	Create a discussion board when you want to provide a place for newsgroup-style discussions. Discussion boards provide features for managing discussion threads and ensuring that only approved posts appear.	All
	Tracking
Links	Create a links list when you have links to Web pages or other resources that you want to share.	All
Calendar	Create a calendar list when you want a calendar-based view of upcoming meetings, deadlines, and other important events. You can share information between your calendar list and Windows SharePoint Services-compatible events programs.	All
Tasks	Create a tasks list when you want to track a group of work items that you or your team needs to complete.	All
Project Tasks	Create a project tasks list when you want a graphical view (a Gantt Chart) on a group of work items that you or your team needs to complete.	All
Issue Tracking	Create an issue tracking list when you want to manage a set of issues or problems. You can assign, prioritize, and follow the progress of issues from start to finish.	All
Survey	Create a survey when you want to poll other Web site users. Surveys provide features that allow you to quickly create questions and define how users specify their answers.	All
	Custom Lists
Custom List	Create a custom list when you want to specify your own columns. The list opens as a Web page and lets you add or edit items one at a time.	All
Custom List in Datasheet View	Create a custom list when you want to specify your own columns. The list opens in a spreadsheet-like environment for convenient data entry, editing, and formatting. It requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible list datasheet control and ActiveX control support.	All
Languages and Translators	Create the list of languages for which the Translation Management workflow will assign translation tasks. You can also specify the translators for each language.	Not on My Site
Import Spreadsheet	Import a spreadsheet when you want to create a list that has the same columns and contents as an existing spreadsheet. Importing a spreadsheet requires a spreadsheet application compatible with Windows SharePoint Services.	All
	Web Pages
Basic Page	Create a basic page when you want to add a simple Web page to this site. You can modify the page by adding text, pictures, and tables using your Web browser.	All
Web Part Page	Create a Web Part Page when you want to add a Web page to this site that displays one or more Web Parts. Web Parts provide an easy way to build powerful Web pages that can show you information ranging from a view of a list in the current site to the latest data from Web Services.	All
Sites and Workspaces	See below

Default Site Templates Available

The following table shows all of the types of sub sites that a site administrator can typically create on their site

Template	Description	Availability
	Collaboration	Site templates
Team Site	A site for teams to quickly organize, author, and share information. It provides a document library, and lists for managing announcements, calendar items, tasks, and discussions.	All
Blank Site	A blank site for you to customize based on your requirements.	All
Document Workspace	A site for colleagues to work together on a document. It provides a document library for storing the primary document and supporting files, a tasks list for assigning to-do items, and a links list for resources related to the document.	All
Blog	A blog site for a person or team to post ideas, observations, and expertise that site visitors can comment on.	All
Wiki Site	A site for a community to brainstorm and share ideas. It provides Web pages that can be quickly edited to record information and then linked together through keywords	All
	Meetings
Basic Meeting	It is a site to plan, organize, and capture the results of a meeting. It provides lists for managing the agenda, meeting attendees, and documents.	All
Blank Meeting	A blank meeting site for you to customize based on your requirements.	All
Decision Meeting	A site for meetings that track status or make decisions. It provides lists for creating tasks, storing documents, and recording decisions.	All
Social Meeting	A site to plan social occasions. It provides lists for tracking attendees, providing directions, and storing pictures of the event.	All
Multipage Meeting	It’s a site to plan, organize, and capture the results of a meeting. It provides lists for managing the agenda and meeting attendees in addition to two blank pages for you to customize based on your requirements.	All
	Enterprise tab
Document Center	A site to centrally manage documents in your enterprise.	Not on MySite
Records Center	This template creates a site designed for records management. Records managers can configure the routing table to direct incoming files to specific locations. The site prevents records from being modified after they are added to the repository.	All
Personalization site	A site for delivering personalized views, data, and navigation from this site collection into My Site. It includes personalization specific Web Parts and navigation that is optimized for My Site sites.	Sub site only
Site Directory	A site for listing and categorizing important sites in your organization. It includes different views for categorized sites, top sites, and a site map.	All
Report Center	A site for creating, managing, and delivering Web pages, dashboards, and key performance indicators that communicate metrics, goals, and business intelligence information.	All
Search Center with Tabs	A site for delivering the search experience. The welcome page includes a search box with two tabs: one for general searches, and another for searches for information about people. You can add and customize tabs to focus on other search scopes or result types.	All
Search Center	A site for delivering the search experience. The site includes pages for search results and advanced searches.	All
MySite Host	A site used for hosting personal sites (My Sites) and the public People Profile page. This template needs to be provisioned only once per Shared Service Provider, please consult the documentation for details.	Site collection only
	Publishing tab
News Site	A site for publishing news articles and links to news articles. It includes a sample news page and an archive for storing older news items.	Sub site only
Collaboration Portal	A starter site hierarchy for an intranet divisional portal. It includes a home page, a News site, a Site Directory, a Document Center, and a Search Center with Tabs. Typically, this site has nearly as many contributors as readers and is used to host team sites	Site collection only
Publishing Portal	A starter site hierarchy for an Internet-facing site or a large intranet portal. This site can be customized easily with distinctive branding. It includes a home page, a sample press releases subsite, a Search Center, and a login page. Typically, this site has many more readers than contributors, and it is used to publish Web pages with approval workflows.	Site collection only

 

Default Web Parts Available

The following table shows all of the web parts that a site designer can typically add to their site

Web Part	Description	Internal name		Availability
	Business Data		Site templates
	Requires enterprise license and CALs
Business Data Actions	Display a list of actions from the Business Data Catalog.	Business Data Actions Web Part	All
Business Data Related List	Display a list of items related to one or more parent items from a data source in the Business Data Catalog.	Business Data Association Web Part	All
Business Data Item	Display one item from a data source in the Business Data Catalog.	Business Data Details Web Part	All
Business Data Item Builder	Creates a Business Data item from parameters in the query string and provides it to other web parts. This web part is only used on Business Data profile pages.	Business Data Item Builder	All
Business Data List	Display a list of items from a data source in the Business Data Catalog.	Business Data List Web Part	All
IView Web Part	Displays iViews from SAP portal servers.	IView Web Part	All
WSRP Consumer Web Part	Displays portlets from web sites using WSRP 1.1.	WSRP Consumer Web Part	All
	Content Rollup
Colleague Tracker	Displays a list of your colleagues and their recent changes.	Contact links	MySite only
Colleagues	Shows the links to colleagues the user has shared with you	colleagues	MySite only
Get Started with My Site	Links to various hints and tips about the usage of the My Site.	welcome web part	MySite only
In Common Between Us	Shows what is in common between you and the user	In Common	MySite only
Memberships	Displays your site and distribution list memberships.	memberships	MySite only
My Links	Use to display your links	Quick links	MySite only
My Pictures	Displays pictures from your pictures library, with an option to view as a slide show.	My pics	MySite only
My SharePoint Sites	Use to display documents authored by you on sites where you are a member and sites of your choice.	My docs	MySite only
My Workspaces	Displays sites created under your My Site.	My works	MySite only
Recent Blog Posts	The most recent blog posts for the user	Latest Blog Posts Public	MySite only
SharePoint Documents	Use to display documents authored by the user where the user is a site member.	Membership docs	MySite only
Site Aggregator	Use to display sites of your choice.	Site Framer	All
	Dashboard
	Requires enterprise license and CALs		All
KPI Details	Displays the details of a single status indicator. Status indicators display an important measure for an organization and may be obtained from other data sources including SharePoint lists, Excel workbooks, and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services KPIs.	Indicator Web Part	All
Key Performance Indicators	Shows a list of status indicators. Status indicators display important measures for your organization, and show how your organization is performing with respect to your goals.	KPI List Web Part	All
	Default
I need to….	Displays tasks and tools from a list	Tasks And Tools	All
RSS Viewer	Renders RSS Feed	RSS Viewer	All
This Week in Pictures	Displays one image from an Image Library and links to a slide show where users can see all of the images in the Image Library.	This Week In Pictures	All
	Filters
	Require enterprise license and CALs		All
Choice Filter	Filter the contents of web parts using a list of values entered by the page author.	Authored List Filter	All
Business Data Catalog Filter	Filter the contents of web parts using a list of values from the Business Data Catalog.	Business Data Filter	All
Date Filter	Filter the contents of web parts by allowing users to enter or pick a date.	Date Filter	All
Filter Actions	Filter Actions	Filter Actions	All
SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Filter	Filter the contents of web parts using a list of values from SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services cubes.	OLAP Filter	All
Page Field Filter	Filter the contents of web parts using information about the current page.	Page Context Filter	All
Query String (URL) Filter	Filter the contents of web parts using values passed via the query string.	Query String Filter	All
SharePoint List Filter	Filter the contents of web parts by using a list of values from a Office SharePoint Server list.	SPList Filter	All
Text Filter	Filter the contents of web parts by allowing users to enter a text value.	Text Filter	All
Current User Filter	Filter the contents of web parts by using properties of the current page.	User Context Filter	All
	Miscellaneous
Contact Details	Use to display details about a contact for this page or site	Contact WP	All
	Outlook Web Access
	Connects to Microsoft Exchange Server
My Calendar	Displays your calendar using Outlook Web Access for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later.	OWA calendar	All
My Contacts	Displays your contacts using Outlook Web Access for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later.	OWA contacts	All
My Inbox	Displays your inbox using Outlook Web Access for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later.	OWA inbox	All
My Mail Folder	Displays your mail folder using Outlook Web Access for Microsoft Exchange Server 2000.	OWA	All
My Tasks	Displays your tasks using Outlook Web Access for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later.	OWA tasks	All
	Search
	Search web parts are used to construct custom search query input areas and custom search results pages. They could be useful for users to learn about these web parts, or for users to construct specialized search pages for their own use and possibly the benefit of others.
Advanced Search Box	Used for parameterized searches based on properties and combinations of words.	Advanced Search box	All
People Search Box	Used to search people.	People Search Box	All
People Search Core Results	This web part displays the people search results and the properties associated with them.	People Search Core Results	All
Search Action Links	Web part to display the search action links.	Search Action Links	All
Search Best Bets	Web part to display the special term and high confidence results.	Search Best Bets	All
Search Box	Used to search document and items.	Search Box	All
Search Core Results	This web part displays the search results and the properties associated with them.	Search Core Results	All
Search High Confidence Results	Displays keywords, best bets and high confidence results.	Search High Confidence	All
Search Paging	Display links for navigating pages containing search results.	Search Paging	All
Search Statistics	Displays the search statistics such as the number of results shown on the current page, total number of results and time taken to perform the search.	Search Stats	All
Search Summary	This web part displays the "Did you mean" feature for the search terms.	Search Summary	All
	Site Directory
	Site Directory web parts are used to construct custom Site Directory pages. They could be useful for users to learn about these web parts, or for users to construct specialized directories for their own use and possibly the benefit of others.
Sites in Category	Displays sites in the Site Directory	Category Results Web Part	All
Categories		Category Web Part	All
Top Sites	Display the top sites from Site Directory	Top Sites Web Part	All

Default Site Actions available

The following table shows all of the actions that the owner of a MySite can typically perform on their site.

The method for configuring which actions can or can’t be performed by the site owner is to change their permission levels… each permission level controls the ability to perform some set of actions (see the Permissions Matrix). Therefore the granularity of what actions can be customized is set in advance. You may not be able to get the exact combination you think you need.

Site Action	Description	Availability
	Users and Permissions	Site templates
People and Groups	View and manage all people for this site collection	All
Site collection administrators	Add and remove site collection administrators	All
Advanced permissions	Assign permission levels to users and groups. This is a top-level Web site.	All
	Look and Feel
Title, description and icon	Change the site’s title, description or icon.	All
Tree view	Manage this site's left navigation panel,	All
Site theme	Change the fonts and color scheme for your site.	All
Top link bar	Specify the links that appear in the top link bar of the site,	All
Quick Launch	Change the links and headings in the Quick Launch.	All
Save site as template	Save your Web site as a site template. Users can create new subsites on this MySite from this template.	All
Reset to site definition	Remove all customizations from a page….you can reset a single page within your site to use the version of the page included in the site definition, or you can reset all pages	All
	Galleries
Master pages	Store master pages. The master pages in this gallery are available to this site and any sites underneath it	All
Site content types	Create and manage content types declared on this site and all parent sites (a MySite has no parent site). Content types visible on this page are available for use on this site and its subsites.	All
Site columns	Manage columns on this site and all parent sites (a MySite has no parent site)	All
Site templates	Make a template available for use in Web site creation by adding it to this gallery. The templates in this gallery are available to this site and all sites under it.	All
List templates	Make a template available for use in list creation by adding it to this gallery. The templates in this gallery are available to this site and all sites under it.	All
Web Parts	Use this Web Part Gallery to store and retrieve Web Parts. The Web Parts in this gallery are available to this site and all sites under it.	All
Workflows	View workflows in the current site collection	All
	Site Administration
Regional settings	Set regional settings such as the locale and time zone	All
Site libraries and lists	Change the design of a list, document library, discussion board, or survey	All
Site usage report	View a detailed usage report for this Web site. The report does not include data for sites under this Web site	All
User alerts	Manage alerts for users on this site	All
RSS	Enable/disable RSS feeds for this site collection	All
Search visibility	Manage this site's search visibility settings	All
Sites and workspaces	Shows all the sites you have access to below this Web site. To create a new site, click Create below.	All
Site features	Enable and/or disable features on this site (root web or subsite within MySite)	All
Delete this site	Delete this MySite and all subsites that it may contain	All
	Site Collection Administration
Search settings	Enable custom scopes (include scopes managed at this site or by shared service provider) and set search results page	All
Search scopes	View and manage search scopes for this MySite	All
Search keywords	Add & manage keywords that will provide targeted search results on this MySite	All
Recycle bin	Restore items that users have deleted from this site or to empty deleted items	All
Usage summary	View summary information on how this site collection is being used	All
Storage space allocation	View storage being used on this MySite. Allow deletion of items taking too much space from this page.	All
Site collection features	Enable and/or disable features on this MySite site collection	All
Site hierarchy	View all subsites that have been created under this MySite	All
Portal site connection	Set the URL of a portal that this MySite should be associated with.	All
Site collection audit settings	Specify the events that should be audited in this MySite	All
Site collection policies	Create and modify information management policies (expiration, auditing, etc.) on this MySite.	All

 

- cheers,
PH

Comments

• Anonymous
  August 02, 2011
  This is really a very vital information for everybody to get the know-how as well as clear the SharePoint basics. Thank you very much for sharing this valuabe information :-)