Posts Tagged ‘Web Parts’
Draft & Publish functionality for ASP.NET web parts
One of my favorite features in SharePoint is the ability to edit a web part page in a draft version, design the page layout conveniently and then finally publish all the changes in a click. In ASP.NET web parts, this feature is not coming out of the box (changes are propagating immediately and can be seen by all users). For that reason, designers & content authors are unable to complete a page design before making the changes visible. In this article I will show how to extend the Web Parts framework and create a Publishing Control that will add Draft & Publish functionality.
