Package and Deploy Content Types as Feature Based Solutions in SharePoint 2010

Task: Create a feature based solution package to pack and deploy the content type from DEV environment to STAGING environment in SharePoint 2010. Although SharePoint 2010 supports content type hub, where content types of one site collection can be used by other site collections/web application/even Farms, we needed an isolation and wanted…

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Export-Import SharePoint Content Type using PowerShell

Requirement: Copy a Content Type from the development environment to the staging environment. Solution Overview: Export site columns associated with the content type from the source site collection Export custom content data types from source site collection Import site columns from the exported site columns XML Re-Create custom content types programmatically with…

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SharePoint Content Type IDs – How to Find / Create?

SharePoint Content Type IDs – Reference: Here is the reference for SharePoint 2010 Parent content type id format: Content Type ID  System 0x  Item 0×01  Document 0×0101  Event 0×0102  Issue 0×0103  Announcement 0×0104  Link 0×0105  Contact 0×0106  Message 0×0107  Task 0×0108  Workflow History 0×0109  Post 0×0110  Comment 0×0111  East Asia Contact 0×0116…

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