What is content Search web part?

What is content Search web part?

The Content Search web part (CSWP) is a web part introduced in SharePoint that uses various styling options to display dynamic content on SharePoint pages.

What are the different display templates available in content search Webpart?

There are two types of display templates:

  • Control display template – defines the overall layout for how search results should be displayed.
  • Item display template – defines how each item in the search results should be displayed.

What is SharePoint display template?

Display templates in SharePoint are templates used in web parts that use search technology (referred to in this article as Search web parts) to show the results of a query made to the search index. Display templates control which managed properties are shown in the search results, and how they appear in the web part.

How do I create a display template in SharePoint?

To create a display template Open the Display Templates folder, and then open the Content Web Parts folder. Copy the HTML file for a display template that is similar to what you want to create. For a list of the default display templates and their descriptions, see Display template reference in SharePoint.

What is part of the web parts?

A Web Part, also called a Web Widget, is an ASP.NET server control which is added to a Web Part Zone on Web Part Pages by users at run time. The controls enable end users to modify the content, appearance, and behavior of Web pages directly from a browser.

How do I make SharePoint searchable?

Show content on a site in search results

  1. On the site, select Settings. , and then select Site settings.
  2. Under Search, click Search and offline availability.
  3. In the Indexing Site Content section, under Allow this site to appear in Search results, select Yes to allow the content of the site to appear in search results.

How many types of display templates are there?

The actual search results are shown in the Search Results Web Part, All these Web Parts can also be added to any of your site’s pages. For the Search Results Web Part, there are three main types of display templates you should know about, Control display templates, Item result templates, and Hover panel templates.

How do I upload an HTML template to SharePoint?

Uploading and configuring custom display templates in SharePoint

  1. Go to Site Settlings ->Design Manager (If design manager is not available, then SharePoint server publishing feature must be activated first.)
  2. Click on Edit Display Templates to view what is available.
  3. Navigate to Display Templates -> Content Web Parts.

What are SharePoint features?

Notable features in SharePoint include:

  • Business intelligence (BI).
  • Compliance.
  • Document library accessibility.
  • Expanded file names.
  • Folder sharing.
  • Better integration with Office 365 tools and services, including Microsoft Sway.
  • Information rights management.
  • Large file support.

How do you make a web part?

To create a SharePoint web part

  1. Create or open a SharePoint project.
  2. Choose the SharePoint project node in Solution Explorer and then choose Project > Add New Item.
  3. In the Add New Item dialog box, expand the SharePoint node, and then choose the 2010 node.
  4. In the list of SharePoint templates, choose Web Part.