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2. At the left side of the Start Page window, click New Project (see Figure 11-2). The New

Project dialog will open (see Figure 11-3).

FIGURE 11-2

3. From the Installed Templates section of the left pane, expand the SharePoint section and select

2010 to display the various types of projects. You can choose either the templates under Visual

Basic or the templates under C#. This example uses a template under the C# section.

Select Empty SharePoint Project and fi ll in the following values:

Name

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— Waffl es

Location

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— c:\Projects

Solution Name

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— Waffl es

Leave the option checked to create a directory for solution, and click OK.

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4. The next screen, shown in Figure 11-4, prompts you for the site to use for debugging. The

site you enter will also be the default location where the solution and feature are deployed.

Enter the URL for the publishing portal you created at the beginning of this example. For this

example, enter http://www.randyswaffl es.com.

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5. Choose ...