SharePoint User's Guide

Custom Web Part Pages

Although you can combine individual Web Parts into a site, you may want to group individual Web Parts into a complex Web Part page. By implementing a Web Part page, you can display lists, charts, text, and images as a single Web Part component. Organizing related data and web pages eliminates the time and steps required for users to constantly access multiple web pages and data sources. For example, you can build a custom Web Part page that displays a customer's contact information, orders, and invoices. All three pieces of information will be grouped as a single Web Part control.

Web Part pages can be used to:

• Combine data from multiple data sources

• Report data (e.g., aggregate data or prioritized data)

• Access any external sites that users require in daily tasks

• Display updated schedules and meeting information

Web Part Galleries

Any Web Parts that are available for you to add to your SharePoint Services team site are stored in Web Part galleries. Depending on how your site is configured, Web Parts can be stored in any of four galleries:

Site Web Part gallery

Any site-level Web Part made available by the server administrator is stored in the Site Web Part gallery.

Web Part Page gallery

Any Web Part that is available to a page, but not visible on a Web Part page is stored in the Web Part Page gallery. When a Web Part is closed (not deleted), they are still available to a user.

Online Web Part gallery

Microsoft created several Web Parts (for example, MSNBC stock tickers, ...