What all gets enabled with publishing feature in SharePoint

SharePoint Server Publishing features

The publishing features that are enabled when the SharePoint Server Publishing feature is enabled on a nonpublishing site.

In Site settings - When you enable the SharePoint Server Publishing feature, the following changes are made to the Site Settings page:

* In the Galleries section, the Master pages link is removed, and it is replaced with the Master pages and page layouts link at both the site collection and site level.

* In the Site Administration section, a Site output cache link is added at the site level only.

* In the Look and Feel section, the following links are added at both the site collection and site level:

o Master Page

o Page layouts and site templates

o Welcome Page

* In the Site Actions section, the Save site as template link is removed at both the site collection and site level.

* In the Site Collection Administration section, the following links are added at the site collection level only:

o Site collection cache profiles

o Site collection object cache

o Site collection output cache

Regional settings- When you enable the SharePoint Server Publishing feature, the Subsite Settings section is added to the Regional Settings page. This enables you specify whether all sites below the current site should inherit the regional settings set for the current site.


Document libraries and lists Created

When you enable the SharePoint Server Publishing feature, the following document libraries and lists are added:

* Documents This library stores documents that are used on pages in the site.

* Images This library stores images that are used on pages in the site.

* Pages This library stores pages that are created in the site.

* Workflow Tasks This list stores workflow tasks that are created in the site.

List and Libraries Settings-
In addition to the libraries and lists that are created, the following changes are made to document library settings:

* On the Document Library Settings page, in the General Settings section, a Manage item scheduling link is added.

* On the Versioning Settings page, the following changes are made:

o The Document Version History option is set to Create major and minor (draft) versions. This option determines what versions are created when a file is edited in the Pages library.

o The Draft Item Security option is set to Only users who can edit items. This option determines who can see draft items in the Pages library.

o The Require Check Out option is set to Yes. This option requires documents to be checked out before they can be edited.
What all gets enabled with publishing feature in SharePoint II

1 comments:

  1. Hi

    One question I had was do ever envisage a reason for enabling Publishing infrastructure but not the publishing features.. The only reason I can come up with is the requirement to create site templates.

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