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Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010
Discussion boards provide forums for site participants to converse about topics. Most Microsoft Windows® SharePoint™ Services site templates include the ability to create discussion boards, and many sites and workspace sites have a built-in discussion board called General Discussion. A SharePoint 2010 team site is created with a Team Discussion list. You can use this one, delete it and create a new one, or create multiple new discussion boards for your team to contain the discussions to more defined areas. Plan to create many individual discussion boards if you need a large number of topics. You may also want to consider a new SharePoint 2013 and Exchange 2013 feature called Site Mailbox. This allows your site to have an email box just like a user. Discussion Board Topics in this Post: How to Create a Discussion Board Start a New Discussion Board.
Specifies a list definition that is available as an option for creating lists on the Create Page.
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
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AllowDeletion | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that lists created through the list definition cannot be deleted; otherwise, FALSE. |
AllowEveryoneViewItems | Optional Boolean. TRUE to allow any user to view items in the library. The AllowEveryoneViewItems attribute is used, for example, in the Master Page gallery to give all users access to master pages. |
AlwaysIncludeContent | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that list content be included by default when lists created through the list definition are saved as list templates in the user interface; otherwise, FALSE. |
BaseType | Required Integer. Specifies the base type, or default schema, for lists created from the definition. In SharePoint Foundation, this can be 0, 1, 3, 4, or 5. It cannot be 2. |
CacheSchema | Optional Boolean. TRUE to enable schema caching of the list when provisioning a site. The CacheSchema attribute is used, for example, in the global Onet.xml file to enable caching of the user list for the current site collection. |
Catalog | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list definition is for a site gallery, a list gallery, or a Web Part gallery. |
Category | Optional Text. Specifies the category with which to associate lists created through the list definition. Possible values include the following:
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Default | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that new SharePoint sites will include this list. |
Description | Optional Text. Provides a description of the list definition. |
DisableAttachments | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that users can attach files to items in lists created through the list definition; otherwise, FALSE. |
DisallowContentTypes | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that content types can be managed on lists created through the list definition; otherwise, FALSE. |
DisplayName | Required Text. Specifies the display name of the list definition. |
DocumentAsEnclosure | Optional Boolean. |
DocumentTemplate | Optional Integer. Currently unused. This is only valid in a ListTemplate element whose BaseType is set to 1 (document libraries). For future compatibility, this should either be left blank or correspond to the Type attribute of a DocumentTemplate element in the DocumentTemplates enumeration. This attribute has been deprecated in SharePoint Foundation. |
DontSaveInTemplate | Optional Boolean. TRUE to exclude the content of the list when the list is saved as a custom list template or when the site to which the list belongs is saved as a custom site template through the user interface. |
EditPage | Optional Text. Specifies the name of a custom form to use as the page for editing items in lists created through the list definition. |
EnableModeration | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that content approval is enabled by default in lists created through the list definition; otherwise, FALSE. |
EnablePeopleSelector | Optional Boolean. |
EnableResourceSelector | Optional Boolean. |
FeatureId | Optional Text. Specifies the GUID that identifies the Feature with which the list definition is associated. |
FolderCreation | Optional Boolean. TRUE to enable folder creation within the list and to specify that the New Folder command appears on the New menu in list views; otherwise, FALSE. |
Hidden | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list definition is not available on the Create Page for creating lists. |
HiddenList | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that a list created from the list definition is hidden. |
Image | Optional URL. Specifies a URL to an icon used to represent a list. |
MultipleMtgDataList | Optional Boolean. If MultipleMtgDataList='TRUE' is specified, the list within a Meeting Workspace site contains data for multiple meeting instances within the site. |
MultipleTypes | Optional Boolean. |
MustSaveRootFiles | Optional Boolean. TRUE to save the pages contained within a special document library that is used internally for a Meeting Workspace site when the list template is saved without content. This attribute is not intended for public use. |
Name | Required Text. Specifies the internal name of the list definition. No spaces or special characters can be used. This name is also used to find the folder that contains the Schema.xml file that defines the schema in use. |
NewPage | Optional Text. Specifies the name of a custom form to use as the page for creating items in lists created through the list definition. |
NoCrawl | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list not be visible in search results; otherwise, FALSE. |
OnQuickLaunch | Optional Boolean. TRUE to display lists created from the list definition on the QuickLaunch bar, if that bar has a Lists node. |
Path | Optional Text. Specifies the name of the site definition that contains the list definition, for example, STS. This path is assumed to be relative to the 12TEMPLATE directory. The path can be directed at a features schema, for example, FeaturesAnnouncements. This attribute has been deprecated in SharePoint Foundation. |
RootWebOnly | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list created from the definition exists only in the root Web site of a site collection. This attribute has been deprecated in SharePoint Foundation. |
SecurityBits | Optional Text. Defines the item-level permissions in the list for users with sufficient permission to read or edit list items. The SecurityBits attribute contains a 2-digit string. The first digit in the string controls the read access, while the second digit in the string controls the edit access. For read access, the following are valid digits: 1 Users can read all items. 2 Users can read only their own items. For edit access, the following are valid digits: 1 Users can edit all items. 2 Users can edit only their own items. 4 Users cannot edit items. Note Users with the ManageLists permission can read and edit all items, regardless of the SecurityBits attribute value. This attribute does not apply to document libraries. |
Sequence | Optional Integer. Specifies the ordering priority to use for the list definition on the Create page. If Sequence is not set, the list definition shows up last in arbitrary order with any other list definitions that also lack a Sequence value. Two list definitions that specify the same sequence are sorted together in an arbitrary order. |
SetupPath | Optional Text. Specifies the path to a folder in the SharePoint Foundation setup directory (Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12TEMPLATE) that contains a file to be included in the list definition. |
SyncType | Optional Boolean. TRUE to override the default client list type associated with a SharePoint Foundation base template. |
Type | Optional Integer. Provides a unique identifier for the list definition. This identifier must be unique within the feature, but need not be unique across all feature definitions or site definitions. SharePoint Foundation includes the following list types by default.
For custom list templates this attribute should be set to a number above 10000 to ensure that it does not conflict with any present or future Microsoft supplied list types. This attribute corresponds to the Type attribute of the List element. |
Unique | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list definition or list template can only be used to create a list during site creation and cannot be used to create a list through the object model or user interface after the site template or definition is applied. Setting this attribute to TRUE has the effect of making the list hidden so that it does not appear as an option on the Create Page or on the Documents and Lists page. |
UseRootFolderForNavigation | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that a link to the list that is displayed in Quick Launch points to the root folder so that users go to a custom welcome page, instead of to the default list view page. If a custom welcome URL is not set for the list, rendering a link to the root folder is functionally equivalent to linking to the default list view. |
VersioningEnabled | Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that versioning is enabled by default in lists created through the list definition; otherwise, FALSE. |
Child Elements
None |
Parent Elements
Occurrences
Minimum: 0 Maximum: Unbounded |
Remarks
In SharePoint Foundation the list template for a standard SharePoint list is usually defined within the element manifest file of the Feature that contains the list definition. For more information about list template Features, see List Template Files.
SharePoint Server 2010 ships with Team Discussion Boards. This feature which adds to the same feature that was included with SharePoint Server 2007, delivers newsgroup capability to SharePoint. As a backgrounder, it is useful to reflect on the fact that newsgroups have provided a powerful collaboration feature to Internet users before the inception of the world wide web via the usenet protocol. With the advent of the world wide web, of course, participation in newsgroups proliferated.
Organizations that have implemented SharePoint Server 2010 with a commitment to driving user collaboration ought to look to the Team Discussion Board as a useful out of the box feature that can be successfully used for collaboration purposes. Team Discussion Boards empower registered users to initiate discussions and reply to them. Users with limited permissions can review stored discussions to obtain potentially useful information. Finally, team discussions constitute data lists in the overall SharePoint Server 2010 data repository; therefore users (including those providing governance for SharePoint) can search this data for information.
SharePoint users with contributor privileges can implement the Team Discussion Board feature. Rehmani Consulting Inc provides training content on Team Discussion Boards in video format on SharePoint-Videos. Our training video includes specific details about accessing discussions from the SharePoint ribbon and toggling between threaded and other types of views. Finally, we show users how to manage Team Discussion Boards as they would any other lists on a SharePoint sub site.
If your organization would like to empower users with the information they need to make more use of SharePoint, specifically in the area of group collaboration opportunities, then you will want to offer our video training content to sub site owners as well as the complete set of users with Contributor permissions for SharePoint. The Team Discussion Boards feature may be a perfect venue for enhanced team collaboration for your users. We offer a variety of subscription offers, from individual subscriptions to group and even enterprise subscriptions for this video content. We are confident that one of our subscription offers will be just the tickert for your requirement.
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