MOSS 2010 Team Site Pages

First impressions of MOSS 2010 Team Sites

MOSS 2010 Team sites are slightly different from their 2007 counterparts in that they are based more on Wiki pages, meaning that you can mix content and web parts within a rich text area.

By default when a team site is created it contains a default.aspx file (located as before in the site root directory) and a home.aspx file. The home.aspx is now the site homepage and is located in a document library called "Site Pages" (/sitepages/home.aspx), generated by a feature dependency of the "WikiPageHomePage" feature called "WebPageLibrary" (see: 14\TEMPLATE\FEATURES).

New pages created using the "Site Actions / New Page" button by default will create new Wiki pages, which will reside in the "Site Pages" document library. If the "Site Pages" document library does not exist you will be prompted to create one before new pages can be created.

New pages created via "View All Site Content / Create" or "View All Site Content / Pages / ... ribbon ... New Page" allow editors the choice to create either a basic page or a web part page. Selecting a web part page prompts choices of page layouts (one col, two col etc) and available document libraries (Pages, Site Pages, Documents, Custom etc). Note that these Web part pages do not display the Quick Navigation panel on the left side of the website, which if integral to your site navigation / heirachy display will pose some important decision making with regards whether or not to activate publishing.