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Default SharePoint 2007 Team Site Features
 

 

Default SharePoint 2007 team site 
 

 

You will see Announcements, Calendar and Links.  These are the default web parts inserted on your landing page.  Note the ‘add’ option under each of them.  Your calendar items work that same as in Outlook.  To the left of the screen you will see a list of items, that is called the Quick Launch.  All the lists and libraries you create will be displayed on this menu.  

View All Site Content takes you to a menu of items you can create as well as listing all the items you have already created, it’s like a site map.

Shared Documents is a sample document library - it doesn’t mean you need to store all your documents in that one library, you can create your own libraries.  

Tasks is a default list created that stores all the workflow (document approval) items created.  

Team Discussion is also just a sample list.  You can remove it if you like.  A knowledge sharing, question asking tool, a working example of this is on Information Worker.

Sites is a link to any subsites you create under the site you are on.

People and Groups is where you add people to your site with the access level you want them to have.  They can either have full control (Site Owners), or just add and change documents (Site Members), or just read them (Site Visitors).  Don’t play with this until you understand how permissions work.  Only Site Owners can add people.

Recycle Bin is for anything you delete.  You have 30 days to retrieve your items, you can only see the items you deleted yourself, not everyone else’s.  After 30 days the items go to the server Recycle Bin for a further 30 days.

Things To Try

A. Add an Announcement
1. Click on Add New Announcement.
2. Give it a Title like ‘This is my first announcement’.
3. Put in some Body text and format it with the icons above it.
4. Click on Expires and give it a date it must no longer display.
5. Click OK.

B. Add a Link
1. Click on Add New Link.
2. In the URL, leave the http:// there and type www.letscollaborate.co.za next to it.
3. In the Type the Description field write Lets Collaborate.
4. Click OK.

C. Add a Calendar Item
1. Click on Add New Event.
2. Fill in all the details for an appointment, (leave the Workspace unticked for now).
3. Click OK.

D. Upload a Document
1. Click on Shared Documents.
2. Click on Upload - Upload Document.
3. Browse to a document, any type will do, and click OK.

E. Create a Document Library
1. Click on View All Site Content then Create.
2. Click on Document Library.
3. Give it a name like ‘Project Docs’.
4. Fill in a Description (always do this) - like ‘my first document library for training purposes’.
5. Leave all the rest of the settings as is for now and click Create.
6. Upload a document into it.

F. Sit back and admire your work!