WSS 3.0 Configuring Content Types

This post describes step-by-step how to create a Content Type, used to create new document types, and adding it to a Document Library.

Creating the Content Type

This only has to be done once per Content Type / Document Type you want to add.

1. Open the PWA main site
2. Click “Site Actions” > “Site Settings”
3. Under Galleries click “Site content types”
4. Click “Create”
5. Type the necessary information:
· Name: Excel
· Description: Create a new Excel Document
· Select parent content type from: Document Content Types
· Parent Content Type: Document
· Excising group: Document Content Types
6. Click “OK”
7. Under “Settings” click “Advanced settings”
8. At Document Template select “Upload a new document template:” and browse to the file you want to use as a template.
9. Keep the rest of the settings as default
10. Click “OK”

The Content Type is now created on the main PWA site.

Adding the Content Type to a Document Library

1. Browse to the Document Library you want to add a content type to.
2. In the Document Library click “Settings” > “Document Library Settings”
3. Under “General Settings” click “Advanced settings”
4. At “Allow management of content types?” select Yes
5. Click “OK”
6. At Content Types select “Add from existing site content types”
7. At “Select site content types from:” drop-down list select “Document Content Types”
8. Select the required content type from the list and click “Add” to add the content type
9. Click “OK”
10. The selected Content Type should now be available in the Document Library.