Issue 2 of the Understanding SharePoint Journal is aproaching. The release date is set to March 30, 2009.

This time, the topic is content type development, and you will be guided through a series of scenarios, questions, and situations in SharePoint Content Type development.

You still have time to sign up for the mailing list to get the preview chapter free and also receive a discount code for purchasing the complete issue. Use the form on the right to signup by Friday March 27, 2009 to receive the bonus code.

Here is the Table of Contents for Issue 2 – Developing SharePoint Content Types:

Introduction

Content Types Introduction

What Are Content Types?

What Kind of Information Can Be Stored in a Content Type?

What You Will Need

Your First Content Type 

User Interface

Why Must I Use Site Columns in Content Types?

List Form and Content Type Forms

How Does a Content Type Form Relate to List Forms?

Rendering Templates

What Are FormUrls Compared to FormTemplates?

Custom Actions

What is Purpose of the ContentTypeId in schema.xml List Views?

Inheritance

What is the Best Way to Craft Content Type Id Values?

Which Properties are Inherited?

How do I Implement Content Type Inheritance in CAML?

How do you Override Column Settings in a Child Content Type?

Behavior

What are Event Receivers?

How do I Attach an Event Receiver to a Content Type?

Can I use Code to add Event Receivers to Content Types?

Wait! What about Workflows?

Advanced Content Type Scenarios

Folders are Content Types

How do I Iterate Through All Items and Folders in a List?

How do I Create Folder Content Types in CAML

Custom XML Documents

How can I Create My Own XmlDocuments?

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