To thank the members of the “Building the SharePoint User Experience” mailing list I will publish an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming book. Everyone gets to have their say in which excerpt will be published, and to help make an informed decision, here is a short description of the alternatives.

1. Working with web parts in a site definition (from chapter 4)

This 3-page excerpt explains how you would add web parts to your site definition using the AllUsersWebPart element. In addition you will be shown how you get the actual web part code from an existing web part so that you can pre-configure settings to be included in the site definition web part.

2. A deep dive into Email-enabled lists (from chapter 7)

If you ever wanted to have an email enabled custom list you should understand how email works with lists. Then you would need to write a single line of code. This excerpt will explain and show you how email enabling works.

3. DelegateControls (from chapter 5)

Modifying appearance and behavior of existing pages can be accomplished using DelegateControls. These controls allow you to put new controls and content into a pre-defined area of a page, such as the search box, various links, or, if you have created your own pages, anywhere you put a DelegateControl control. Learn how in this excerpt.

Now, this is important. I will allow anyone to vote, even people who are not members of the list. However, in order to get the actual excerpt you must be on the list. This is because the password to the page on which the excerpt will be published will only be sent to the list.

So, first, vote on what you want to read. Vote in the left menu. Second, subscribe to the mailing list.  You can do that in the menu to your right.

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