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Link an area to its document library directly

Asked By: Bob Bolton Date: Jul 12, 2006 Category: Sharepoint Views: 343

I am looking a way to link an area to its document
library directly.

On my portal, I have an area "Reference Library" which
contains a document library.

Currently, the area link leads to
http://myServer/Reference%20Library/default.aspx.

But my customers request that the area link leads
directly to the document library:
http://myServer/Reference%20Library/Reference%20Library%20Documents/Forms/AllIte\
ms.aspx

Is there a way to do this? Like modifying SPSTOPIC
area template?

Tagged:link an area to its document library directly

14 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Laura Walker Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

Can you display the document library web part on the area? If that
won't make them happy, you can always add a little JavaScript redirect
code in a Content Editor Web Part on the area page to automatically take
you to the library AllItems.aspx page.

Answer #2 Answered By: Christop Mcfadden Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

What's the right syntax to add Javascript code in a
Content Editor web part? In its Source Editor?

Answer #3 Answered By: Victoria Bell Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

try this
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

Answer #4 Answered By: Cassidy Sharpe Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

But then I have problem to go back to edit the
redirect link. Whenever I visit the site, even with
"?Mode=Edit&PageView=Shared", the page goes directly
to to redirected page. How do I ever get back to the
content edit web part editing page?

Answer #5 Answered By: Linda Mason Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

i guess....append, contents=1 to the URL....to goto web part maintenance page
example
localhost/C7/Google1/default.aspx?contents=1

Answer #6 Answered By: Hans Weiss Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

I forgot the powerful ?contents=1!

Answer #7 Answered By: Damon Garner Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

This is the area redirect script that I use.. I would avoid adding the extra <Head</Head> tags in the previous message as that would create malformed HTML (An HTML document should only have 1 Head section). Also - the check for the browser type is usually to determine if it can use location.replace.. The original script provided does not benefit from checking the browser type because it ended up doing the same thing.. This script also checks for a query string character (?) or bookmark character (#) and if it finds one it doesn't perform the redirect. This way you can just add either of those characters to the original URL and can still go in and modify the redirection CEWP.

<script>
var httpHeader="http://";
var httpReferrerIndex=location.href.indexOf(httpHeader);
var query = (location.href.indexOf("?")+1);
var query2 = (location.href.indexOf("#")+1);

if(query>0 || query2>0)
{
// No Redirect
}else{
// Redirect
if(window.location.replace)
window.location.replace("http://www.google.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com");
else
window.location="http://www.google.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com";
};
</script>

I got this excellent script from: www.sharepointblogs.com/.../3298.aspx

The first 2 variables aren't really used above, but you could use them to quicky concatenate them with the path for your document library view page url.

Answer #8 Answered By: Freddy Heath Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

With that trick, I can go back to editing with
"?Mode=Edit&PageView=Shared", without deleting the web
part from "?Contents=1" and re-add it for editing.

Answer #9 Answered By: Joanna Dixon Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

It sounds like you got this resolved before I could chime in, but if you
want to try another solution, go to the portal area main page, and go
into Change Settings from the Actions menu. In the page tab, modify the
page tab to
"/PortalAreaName/Document%20Library%Name/Forms/AllItems.aspx".

This will automatically handle the redirect for you without JavaScript.

Answer #10 Answered By: Gopal Jamakhandi Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

I've been confused by the:

This area uses the following page as a template

..setting on the Page tab of the area settings.

If I select another area as a template, it doesn't really create a
new area with the other area as a template. It just takes you to
the other area. When I make a new list, it goes in the other area
and when I add list items, they go in the other area and when I
switch it back, they disappear and remain only in the other area.

Does this make sense?

Answer #11 Answered By: Christop Mcfadden Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

Just a quick question: how to get back to the "Action
> Change Settings" page from the redirected area page?

Answer #12 Answered By: Cory Brooks Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

Go to Manage Portal Site in the Actions menu, navigate to the area and
right click to delete the area. Then recreate and change settings.

Answer #13 Answered By: Ruth George Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

Did you mean "From any other area page, Go to Manage
Portal Site in the Actions menu, navigate to the area
and right click to edit the area. Change settings on
the page tab"?

Answer #14 Answered By: Peter Peterson Answered On: Jul 12, 2006

That will work too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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