This sounds like the same problem we ran into when we discovered that
the Content Editor web Part and Image web part were missing. There is
an SP feature called "Basic Web Parts" which includes:
MSContentEditor.dwp
MSPageViewer.dwp
MSImage.dwp
MSMembers.dwp
MSSimpleForm.dwp
MSUserDocs.dwp
MSUserTasks.dwp
MSXml.dwp
This feature is not included in the site definition when site
collections are created. However, fortunatelly you have some options.
1. Manually add the web parts by hand from the Web Part Gallery.
- Site Settings > Web Part gallery
- Click "New" and browse to which ever parts you want to add.
2. Modify the Onet.xml of the site definition to include the Basic
Web Part feature This is a more global change in that every site
collection created will get all the web parts from that feature.
- Lookup the Basic Web Part Feature GUID and copy it
...\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\BasicWebParts\Feature.xml
- Navigate to site definition Onet.xml file:
...\12\TEMPLATE\SiteTemplates\SPSPERS\XML
- Under the <SiteFeatures> tag, add a new entry and paste in the
Basic Web Part Feature GUID
<Feature ID="12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789123"/> <!--
Basic WebParts-->