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Paging Content Query Web Part - How I did it - Part 1: Inside the CQWP
Recently I have published the extended version of the Content Query Web Part which supports paging the results. As promised I'm going to provide a series of 'How I did it' articles to provide you some more details about my approach. In this article I will focus on getting the paging done inside the Content Query Web Part.
JavaScript error while entering text in the Content Editor Web Part
While working on a project for one of our customers, we have stumbled on a quite odd error. While editing text in the Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) we got a JavaScript error on each key press.
Performance of custom XSL/XML Web Parts in SharePoint 2007
Developing custom Web Parts which leverage the concept of separating the presentation layer from the control provides you and your customer with great flexibility. Web Parts which produce XML output and render it using an XSL stylesheet given by the end user can be easily reused in multiple projects saving you in some cases some time. While working on the Extended Content Query Web Part I took a look at the performance of the XSL transforms and I have found out that there are thing to be considered while using that concept.
Paging Content Query Web Part
We all know the Content Query Web Part shipped with MOSS 2007. It is so far the best content aggregation solution available. While it is extremely flexible and allows you to define your own presentation layer, it lacks some basic aggregation features like results paging and dynamic content filtering. While Andrew Connell has presented recently a nice approach to achieve last one, I have decided to focus on the paging functionality.
Inconvenient SPSecurityTrimmedControl
While working recently with the SPSecurityTrimmedControl I have found that it doesn't work as most of us would expect it to. The usage of the AuthenticationRestrictions and PageModes attributes took my attention in particular.