SharePoint 2013 variations feature
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This document provides an overview of variations in SharePoint 2013 for multilingual content. It defines key terms like variation root site, hierarchy, labels, pages and jobs. It explains how to set up a source variation label and target labels. Variation settings control automatic site, list and page creation across labels. Timer jobs propagate list items, pages and sites on a schedule.
SharePoint 2013 variations feature
- 1. Variations for multilingual content in SharePoint 2013 Melick Rajee Baranasooriya MVP SharePoint http://melick-rajee.blogspot.com/
- 2. Multilingualism Multiple Language User Interface (MUI) Content (MC) User interface Web Parts Site title and description SharePoint default menus and actions Default columns Custom columns (list or site) Navigation bar links Managed metadata services Content Wiki Pages Text Content
- 3. Language Packs Language packs enable you to create site collections and sites in multiple languages without requiring separate installations of SharePoint in each language Contain NameValue Pair How to Install Run Product Configuration wizard Install the Language Pack Run Product Configuration wizard
- 4. Variation Global publishing sites Multilanguage sites and content Maintaining different versions of multilingual content Adding, Updating, Publishing Content Integrity Do Copy content from source to targets Copy site structure and publishing pages from pages library Not copy Lists, document libraries, apps and other content Copied content can be change but not recommended Unidirectional – Source toTarget
- 6. Terms .. Variation Root Site Most of the time Site Collection RootWeb Http://www.mysharepoint.com/sites/landing Can be any sub site as well One Hierarchical Structure Landing site that redirect to relevant top site Can not change after creating Sites/lan Sites/lan/en Sites/lan/fr Sites/a/lan Sites/a/lan/en Sites/a/lan/fr
- 7. Terms .. Variation Hierarchy Complete set of sites for all labels. VariationTop Site Top level site for the variation. Sites/lan Sites/lan/en Sites/lan/fr Sites/a/lan Sites/a/lan/en Sites/a/lan/fr
- 8. Terms .. Variation Labels Name given to each variant (Ex:-Eng, French) SharePoint 2013 supports up to 209 variation labels SharePoint Online supports up to 50 variation labels SourceVariation Label Authoring Site Once created can not be changed Only one for the hierarchy TargetVariation Label Receive content from source label Content can be added to the label but not copied to other labels
- 9. Terms .. Variation Pages Pages resides in Source variation site Target variation sites Variation lists List which can receive content from source Available in target variation sites
- 10. Overview Variations Create Hierarchies Variations Propagate List Items Variations Propagate Page Variations Propagate Sites and Lists Source Label Target Labels
- 11. TimerJobs Variations Create Hierarchies Job Definition Creating all variation sites, lists, and pages from the source variation site runs hourly. Variations Propagate List Items Job Definition Creates and updates list items on target variation Default, every 15 minutes. Variations Propagate Page Job Definition Creates and updates pages on target variation after approved Default, every 15 minutes. Variations Propagate Sites and Lists Job Definition Creates variation sites and lists when the Create Everywhere option is enabled. Default, every 30 minutes.
- 12. Setup Variation Settings (Publishing Site) Site, List, and Page Creation Behavior Create Everywhere (Default) Sync will happen automatically Create Selectively Should be triggered manually Recreate DeletedTarget Page Page should be re-created on a target variation site if the page was deleted UpdateTarget PageWeb Source web part changes updated to the target sites Notification Email to label contact person
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