Hi All,

 

Can I confirm my understanding of the correct use of Content Types across
multiple site collections?

 

My understanding is that the moment you create a content type that inherits
from one of the base SharePoint content types (say Content Type A), via the
user interface, a Content Type ID is created which is a concatenation of the
parent Content Type ID and a GUID. Now if you create an attribute / column
equivalent content type in another site collection, it will acquire a
different Content Type ID.

 

If you then create a further content type that inherits from Content Type A
in one of the site collections, my understanding is that these "child"
content types will not be deployable to the other site collection, even as
features, because they won't recognise the "other version" of Content Type A
as a valid parent. Is this correct, or will it "link up" correctly?

 

I assume best practice would suggest creating all Content Types once and
once only and distributing them as features to all of the Site Collections
that need them. Is this the best approach?

 

Kind Regards,

Trevor Andrew

p: (03) 9323 5246

m: (0407) 535 615

e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 




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