sharepoint-deployment

Upgrading SharePoint web parts

I have several custom web parts that I'm in the process of deploying to production. During this process I've found a handful of minor things that need to be tweaked in the various parts. To deploy the new code I create a new solution package, deactivate then delete the features, retract then delete the solution, then do it all again in r...

STSADM.exe - "Operation completed successfully" - Twice?

For a command such as this: C:\>stsadm -o upgradeSolution -name zzz.wsp -filename zzz.wsp -allowGacDeployment -local I receive two outputs of the success statement rather than just one: Operation completed successfully. Operation completed successfully. It seems to be related to the -local flag, so my guess would be that it succes...

Redeploy Solution to SharePoint 2007 using STSADM

So I have used the following command to deploy a solution to SharePoint as I am a new commer to SharePoint developement. stsadm -o addsolution -filename Demo.wsp I used WSPBuilder to build the wsp file which just contains one web part. What do I do deploy the new wsp file. When I try using the same command above I get the error. a s...

WSPBuilder: Create a deployment package

I've a site which have custom Theme, Layout, WebParts (third-party - no source code), custom user controls (with source code), and the site backup (.dat) which we took from command prompt using stsadm -o backup. Is there a way I can bundle all of them in a single package? Should I use WSPBuilder for that? If not, then please suggest. T...

No Business Data Connectivity Service associated with current web context error

I am running on a new dev setup for SharePoint 2010 and trying to setup some External Content types. I think that I have setup BCS correctly (since I see it running in the central administration). When I go into SharePoint designer 2010 and try to setup a new External Content Type, I get the following error: "There is no Business Conn...

How to efficiently deploy content types to a Content Type Hub

I have set up a Content Type Hub and tested the syndication is working correctly by creating a test content type and watching it be published to the client site. Then I deployed the content types I am actually interested in publishing to the hub (by way of a feature) along with the site columns they depend on. I get the error Content ...