How can i access my custom webpart in sharepoint foundation 2010?

Question

Hi,

So i just started trying to develop a simple webpart today for a sharepoint foundation i put on a virtual machine. I have no previous experience with sharepoint whatsoever.

As i cant run a sharepoint 2010 on my local machine for dev purposes i followed advices in this thread http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010programming/thread/cda807f6-4edf-4efc-8e9b-4d446356c8ae to able to actually develop something (just the registry bit).

I created the simple test web part (writes out "hi"), uploaded it to virtual machine, added it with add-spsolution and install-spsolution in powershell with success. When i do get-solution through powershell on my webpart it says deployed = true.

What am i missing from here to get it to actually show up somewhere in the web interface so i can add it to a page?

Cheers

Answer 1

You need to go into site settings and activate the feature. If its already activated edit the page > Insert WebPart > Look under Custom to find your webpart.

HTH