SharePoint 2007 Content Query Web Part Resources

Basic Usage

• CQWP Step by Step

Styling

• Customizing the Content Query Web Part and Custom Item Styles
• Using a Custom ContentQueryMain.xsl
• Show multiple columns in CQWP
• CQWP HINTS – Swap the “title” URL from “$SafeLinkUrl” to a custom URL
• CQWP HINTS - Only show more link if needed
• CQWP HINTS – Import XSL Styles into “ItemStyle.xsl”
• CQWP debug item style
• Get the CQWP to output raw HTML Tags

Custom Queries

• Overriding the Content Query Web Part
• How to: Customize the Content Query Web Part by using Custom Properties

Programmatic

• Subclassing the Content Query Web Part: Adding Dynamic Filtering

Cool Examples That Tie It All Together

• CQWP HINTS – Windows Media Player
• Video: Customizing Content Query Web Parts by Using Custom Properties in SharePoint Server 2007
• How to customize the Content Query Web Part XSL to aggregate blog posts

Enhanced CQWP’s

• CQWP with Query Override – available on the Intranet
• Lightning Tool Conductor Web Part – available on the Intranet