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Types of Features in SharePoint 2013

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  • Feature/Site Template Association: Allow to associate new features and functionality with existing site definition configuration feature automatically included in the provisioning(Microsoft). 
    • Can Associate the feature with Global Site template (event receiver to the site creation to write your custom code)
    • Provide a Feature “Stapling”
    • Attach a feature to existing site template
    • Facilitating a versioning and reusability
      • <FeatureSiteTemplateAssociation Id="29D85C25-170C-4df9-A641-12DB0B9D4130" TemplateName="STS#0" />
  • Data structure of SharePoint Site : Site Column and Content type
    • Field : Creates the custom fields
      • <Field ID="string" Name="string" Type="string">mixed</Field>
    • Content Type: Create the content type.
      • <ContentType>mixed</ContentType>
    • Content Type Binding: Associate the content type with list.
      • <ContentTypeBinding />
  • List/Libraries Features : 
    • List Template (once you create the list template you able to create the list instance to create the list)
      • <ListTemplate>mixed</ListTemplate>
    • List Instance: Define a instance of a list
      • <ListInstance Title="string">mixed</ListInstance>
  • WorkFlow
    • WorkFlow : Register the .Net code to the SharePoint Site.
      • <Workflow>mixed</Workflow>
    • WorkFlow Association (Mostly done with dot net code): register the workflow with the particular list and libraries. Example approval workflow etc. You can do the workflow using .Net Code.
      • <WorkflowAssociation />
      • <WorkflowActions4></WorkflowActions4> (2013)
  • Receiver Feature element: Attached the .Net Code with SharePoint list, libraries and webs.
    • <Receivers><Receiver></Receiver>mixed</Receivers>
  • Content
    • Control (delegate Control) Search Control
      • <Control>mixed</Control>
    • Module (deploy the files)
      • <Module>mixed</Module>
  • Custom Action: modifies the specific are of the SharePoint Page. Site settings pages links, item custom actions and ribbon.
    • Custom Action Group
      • <CustomActionGroup>mixed</CustomActionGroup>
    • Custom Action: 
      • <CustomAction>mixed</CustomAction>
    • Hide Custom Action : Hide some links and replace with your custom action links
      • <HideCustomAction>mixed</HideCustomAction>
  • Property Bag: Specifies the properties in the property bag for the list item, file, folder, or website.
    • <PropertyBag ParentType="Web"></PropertyBag>
  • Web Template:Web Templates are introduced in SharePoint 2010 mainly to define site definition as sandboxed solutions
    • <WebTemplate BaseTemplateID="int" BaseTemplateName="string" BaseConfigurationID="int" Name="string">mixed</WebTemplate>
  • Workflow Action: Create the workflow action that will displays to the SharePoint designer as the Activity and it will show when you create the workflow.
    • <WorkflowActions></WorkflowActions>
  • Web Part Adder Extension: Add web part without .webpart file. I am not found MSDN but good there are two article written by Criso O'Brien and Wictor.
    • <WebPartAdderExtension Assembly="string" Class="string" />
  • User Migrator : Not find any information about this features even in MSDN.
    • <UserMigrator />
  • Group Migrator: Not find any information about this feature even in MSDN.
    • <GroupMigrator />
  • Document Converter (seldom used): used to convert site “word document “to other formats like PDF, HTML etc.
    • <DocumentConverter Id="{guid} Name="DOC to PDF " App="exe file name" From="doc" To="pdf" />
  • ClientWebPart : This is used in SharePoint 2013 App model to display the app as the WebPart. 
    • <ClientWebPart Name="string"><Content Type="html" /></ClientWebPart>
  • EmailTemplate: Not found any information about this feature even in MSDN.
    • <EmailTemplate TemplateFile="" Description="" Id="" Locale="" Sequence="" Title="" />
  • BdcModel: This feature used to create the Bdc Model file. 
    • <BdcModel Path="string"></BdcModel>
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