Newbie..Can I display a User ID on main page?

[PaddyT]

Have installed Sharepoint on 2003. I am in the process of setting up a test site, to try things out. What I would like to be able to do is add personalised info on the main page. The Sharepoint site will be based in a school, so it would be good if I could get it to recognise the user and display a welcome to that user.

Such as "Welcome %username%"

Is this possible? Also, where can I get more webparts from? Have done a search, but have not found that many decent sites.
Thanks in advance.

 

[ChaserNL]

You can get the current username from the object model:
SPWeb.CurrentUser but you should put this in a webpart and put that on the page.

As for some existing webparts... microsoft offers some more on there site, they have Portal parts but also some WSS parts. Also search for Jan Tielens

 

[PaddyT]

Ok..So it can be done. Is this straight forward? Apologies, but still working through the basics here. Where would I find the object model section..? I.e. whats steps should I take to complete his?

Thanks again in advance..

 

[Thomas2000]

Hello,

I have used a User Display webpart from CorasWorks, you can find it on the Component library at Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/downloads/components/detail.asp?a=380

Regards,
Thomas

 

[ChaserNL]

I think thomas's idea is better for you right now.. But if You are intrested in building you own webparts i suggest you begin by going over the programming task in:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/spptsdk/html/SPPTWPFProgTasks_SV01072932.asp

WSS (and portal server) have a wide rang of objects, representing each level of the architecture, The most common are SPSite, SPWeb en SPFile... You can always get the SPSite object form code and you can work trough the object model form there.

SPSite SiteCollection = SPControl.GetContextSite(Context);
SPWeb Web = SiteCollection.OpenWeb()
SRSet = Web.SearchDocuments(<searchInput>);
			
foreach( SPSearchResult oSR in SRSet )
{
<process results here>
}

This is for example a webpart where you use the search methode of WSS, so you can make modifications to the original search.
(you do need SQL Server for search not WMSDE)