Content Type Publishing in SharePoint Server 2010

Another improvement in SharePoint Server 2010 is the ability to publish the content type across site collection. Content types were restricted to a site collection in MOSS 2007. Now its possible that several site collection can use the same content type and also the changes, if any, made to the content type will also be propogated to the sites where the content type is being used.

Below are the steps to publish the content type:

1. Create a New Site collection.(for ex: http://sharepoint2010/sites/hr)

2.Go to the Site settings of the Newly created Site collection.

3. click on the Site collection features.There you need to activate the content type publishing hub.

4. Now since content types are a part of metadata service you need to go back to the central administration site.

5.Once back to the CA site (central Administration Site) click on manage service application and then click on the managed metadata service.(do not click on the managed metadata service connection)

6. Go to the properties of the service application.

7.At the very end of the Properties popup dialog box, you will find the section for Content Type Hub. Enter the URL to your content type hub site collection.

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Once the association is made it cannot be changed back, which means if you want to use another content type hub, you need to create a new managed metadata service application.

8.Once this is done you have successfully configured your Content Type Publishing. Now any web application associated with that particular service application cam make use of the published content type.

Happy Publishing :)