Create an interactive list
Important To create an interactive list, your web site must be on a server that is running SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft.
Create a custom list
- On the File menu, point to New, and then click List.
- Double-click New List Wizard, and in the wizard, click Next.
- In the Name box, type a name for the list, type a description in the Description box, and then click Next.
- Click Add.
- In the Field name box, type a name for a field.
- In the Description box, type a description.
- In the Information type list, select the type of information you want to store in this field, and then click Next.
- Specify the settings you want for the information type you selected, and click Finish.
- Repeat steps 4 through 8 for every field you want to add.
- Click Next.
- Set the permission settings for this list.
Note These permission settings apply to site visitors who have explicit site-wide permission to read or edit content. If your web site can be accessed anonymously, these settings apply to anonymous users only if you grant them rights greater than the Browser role.
How?
- If you want to allow site visitors to read only those items that they create, click Only their own in the Specify which items users can read box; to allow site visitors to read all items, click All items.
- If you want to allow site visitors to edit only those items that they create, click Only their own in the Specify which items users can edit box; to allow site visitors to edit all items, click All items.
- If you do not want to allow site visitors to create or edit items, click None in the Specify which items users can edit box.
- If you want to allow anyone with the Design Lists right to modify the design, click Everyone in the Specify who can modify the columns and settings box; to allow only the creator of the list to change the design, click Only the creator of this list.
- Click Finish.
A list folder
, containing forms for working with the list, is added to the folder list of your web site.
Create a list from a template
- On the File menu, point to New, and then click List.
- Click the template you want, and under Options, in the Specify the name for the new list box, type a name for the list.
- Click OK.
A list folder
, containing forms for working with the list, is added to the folder list of your web site.
Tip
You can create a new list based on an existing list by making a copy of an existing list folder. Any data in the list is copied to the new list.