Configuring Content type hub in SharePoint 2010 step by step

Configuring Content type hub in SharePoint 2010 step by step

Content Type Hub is like a repository where we can store the content types in a site collection and can be shared among all site collections in a web application and multiple web applications in a farm.

It is one of the features available in Managed Metadata service in SharePoint 2010

Create a site collection name it as content type hub

http://intranet.contoso.com/my/personal/ContentTypeHub

Site collection: ContentTypeHub

Webapplication: http://intranet.contoso.com

Now configure this content type hub site collection in Managed Metadata services

Click on Manage Service applications under Application Management section

It will display all the services

Select the Managed Metadata service and click on Permissions

Add the Administrator

Click on Administrators

Select the Full control permisssions

Click on Properties

Now enter the URL of content type hub site collection here

http://intranet.contoso.com/my/personal/ContentTypeHub

Click ok and again select the managed metadata service ..click on properties

Select the Managed Metadata Service Connection and click on properties

Select all the checkboxes

Click ok

Now publish the Managed metadata service by clicking on Publish

   Select the check box..publish this service application to other farms

Click ok

Now open the content type hub site collection

Navigate to site action --> site settings

Click on site collection features under Site collection administration

Now content type syndication hub feature is already activated

Click on site content types under Galleries section

Now create a custom content type and name it as Cricket Content type

To publish this content type…click on Manage publishing for this content type

Select the publish radio button

Click ok

Now Cricket content type is published and it is available for all site collections in a web application and all web applications in a farm

Create a site collection “Australia” check this new content type “Cricket content type” is available.

http://intranet.contoso.com/my/personal/Australia

Now navigate  to site actions à site settings

Click on Site content types under Galleries section

Cricket content type is available in custom content types section

Create a site collection in another web application to check whether cricket content type is available

http://hrweb.contoso.com/sites/Newzealand

Now navigate  to site actions à site settings

Click on Site content types under Galleries section

Cricket content type is available in custom content types section