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When users create new datafiles through Site Studio Contributor there is a field labeled Primary File that is usually pre-populated with “default.xml”. Sometimes users will ask what this field is and/or why they see it. One of the easiest ways to deal with this issue or answer this problem is to hide that field!

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How do you say “I don’t know”? More often than I would like I am presented with an opportunity to tell a client or potential client how little I know about topic XYZ. In consulting, each opportunity presents itself as new twists to an old problem or some completely new animal that catches you totally off guard.

If you have had success in your past endeavors you usually have an answer or a process that quickly derives an answer in your back pocket. For those days when you get blind-sided, just how do you say you are clueless without coming off as inept?

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Content Profiles allow administrators to craft custom check-in and search screens. They can perform all sorts of default metadata tips and tricks and generally craft targeted, context centric pages that help users properly apply metadata to their content.

On occasion I have been asked about how to hide the Standard Check-In and Search menus once Content Profiles have been enabled. At the end of this article you will find a link to a component that enables just such functionality. This component is also available on the downloads page.

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If you want to force users to select a doc type (content type, dDocType) on the check-in page you can use the following configuration setting:

ForceDocTypeChoice=1

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