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Brass Contributor

Aug 03, 2016

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Content Search Web Part with Site Template

We are considering utilizing Content Search Web Parts (recently modified documents, popular documents) on higher-level (top 2 levels) team sites across the organization to standardize the look-and-fe...

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Michael Shea
Sep 06, 2016
To follow-up on this, I found the post linked below that helped me resolve the issue. To resolve, I needed to update the Elements.xml file in the web template (.WSP) file and then re-save the .WSP to the Solution Gallery.

http://www.fmtconsultants.com/2014/10/solution-to-sharepoint-2013-issue-content-search-web-part-does-not-retain-properties-when-creating-a-site-from-a-custom-template/

Michael Shea

Brass Contributor

Sep 06, 2016

To follow-up on this, I found the post linked below that helped me resolve the issue. To resolve, I needed to update the Elements.xml file in the web template (.WSP) file and then re-save the .WSP to the Solution Gallery.

http://www.fmtconsultants.com/2014/10/solution-to-sharepoint-2013-issue-content-search-web-part-does-not-retain-properties-when-creating-a-site-from-a-custom-template/