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The ESP Content Editor now includes a Variables Editor. This new web part incluldes access to selected server-side information through a client-side JavaScript esp object. For example, esp.WFE returns the current web front end that is serving the user's request; esp.UserEmail returns the user's email address. For a demo of those features, install the web part and add a ESP Variable Editor web part to a page -- it includes an instructions page that shows the features at work.
Why did I add this? Most SharePoint Designers know JavaScript and are comfortable doing very sophisticated things on the client side. They don't like the fact that you can only get some things by writing server-side code. The Variables Editor is an attempt to bridge that gap by giving designers easy access to key information that is otherwise unavailable to them.
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Use the ESP Content Editor and Style Editor web parts to quickly prototype CSS/avaScript/HTML and see their effects on a live SharePoint page. There are a number of style browsing tools out there, including a few add-ins that let you change the CSS, but none of them included an easy way to save to the page. The ESP Content Editor lets you do that easily:
- Add the web part to a page.
- Write your custom CSS, JScript, or even plain HTML in the edit box.
- Click Apply Change to see the effect, edit and correct your code as necessary.
- Select Hide editor and click Apply Changes to make the edit box invisible.
Figure 1. Using the ESP Content Editor
Figure 2. Using the ESP Style Editor
