Question

I have to modify text in discussion board new post page. Now it is showing “Items on this list require content approval. Your submission will not appear in public views until approved by someone with proper rights. More information on content approval.”

I have to append some text to this message. I am trying to find discussion board newform.aspx page to modify. Please let me know where can I get that?

Answer 1

Assuming your discussion list is called “Public Discussion” at a site called “http://yoursite”

1. Connect to the site (http://yoursite) with sharepoint designer
2. Go to All Files -> Lists -> Public Discussion -> NewForm.aspx
3. Edit file
4. Look for <asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
5. Add content as needed
6. Save file, it will warn you that you are about to save a customised layout.

The message you describe is injected by sharepoint’s content approval framework. To custom the messsage, you will most likely need to use javascript to find the message box and change the text.

On my site the html xpath to the node is something like this:

//span[@id='part1']/table/tbody/tr/td[2]