WSS 3.0 Site Actions Menu Item

You can add your own item to the Site Actions menu with a feature and a custom action.

Step 1: the feature

Create a WSP project and add a feature to the solution. Edit the feature file:

xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Feature Id="B1FB6ECC-0039-4E08-A4B4-80B5B3C8DCE3"
   Title="Sample Feature"
   Description="New menu item on Site Actions"
   Version="1.0.0.0"
   Scope="Site"
   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
      <ElementManifests>
         <ElementManifest Location="SampleFile.xml" />
      </ElementManifests>
</Feature>

Step 2: the element file

Create an XML file called SampleFile.xml in the feature folder and add:

xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
   <CustomAction
       GroupId="SiteActions"
       Location="Microsoft.SharePoint.StandardMenu"
       Sequence="1000"
       Title="Your Title">
       <UrlAction Url="/_layouts/YourPage.aspx"/>
   </CustomAction>
</Elements>

Step 3: add and deploy the WSP

bat

stsadm -o addsolution -filename SampleSolution.wsp
stsadm -o deploysolution -name SampleSolution -url http://siteurl

Step 4: activate the feature

bat

stsadm -o activatefeature -filename SampleFeature\feature.xml -url http://siteurl

The new item now appears in the Site Actions menu and opens /_layouts/YourPage.aspx.