Separate XSL files for Content Query Webpart (CQWP) - Part 2

We have talked before on how to Separate XSL files for Content Query Webpart (CQWP), but we didn’t go in details for how to make your own Main.xsl file that can be used as the ContentQueryMain.xsl, the steps in the previous post will be used, we will create a new XSL file and name it for example “usefulLinksMain.xsl” and add its path to the “MainXslLink” property in the webpart file.

The next step is to have a look on the minimal main xsl file:

<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
exclude-result-prefixes="x xsl cmswrt cbq"
xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:cmswrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v3/Publishing/runtime"
xmlns:cbq="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:ContentByQueryWebPart">

<xsl:include href="/Style Library/XSL Style Sheets/ContentQueryMain.xsl"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row" />
<xsl:variable name="RowCount" select="count($Rows)" />
<xsl:variable name="IsEmpty" select="$RowCount = 0" />
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$IsEmpty">
<xsl:call-template name="OuterTemplate.Empty" >
<xsl:with-param name="EditMode" select="$cbq_iseditmode" />
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row/@Style='UsefulLinks'">

<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">
<xsl:variable name="CurPosition" select="position()" />
<xsl:call-template name="MyMain.CallItemTemplate">
<xsl:with-param name="CurPosition" select="$CurPosition" />
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="MyMain.CallItemTemplate">
<xsl:param name="CurPosition" />
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="itemstyle">
<xsl:with-param name="CurPos" select="$CurPosition" />
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>



You can also update the three values to point to the same xsl file like that:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
exclude-result-prefixes="x d xsl msxsl cmswrt"
xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp"
xmlns:cmswrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v3/Publishing/runtime"
xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt">

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:call-template name="MyTemplateName" />
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="MyTemplateName">
<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row"/>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

<xsl:for-each select="dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row">
<tr>
<td><a href="{@LinkUrl}" ><xsl:value-of select="@Title"/></a></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>

</table>

</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

The two solutions are the same idea, but in the first one you can select the ItemStyle you want from the content query web part tool part.