Starting out with the “SharePoint’s Default Web Parts” series, I picked the most basic parts that users select to build out their sites. The first four web parts we’ll explore are the Content Editor Web Part, Content Query Web Part, Query String (URL) Web Part and RSS Viewer Web Part.

One of the many decisions users experience with SharePoint is to decide which of the various types of web parts should be used, how to configure the web part for what is needed or deciding to create a customized web part to accomplish what is needed.