Eureka!
For ages I have been wondering: I like those friendly titles at the top of Web Part Zones that convert the ugly mark-up text (like: Title="<%$Resources:cms,WebPartZoneTitle_TopLeft%>") into pretty, human readable Zone names (like: "Top Left Zone" or "Bottom Right Zone").
I've always wanted to know: a) a definitive list of them; and b) how I can create more of them.
Well, a 12-zone, metro-styled page finally took me to breaking point and I hit Google to get to the bottom of this.
Here is what I found:
They are located (for SharePoint 2013), on the server in the following location:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\CONFIG\Resources
Don't have server access? That is OK, here is a complete list of all the options that are available to you:
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_BottomLeft" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Bottom Left Zone</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_BottomRight" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Bottom Right Zone</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_LeftColumn" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Left Column</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_RightColumn" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Right Column</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Top" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Top</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_MiddleLeft" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Middle Left Zone</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_MiddleRight" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Middle Right Zone</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Bottom" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Bottom Zone</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Header</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Footer" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Footer</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_TopLeft" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Top Left</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_TopRight" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Top Right</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_CenterLeft" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Center Left</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Center" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Center</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_CenterRight" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Center Right</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Right" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Right</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Left" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Left</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_BottomCenter" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Bottom Center</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Body" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Body</value>
</data>
<data name="WebPartZoneTitle_Dynamic" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Dynamic Content</value>
</data>
Or, if you prefer a tabular view:
| Name |
Value |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Body |
Body |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Bottom |
Bottom Zone |
| WebPartZoneTitle_BottomCenter |
Bottom Center |
| WebPartZoneTitle_BottomLeft |
Bottom Left Zone |
| WebPartZoneTitle_BottomRight |
Bottom Right Zone |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Center |
Center |
| WebPartZoneTitle_CenterLeft |
Center Left |
| WebPartZoneTitle_CenterRight |
Center Right |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Dynamic |
Dynamic Content |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Footer |
Footer |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Header |
Header |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Left |
Left |
| WebPartZoneTitle_LeftColumn |
Left Column |
| WebPartZoneTitle_MiddleLeft |
Middle Left Zone |
| WebPartZoneTitle_MiddleRight |
Middle Right Zone |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Right |
Right |
| WebPartZoneTitle_RightColumn |
Right Column |
| WebPartZoneTitle_Top |
Top |
| WebPartZoneTitle_TopLeft |
Top Left |
| WebPartZoneTitle_TopRight |
Top Right |
While it would be possible to create more of these in this file, probably the easiest way to have a nice looking Title for the Web Part Zone would be to simply write the Title in-line (eg. replace Title="<%$Resources:cms,WebPartZoneTitle_TopLeft%>" with Title="My Special Zone")
HTH. :)
