Custom Action in SharePoint

In this Article, I am explaining  with simple steps as how to create a New Item to Site Actions Menu using Custom Action

Follow the steps:

Create a New Empty Project in Visual Studio 2010

Rename the feature name

Go the Elements.xml file, Add <CustomAction tag element node

Declare the Title, Description, URL in URLAction

Add your ASPX file into Layouts folder

<UrlAction Url="~site/_layouts/siteactionsample.aspx"/>

If you do not have any ASPX page, for testing you can give reference to any site URLAction

<UrlAction Url="http://www.google.com"/>

Save and Build and Deploy the Project

See the result by Clicking on the Site Actions Menu

<CustomAction
         Id=””               
         Location=”Microsoft.SharePoint.StandardMenu”
         Sequence=
         Title=”My sample site”>
        <UrlAction
            Url=”~site/_layouts/siteactionsample.aspx” />