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Customize SharePoint List Forms Layout easily

I found a good article to customize the layout of default SharePoint list forms easily. (a) Just create a custom layout using HTML, CSS and instead of putting the form inputs in the layout, put a placeholder span in there. (b) Include this file in the form using Content Editor WebPart. (c) Also include the script given in the below link. This script is going to do the magic. http://www.markrackley.net/2013/08/29/easy-custom-layouts-for-default-sharepoint-forms/

How Workflows are executed in SharePoint

The following summarizes how workflows are executed from start to finish: A person or process initiates some action that causes the workflow to begin. In SharePoint, workflows can be: Started on demand by a user by using the SharePoint user interface. Started or resumed in response to the On Item Created event for an item in a list or document library. Started or resumed in response to the On Item Changed event for an item in a list or document library. Started or resumed programmatically through the SharePoint object model. Started programmatically through the Workflow Web service. Once the workflow begins a process is created to execute tasks or actions in the workflow code. Not all workflows use the same hosting process. Workflows started from the SharePoint user interface use the W3wp.exe process that is specific to the IIS Web application the workflow was initiate from. If the workflow uses DelayActivity code or has a noncatastrophic error when the workflow instance b...