You have a SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) server farm. You attempt to
enable the SharePoint Server Publishing feature on a site and receive the following error
message: “The feature you are trying to activate isfrom the scope Web. It has a
dependency on another feature in the Site scope which is a hidden feature.” You need to
ensure that you can enable the SharePoint Server Publishing feature. What should you do
first?
A.
From Site Settings, configure Site Collection Features.
B.
Run stsadm.exe and specify the installfeature operation.
C.
Run the install-spfeature cmdlet.
D.
From Site Settings, configure Search Scopes.
Explanation:
Site
The feature being activated is a Site scoped feature which has a dependency on a Site Collection scoped
feature which has not been activated. Please activate the following feature before trying again: SharePoint
Server Publishing Infrastructure f6924d36-2fa8-4f0b-b16d-06b7250180fa
Web
The Site scoped feature being activated has a dependency on hidden Site scoped feature
‘FeatureDefinition/22a9ef51-737b-4ff2-9346-694633fe4416′ (ID: ’22a9ef51-737b-4ff2-9346-694633fe4416’).
Hidden features cannot be auto-activated across scopes. There may be one or more visible Site scoped
features that auto-activate the dependent hidden feature.
Nope. You need to activate Publishing Infrastructure in the Site Collection where you want to use Publishing,
not Central Administration.
Go to the Top level site of the Site Collection andchoose Site Actions > Site Settings. On the Site Settings
page in the Site Collection Administration column choose Site Collection Features. Activate SharePoint Server
Publishing Infrastructure Feature.
Then go back to the Site Settings page and choose Manage site features in the Site Actions column. Activate
the Sharepoint server Publishing Feature.
Now you can activate Publishing on any site in thissite collection. For other site collections repeat the process.
Paul Stork SharePoint Server MVP
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepoint2013customization/thread/eb727aab-06e3-486a-9a60-508b057cf54a/