Unable to create a page content type

Question

Add-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.Sharepoint.Powershell
#$SiteURL = get-SPSite "http://srvr1:123/sites/ENGG/"
$w = get-spweb "http://sRVR1:123/sites/ENGG/"
$web = get-spweb "http://sRVR1:123/sites/ENGG/"
try
$cts =  $w.ContentTypes
Write-Host "inside content types try block"
$spId = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentTypeId("0x010100C568DB52D9D0A14D9B2FDCC96666E9F2007948130EC3DB064584E219954237AF3900DCED8380ADA44ABB8411D56976A5F491")
$spId
$ct = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentType($spId,$cts,"BIFPageCT")
catch
  Write-Host "error occured in creation"
Write-Host "going2 update web"
$w.Update();
#get all the ctypes from site collec
ForEach($ctype in $w.ContentTypes)
{ #write-host $ctype.Name": "$ctype.ID
 if($ctype.Name -eq "BIFPageCT")
{   write-host $ctype.Name": "$ctype.ID }else {  Write-Host "ctype not found" }}
 I  tried to create a  new content type in my new site collec in my portal. but it failed to  create.i have taken the content type id from my another site collc. where this content type is  successfully created!
please help why i am getting content type not found error.

Answer 1

Hi,
We can use the following PowerShell script to create a page content type.
$spWeb = Get-SPWeb http://sRVR1:123/sites/ENGG/
$spWeb.AvailableContentTypes | Select Name
$parent = $spWeb.AvailableContentTypes["Page"]
$contentType = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentType -ArgumentList @($parent, $spWeb.ContentTypes, "BIFPageCT")
$contentType.Group = "My Content Type"
$contentType.Description = "BIF Page Content Type"
$spWeb.ContentTypes.Add($contentType)
$spWeb.Update()
$spWeb.Dispose()
Here is a blog for your reference:
http://www.microsofttechnology.net/2012/03/how-to-create-content-type-site-column.html
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