title: How to automatically enable web part connections when creating a publishing page based on a custom page layout in SharePoint 2010
body: <p>I have created a simple custom page layout in SharePoint Designer, added a couple of web part zones, and a custom web part on each zone.</p>
  
  <p>These web parts have a custom provider-consumer set of interfaces. I configured the connection between the web parts in SharePoint Designer (using Add Connection wizard), and saved the page layout.</p>
  
  <p>After that, I checked in the layout and approved it in SP's web interface.</p>
  
  <p>Finally, I created a Publishing Page based on my layout, but the connection between the web parts was not set. I can set the connection manually and it works fine, but I would like the connection to be automatically set on each page I create based on the layout.</p>
  
  <p>Is this the expected behavior? If so, is there a way to configure the connection automatically either programmatically or declaratively?</p>
  
  <p>Is there a step I'm missing?</p>