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Error creating site from site definition - no document templates
I'm hoping you can help me out with a problem I'm experiencing. I have developed a custom site definition. The site contains 2 document libraries (Correspondence and Documents) and a list (Records). ...
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Why I see the page “_layouts/newsbweb.aspx” after debugging my sitedefiniton?
I have a sharepoint 2010 portal. The site collection is from the site template "publishing site". I have created a simple site definition like in this tutorials:
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adding a document library to a site definition
Ive created a custom list definition that inherits from document and i want to add it to my site definition. Ive included the feature in the site definition so its available but im not sure how to add ...
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populate list after creation of site from custom site defintion
I need to populate a list that is created as part of a custom site definition from another source. Ive tried using a feature receiver but it states that the list has not been created. I guess that ...
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How to create custom site definition with extra properties?
I am making a custom site definition an I want my users to be able to set two extra properties when they select the site template. Currently I see the normal options "Title" & "URL Name". I think ...
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404 error after update-spsolution with site definition
i ran a upate-spsolution to update a site defintion and now any existing sites created from that site definition throws back a 404 error. Strangely any new sites i create using the site definition ...
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site definition master page problem
Ive created a site definition and am trying to reference a custom master page that is installed as a feature. For some reason when i create a site using the site definition i get a filenotfound ...
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from where i Copy “webtemp.xml” and “onet.xml” files of standared sharepoint 2013 team site
I want to create site definition in VS 2012. But for webtemp.xml and Onet.xml files,I want to copy content from webtemp.xml and Onet.xml files of standared sharepoint 2013 "team site" for my site ...
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How to copy sharepoint 2013 standard “document center” site defination [duplicate]
I want to create site definition in visual studio 2012. But I want to copy the content from standard sharepoint 2013 "document center" for my site definition.
From where I copy that content. What is ...
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What should be the provisioning model?
What should be the provisioning model for supporting only 2010 and above, if:
it needs to include custom SharePoint security groups
it would be deployed to multiple unrelated SharePoint ...
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How can I activate a wsp solution uploaded to solution gallery via code in SharePoint 2013
I'm creating a site definition which provisions a subsite based to a webtemplate(wsp) file. This webtemplate file is packed in a feature containing a module.When the feature is activated the wsp file ...
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Site Definition or web template how to update sites
If you want to update (insert changes) all existing sites in a SharePoint 2013 web site, which one is the best option to start with? creating all sites based on Site Definitions or based on Web ...
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Customactions not binding to content type
Facing a strange and frustrating issue just before Christmas :-(
Heres the scenario:
I've got a custom content type, list schema , the whole works all exported from another site using the Sharepoint ...
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Activating a feature after an SPWeb has been created
I am trying to ensure that a custom feature that I have written is activated when an SPWeb is created, and it has to be activated after all lists/libraries have been created (specifically the document ...
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Problem with adding TagCloud web part to site definition/onet.xml with userscope
I'm trying to add a Tag cloud web part to my site definition's onet.xml file and set its userscope to everything under the current url.
I understood from Microsoft I cannot simply export and import ...
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SharePoint 2013 Site Definition Template Missing
I am using Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate RC, and I did install the Sharepoint 2013 tools.
But cant find the site definition templates. Any thoughts??
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Updating existing sharepoint sites?
We have a set of custom site definitions, around 12 in total, that makes up a large sharepoint 2010 intranet application (circa 40,000 sub-sites) that has been deployed for a few years now.
One of ...
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Error while creating site definition in visual studio
I written a program to create site definition in visual studio. I am running below stsadm commandlines in post deployment process. I added below code in the "Post-Deployment command line" window.
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Can only create site (from custom defintion) when in central admin
As title says. I've created the bare basics of a custom site definition (no features etc.).
It, at least appears, to deploy and activate fine judging by VS 2010 output.
If in central admin, I can ...
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Customising my sites site definition via code
I want to create a site definition based on the my sites template (i.e. so that when I provision my sites, the site collections created include my customisations as in the vs2010 project.
How can I ...
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Custom SiteDefinition having List Instances,Visual webparts and Event Receivers
Custom SiteDefinition having List Instances,Visual webparts and Event Receivers how to mention this Feature ID's in Onet.XML any sample code?
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Document Library in Site Definition with custom content type
I am attempting to specify a custom content type onto a reference library which is being provisioned in a site definition but am so far failing.
I have read:-
Deploy document library with multiple ...
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Sharepoint 2010 site definition one template to create multiple publishing pages
Im trying to create a publishing site definition where I use one file to provision many templates.
eg in onet.xml
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<Modules>
<Module Name="Landing" />
<Module Name="Test" ...
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Create a site using powershell for a custom site definition
I have created a custom site definition which I can see and create a site using my custom definition with the UI. However, if I try to create a site using powershell I get an error saying WARNING: ...
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Sharepoint 2010 XsltListViewWebPart on site definition template
Im having a problem placing the XsltListViewWebPart on my Default.aspx template (relevant code bellow)
<WebPartPages:WebPartZone runat="server" ID="NewsItemsList">
<ZoneTemplate>
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How do I deploy a new site definition
I'm starting off with a SharePoint development, and created a Site Definition containing, well, nothing. My plan was to create a sharepoint site using that definition and go from there, however, I ...
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Custom visual studio Workflow deployment with Site Definition
In Production Environment :
We have Custom Workflows in a Visual studio Project, each time we create a Site based on Site definition we have to reassign workflow association from visual studio.
How ...
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Getting global Navigation working using onet.xml
Im trying to create a site definition using onet.xml in sharepoint 2010. So far things are going well however I am now having a problem getting the subsite to inherit the global navigation from its ...
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Feature Upgrading - Adding an existing content type to a list definition
My question is: how do I add an existing content type (say the OOTB "Contact" content type) to an list instance definition (for "Shared Documents") in my site definition solution?
Background: I have ...
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Steps to deploy a Site Definition having a custom Master page
we have custom site definition with a custom master page, I copied it from Control Templates, made changes to "ONET.XML" and master page they are using. I also renamed site definition folder name and ...
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Is it possible to have a Site without Site Definition
I am working on a portal and have a site/web and I am trying to find out what site definition its using, I tried this code to find out, it does give me a site template ID and Master page URL, but it ...
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Adding a hidden page with site definition
I want to add a page to my site definition which is hidden ie. doesn't appear in the navigation, by default.
The page is provisioned in the onet.xml file as follows;
<File Url="SomePage.aspx" ...
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How to Find out Site definition being used by a Site
I always struggle to find out that how to know what site definition or site template a "Web" or a "Site" is using. We do have a lot of custom site definitions and site templates, we are using in our ...
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Site Definition vs Web Template for product site
I'm getting ready to create a product for SharePoint, and I'd like it to be as easy as possible for people to deploy and use.
I was planning on using a Site Definition, since this seems like a great ...
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What things/attributes need to be changes while renaming a Site Defination?
I have a site definition folder with following structure,
XML
default.aspx
MasterPage.master
masterpageajax.master
In XML folder I have "ONET.XML" and I looked into this file, and realized that ...
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Method to find where site definitions were used
Is there a way to find out what site definitions were used to create sites? We are trying to remove some site definitions from our code base, but we want to make sure no sites are using them.
Thanks.
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resources in site definition
I have a problem with resources in my site definition. I have 2 languages dutch (1043) and english (1033). In my site definition i'm using a feature which has a site column. This site column has ...
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got Error when create Custom Site Definition in Sharepoint 2007 using VS 2008?
When I create a Custom site Defination got the below error:
Failed to instantiate file "default.master" from module "DefaultMasterPage": Source path "default.master" not found.
Here is my onet.xml
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Problem applying content type bindings to an es-ES site definition
I'm building a publishing site which will support the following cultures:
de-DE (1031)
en-US (1033)
es-ES (3082)
fr-FR (1036)
it-IT (1040)
ja-JP (1041)
ru-RU (1049)
zh-CHS (2052)
I can create an ...
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Site definition inherit/display parent global navigation
When creating a Site Definition in Visual Studio, how do I make sure that the new site created from this definition will display the same global navigation as the parent web in SharePoint 2010?
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Disabling standard quick launch behaviour
I have created a Site Definition using Visual Studio and also created a List Definition from which I use the List Instance in a web-scoped feature which activates upon creation of a subweb using the ...
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In what order does a Site Definition provision a site?
I have created a site definition in which I have a series of web scoped features getting activated.
Some of the features are meant to set targetting audiences on webparts, some of them are creating ...
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MissingSiteDefinition >> How do I go by fixing this issue?
[MissingSiteDefinition] 1 Sites in database [Colgate_WSS05] has
reference(s) to a missing site definition, Id = [16781], Lcid =
[1033]. The site definitions with Id 16781 is referenced in the
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How do I create a custom default page for my SharePoint sites?
I've created a MOSS 2007 SharePoint site definition for my users, and now want to use a custom default.aspx page as a landing page every time a new site using that definition is created. That default ...
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Site with custom master page reverts to v4.master on upgrade
I have a web application in 2007 that contains a bunch of sites that all used a custom site definition and a custom master page (deployed using a feature). All is well.
I've upgraded the code for ...
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Listview webpart in custom site definition
When defining a listview webpart in a custom site definition, how can I make sure that the view has the columns that I want it to show?
The standard view shows these column: Title, Assigned To and ...
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Convert site template to site definition
How do I go about making a site template to a site definition? For example, if I have a modified team site which I saved as WSP (save as site template), can I import that into VS2010 and convert to a ...
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Where did my elements.xml and onet.xml files go after adding Modules [closed]
All the files from the WebTemplates folder went away after I added a few modules to the project. Where are they? How do I get them back? It has my 2 days worth of work and I don't have any backup.
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Site Definition with list instances, pages, web-parts, feature-stapling or feature activation
I need to create a site definition (as I tried to re-use a wsp site template to extend it but failed).
Is it possible to create a site definition with 16 list instances (with a variety of types, 100, ...
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“Cannot find this file” error when deploying from Visual Studio 2010
I'm getting an error in Visual Studio 2010 after pressing F5 to Debug:
Error occurred in deployment step 'Add
Solution': Error: Cannot find this
file specified in the manifest file:
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