SharePoint site templates are pre-built definitions designed around a particular business need. You can use these templates as they are to create your own SharePoint site and then customize the site as much as you like. You’re probably familiar with the default site templates, like Team Site, Blog ...
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When to use Custom Site Definitions… and not
Its an old battle between ITpro and developer. ITpros hate them due to upgrade issues, devs like the freedom it gives them without having to do house cleaning with feature stapling.
What is your ...
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importing a site to a new site collection error
I tried using STSADM to export / import a site definition, it exported properly, but when i tried to import it, it gave me fatal error that couldn't find a webtemplate #id** with LCID 1033, both ...
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Sharepoint Q&A tool like Stack Exchange
Are there any add-ons to Sharepoint to provide a Q&A type of site like this one or Stack Exchange? This would be for an internal corporate intranet, rather than a public site. I know there are ...
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Please suggest a practice to deploy a sharepoint site collection from test to production server
This is the current scenario:
Sharepoint 2010 on MachineA with SQL Server. Site collection SCa on web app WAa.
Now I need to "deploy" my site collection on MachineB.
What are the suggested ways ...
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Relative URL for HTML links in Site Template
I have several links inside content editor webparts and on webpages that reference the site they are in. For example:
<a href="/sites/ABC/page.aspx">Link</a>
Site ABC is being saved as ...
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Which Site Template is a site using?
I have inherited SharePoint 2010 farm that was previously upgraded from MOSS2007. I am wanting to document the setup and would like to document which site templates were used to create the various ...
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Publishing Site “Save site as template”
How to save site as template for a Publishing Site ?
I am not able to understand how this is done
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Using Custom Meeting Sharepoint site template in Outlook
We have developped internally a custom meeting workspace template. This template is available when creating a meeting workspace in SharePoint under the tab "Custom".
I would like my users to be able ...
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where are all Web/Site template( Not Site Definitions) kept on hard drive
I know all site definitions are being kept at 12hive/Template/SiteTemplates....
but where are all web templates kept on hard disk that I see in Site Template Gallery..
its some how related to this ...
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how to Find Template Name that has been used while creating a new Site Collection
I have like tens of custom Site definitions, so when I try to create a new site collection I select a template name, let say "ABCD 2020 DEVELOPMENT ISSUE SOLVED" and create a new site based on this ...
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View all site content on subsite shows site content on root site
I had made a couple of changes to a site which I believe caused this issue. The symptom is, click on 'View all site content' on a subsite and it will show the view all site content page of the root ...
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Automatic (Task) List population on site provision
I'm needing a hand deciding an approach to this. Here is the business requirement.
Create a Meeting Workspace which contains a Project Tasks List (OOTB) and fills it with "stub" tasks (such as "send ...
