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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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SharePoint Online web template debugging
I'm trying to develop a custom web template to use with SharePoint Online. I created an empty web online and saved it as a template (without content). I then loaded that WSP into Visual Studio and ...
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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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BaseTemplateId to use in WebTemplate element when creating template based on BLANKINTERNET
I am creating a WebTemplate based on BLANKINTERNET.
I know the BaseTemplateId you reference in your web template isnt really used to anything, but still as a best practice should refer to the ...
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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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Web Template - Receivers Not Firing
I have a custom web template used to provision site collections that activates features with onet.xml and is deployed as a farm solution. I've tried both feature receivers and event receivers (on ...
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The site template requires that the Feature {GUID} be installed in the farm or site collection
I thought Microsoft did a good job documenting sp2010. I am so frustrated that I can't find anything related to this. I have a web template project. All I want is to run bunch of code when a web is ...
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OOB Feature Stapling on custom web templates
I have read on several blog posts (Vesa,Mirjam) that custom web templates (CWT) does not support feature stapling (MSDN doesnt mention this tho, but I take their word on it).
What I am wondering is, ...
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Create Web part programatically VS 2010
we are to create several web parts after a site is provisioned with WSP. I can either create wp from scratch on feature action. Or save a set of WP in gallery and create an instance out of that when ...
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“Web Template” item template is not available in Visual Studio 2012 list of item templates
I am working with visual studio 2012 and want to add sharepoint 2013 "Web Template" item from VS 2012 list of sharepoint 2013 item templates. But I could not find "Web Template" item in SP 2013 item ...
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FeatureActivated not called for Site Template
We have an web-level feature that when you activate it will change the master pages used by the web to point to a .master page in the rootweb of the site collection.
This feature has been activated ...
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Setting preview image for Sharepoint 2010 custom web template
I have a custom Sharepoint 2010 Web Template and I would like to set a custom preview image for it in the Sharepoint add site gallery.
Example (I wanna set a custom image for the "Project Template ...
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Custom web templates vs custom site definitions
I read the MSDN article "Deciding between custom web templates and custom site definitions". The article only scratches the surface, so I was wondering if anyone have had some hands on experience with ...
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Whats the purpose of BaseTemplateName, BaseTemplateID and BaseConfigurationID?
What does BaseTemplateName, BaseTemplateID and BaseConfigurationID exacly do? Whats purpose of them in the webtemplate elements.xml?
Thanks
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How to use Web Template in sharepoint 2010
I have created a Web Template named "My WebTemplate" in Visual studio 2010 and deployed successfully to http://somesite. Now in http://somesite web application. I want to create a site that uses "My ...
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Problems adding webparts to a page in the correct order
I would think there's something supersimple I'm missing, but I can't find where I'm going wrong.
I have a feature deploying a default.aspx page with two CQWP webparts. I use the AllUsersWebPart ...
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How many root site collections we can create
I have a simple question just to remove my confusion. In one web application, can we create multiple root site collections ? I have 3 different custom web templates, and for each template, I want to ...
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How to activate feature in a custom site
I have created a publishing web template. Now I need to activate a feature once the site is provisioned.
In order to achieve this, I've created an event receiver with something like this:
public ...
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Define subsites in webtemplate
Is it possible to define a subsite in a webtemplate? I can't use a site definition because I'm working in Office 365 - SharePoint Online.
Wrong approach:
I thought about activating a site-feature in ...
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aspx page in module and ghosted web parts
I am making a webtemplate. This webtemplate activates a hidden feature which contains a module, deploying the default.aspx page.
The module looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" ...
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Getting Web Template Not Found error while importing
I am importing a exported site with several sub-sites to a new Site Collection of its Own but getting following error
Start Time: 8/9/2012 9:32:31 AM.
Progress: Initializing Import.
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Error when Creating a site from custom template - “A duplicate field name <name> was found.”
When a site has been saved as template and then automatically uploaded and activated in the solution gallery and a user is trying to create a new site based on this custom template he get's an error ...
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How to add feature to web template
I have created a web template into my project. I have created a feature and add event receiver where I have added code to create custom list. Now I want to add this feature to the web template. How I ...
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Feature Activated Event not triggered when creating a new sub site with web template
When I create a new site I have a Web Scoped FeatureActivated event that I would like to run. The feature does get Activated but the FeatureActivated event is not triggered.
The site is created with ...
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How to create web template based on Moss 2007 web site in sharepoint 2010
I have a small requirement.. We are migrating moss2007 to sharepoint 2010 online ( cloud)
I have a Moss 2007 web site with some of the webparts( both out of box webparts (list view webparts) and one ...
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Defaulting to a tab in Template Selection of Create Site Collection in Central Admin
We have custom Web Templates deployed in our SharePoint 2010 deployment. The web templates are have a custom DisplayCategory defined Elements.xml (let's say it's Foo). In central admin's Create Site ...
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Provisioning a Welcome Page to Pages Library
I have a custom Web Template which enables the default features of a Publishing Site and in addition it enables custom Features e.g. WelcomePageProvisioning. It's kinda straight forward, but still I ...
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Custom default page - edits not saved in content editor web part
I've created a custom default.aspx page which is provisioned through a custom web template using SharePoint 2010.
I've added the below code to add a content editor web part, with some default content.
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Do Site Templates include content types in site collection
I had created custom content types in site settings that I was referencing with a list on a site. When I did a save as template from the site, would that have also saved the content types?
I passed ...
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Is there a way to move a site across web applications regardless of site template?
I have our old 2007 intranet upgraded to 2010 via database attach. It's in its own web application and I want to move some of the sites over to our production web application.
I'm using a script ...
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why this site feature is not activated when I create a new site by my custom web template?
I am using sharepoint 2010 and vs2010.
I have created a custom webtemplates and begin from a copy of a teamsite. In my onet.xml I see the following site feature elements:
<SiteFeatures>
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Can I use a provisioningProvider to a custom web template?
I have problems with the sequence of my logic. I have featere1 where I have my custom webtemplate. Then I have feature2 where I have implemented my default.aspx page. Feature1 is activating feature2. ...
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How to create a simple web template (in VS) with a announcement, calendar, links, tasks list on the homepage?
I am using sharepoint 2010 and VS2010. I created a site collection by the publishing site template. I dont want to use the "save as template" because it is not supported in a publish template. Also ...
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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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Newly created web template is invisible
I have created a new web template (contains a elements.xml and onet.xml) which is based on team site. I have deployed the .wsp file. However when I go to "New Site" under Site Actions I cannot see my ...
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Web template using an old version
I've copied the same question I found in an answer in this link because it is happening to me: when I create a new site using powershell or code, it is using an old version of the template. Not ...
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error 0x80070055 when provisioning a site collection with Document Center or Record Center
In QC we are getting 0x80070055 error when provisioning a site collection with web template Document Center or Record Center template.
Did some googleing and learned this error is due to dup guid in ...
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Hide Web Template?
I cant figure out how to hide a web template in the user interface, is this even possible?
I found this answear to my question at Mirjam's blog, but I can't find the "Page layouts and site ...
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Why is it possible to declare more then 1 configuration section in the onet.xml?
I am using sharepoint 2010 and vs2010.
I created a custom web template and start with the onet.xml from the teamsite. I see 4 configuration sections. Why there are more then 1 configuration sections? ...
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How to add calendar and announcement list to my custom web template?
I am using sharepoint 2010 and VS2010.
I have implemented this tutorial for creating a custom web template:
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Why I see only the publish web template when I click on new site?
I have a sharepoint 2010 portal. The site collection is from the site template "publishing site". When I would like to create a subsite I see the popup with the web templates. I see only 1 template ...
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How to use saved template (from a subsite) in the parent root site?
I have a sharepoint 2010 portal. The site collection is create by the site template "publishing site". I have created a sub site. I have enabled some features to create the (calendar, announcements, ...
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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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403 Forbidden immediately after creating web
I can't tell exactly what's causing the 403 Forbidden error (that's literally all of the information I have in the browser regarding the error) but this is the scenario:
I navigate to my application ...
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What components does Web Template contain?
I am working on a sharepoint portal project. I am planning to have some custom web templates. And then create new site instances from these template. I will follow this way; create a basic publishing ...
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Using configuration of base web template in custom web template
I'm creating a custom web template, and I'd like for my configuration only to add the things I need above and beyond what's in the base web template (in my case, CMSPUBLISHING#0). My template works ...
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Custom Web Template not displaying /default.aspx
I've made a custom web template based on BLANKINTERNET that has a specified DefaultPageLayout and a set of available page layouts, these are set in the Publishing Feature. I upload the solution and ...
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Why the “group work lists” like “announcements, links, tasks, events” are not exist when my feature eventreceiver is triggered?
I have created a custom web template where I activate the webfeature "Group Work Lists". I have also a event receiver where I would like to do some logic. I try to get the splist item of one of my ...
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Why I can not add a list to some webpart zone in my custom web template home page?
I have created a custom web template and it will be deployed by feateure1 for example. Then I have also a module with inside of it the default page declaration. This module will be deployed by ...
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What did I do wrong to implement my own masterpage to my custom web template?
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I am using sharepoint 2010 and VS2010.
I have implemented this tutorial for creating a custom web template, and it works:
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