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I need to create a large amount of sub sites. Each one will be the exact same to support various products. I have code written already to create a subsite and add the apps to it, but its proving to be a lot of work to create the pages to look the way that i want. If i manually create a subsite and make it exactly the way i want it, is it possible to just duplicate this subsite and give it a different name?

I cant seem to find code anywhere that will allow me to set what web parts i want to show on the home page. This would make things so much quicker to get this done.

I am using the client side object model with a C# application.

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You can save a site as a template (through Site Settings GUI). When create sites using this templates with different name etc.

  1. Instruction how to save site http://www.learningsharepoint.com/2012/11/23/how-to-save-site-as-template-in-sharepoint-2013/

  2. Here http://get-spscripts.com/2011/02/finding-site-template-names-and-ids-in.html and Programmatically create Site using Custom Web Template in Sharepoint 2010 how to find Site Template Name and ID

  3. Then you this "wci.WebTemplate = "STS#0";" - just change Name and ID

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  • Do you have any guide that shows how to do this? When creating a subsite i can define the "wci.WebTemplate = "STS#0";". Can i replace this value with the file path of the template?
    – Dan Hastings
    Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 11:46
  • I have a .wsp file, but when i try to use the file path as the template it throws an exception. How should this template be used?
    – Dan Hastings
    Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 11:54
  • I've edited my comment. I dont think you have to use WSP itself.
    – Trike
    Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 12:02
  • The template that i have created is correctly showing up under the "Solution Gallery". When i run "Get-SPWebTemplate" in powershell, i dont see the templates that i created.
    – Dan Hastings
    Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 12:14
  • Try $site = Get-SPSite “portal” #new line# $site.GetWebTemplates(1033) | format-list name, title - don't forget to use your locale - it could differ from "1033" - do you see you template in the output? -
    – Trike
    Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 12:23

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