I want to make a custom site for certain types of users who sign up to my site.
This site needs, in itself, a subsite.
How could I achieve this? Is a custom site definition able to do this? Thanks
2 Answers
You could always deploy the site schemas as two separate features, making the parent site a feature dependency for the sub-site. When you provision the site(s), create the parent site first, then create the subsite within it.
answered Jul 25, 2010 at 23:09
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Paul brings up a good alternative below. My solution is schema based where his is template based. I will say that developing schemas got much better with Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint 2010, but there is still a ways to go. Since you are using SharePoint 2010, I wanted to point you to this article I found on Chris Beckett's blog today that walks through creating custom site definitions: sharepointbits.com/blog/… In addition, this entire section in the MSDN library may be useful: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms434313.aspx Commented Jul 26, 2010 at 2:08
I'd suggest looking at the PortalProvisioningProvider, which will allow you to define a site hierarchy.
The following links are for 2007, but there should be something similar for 2010.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms566017(v=office.12).aspx
http://blog.brianfarnhill.com/2008/11/10/using-the-portalprovisioningprovider/
answered Jul 25, 2010 at 23:36
