Questions tagged [site-template]
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 site, and Group Work Site as shown here.
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Content Search web part properties are not updated while creating the site using Site Template?
I took site template with Include content, In that template, there have several custom web parts and CSWP web parts. By using that template I created one site, All the custom web parts, and CSWP added ...
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Restoring a Site Collection
I accidentally deleted one of our Site Templates from our SharePoint Online tenant. I restored it from the Admin Recycle Bin but the site did not fully restore. The UX wasn't applied, and the lists ...
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How do I turn a page into template on SharePoint Online ?
Hope you are well;
I would like to know how I can turn a page into a template on SharePoint online. The reason for this is because I want to use on different site collections and on team sites. is ...
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Can we create a template for sites in SharePoint online?
We have a lot of sites with SharePoint online with the same set of web parts. This is a team site; can I create a template so that we can create it from the templates?
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Site Collection administrator is getting Access Denied error message when editing Page Layout and Site Template Settings
I have an account in Office 365/SharePoint Online and I am creating a new Site Collection with the Template Publishing Portal.
I want to be able to add all kinds of different subsite templates below ...
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Creating SP2016 site templates with publishing feature enabled
I am creating a new site collection to serve as an intranet on the SP2016 foundation.
For our portal sites, I want to design a handful of sites which will be reused as templates. There's nothing ...
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It is taking too long to create a subsite in SharePoint online using custom template
I have a custom site template, When I am creating a sub site using this custom template then it continue to show working on it and it does not stop.
But when I go to site content, the site shows ...
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Are site templates just packaged bundles of features, apps, and configuration?
I'm trying to figure out the "magic" of site templates. Are they just a packaged set of features and apps, or is there some magic "under the hood" that makes them what they are?
Put another way: if I ...
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Are workflows inherrited when creating a site template?
I just created a site template and the new site.
I cannot view the workflows when clicking 'manage workflows with nin tex worklow' but when I click 'workflows' in my item menu I get all the workflows ...
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Problem with Creating Site collection from custom site template in SharePoint Online
I am trying to generate the site template forcefully and trying to create site collection with the template and getting the following Error.
****Sorry, something went wrong
The list "Shared Documents"...
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what are the different features available in different site templates?
I tried looking at microsoft website which describes about various site templates available. But its on a high level
Is there a comparison of site templates which describes different features ...
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Reactivate Save Site As Template without Designer
Is there a workaround to setting SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled to true without SharePoint designer?
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Item Added Event receiver Issue in quick Edit
I have Created item added event receiver which is bind with the custom generic list.
Using the values of field in list i am creating new sub site by specific custom template definition.
When i am add ...
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Make Project web app site a Template site in another Project server web app
I have one test WA on which I have Project web app.
Each project site has own SharePoint site where we created several custom lists/libraries and we created custom reports in dashboard designer (there ...
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Non Site Admins are unable to create sub-sites with templates created by the site admin account
I have created a SharePoint site collection on SharePoint server 2013.
I have create a number of sub sites and for each of those sub sites I have created a template.
The purpose of the templates is ...
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Unable to create a site using Site template in a migrated site collection
I have a SharePoint 2016 site template which is used to create sites in other site collections without any issues.
I have recently migrated SharePoint 2010 content database (Web Application) to ...
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Error "Feature schema contain wrong field name" when trying to create a new site based on a site template
I am working a sharepoint enterprise server 2013, where i have saved a sub-site as template. now this sub-site have a content type which that is linked to a global workflow 2010. but when i try to ...
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Sharepoint Online site migration for testing
i am using SharePoint Online site. I want to replicate my live site to other testing site. i tried to save it as template but it did not allowed me. while searching i found out " if site has ...
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Restricting Menus on a Site Template
I have a workflow that creates a site based on a template. Is there a way to restrict menu options based on a security group?
I have tried Audience Targeting which works fine since I just need to ...
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Why saving a site as templete will convert all its Links inside the site navigation (Quick Lauch links) into Headings
I have created a new Team site inside my sharepoint enterprise server 2013, and from "Site Setting">>"Navigation" i created a new link named "Test Link" which reference the defualt view of a list:-
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Quick Launch links inside my site template will keep referencing the original site, when I create a new subsite based on the site templete
I am facing a problem inside my Sharepoint Server 2013 enterprise:
I have a Team sub-site, which have the following Quick Launch links:-
Now I save this site as template.
Then I create a new sub-...
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Can I force all my sub-sites which are created using a site template to share the same workflows
I am working on a sharepoint enterprise server 2013. and i have a team site collection, with the following business case:-
Currently the site collection contain 10 sub-sites.
All these sub-sites are ...
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How to get Site Collection name(or type)?
I`m making a windows application that analyse the SharePoint site.
In SPSite Level, I want to get Site Collection name.
Which means, I already got Site template name like this STS.
private string ...
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Unable to create a subsite using Custom template using powershell scripts?
I need to create a subsite with Custom template, so I imported and activated my custom template into site collection, Then I added my subsite into Subsites can only use the following site templates ...
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How can we add a site templates in subsites can only use the following site templates section using powershell scripts?
I need to add a custom site template in site settings -> page layouts & site templates for subsites can only use the following site templates.By manuvally we can add it,how can we achieve it by ...
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How get Site Template name in SPSite, and Web Template name in SPWeb using C#
I`m trying to analyse sharepoint site.
In SPSite Level, I want to get Site template name,
and In SPWeb Level, I also want to get web template name.
But I am a newbie in SharePoint, I`m not sure ...
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SP13: Wiki Page Template
I have had no luck finding a solution without using SharePoint Designer. I created a wiki page and would like to use it as a template over and over again. I thought this would be simple as creating ...
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How can I get Site Collection name(or title) in SPSite level using C#
I am a newbie in SharePoint, and now I`m trying to make a Winform application that analyse
the SharePoint site. My application works like this.
Type target site url in text box and click button
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Activate button is disabled for my new solution
I am facing a problem in activating a solution (.WSP) which represents a site template inside my solution gallery. here is the full senario:-
i create a site collection , and for this site collection ...
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How to modify a WSP file (convert .cab to .wsp)
I want to do some modifications to a site template, mainly to set its master page , same as mentioned here link
so i did the following stpes:-
i save a site as template.
i went to "Site Settings">>"...
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Create a Sub-site from a Template
I was trying to create a subsite from a saved template. I keep getting an error.
Action can not be completed.
I have all the permissions.
Is there a different way to do this?
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Custom master page modifications will not be saved inside the site template (when i save a site as templete)
I am working on a SharePoint server 2013 (latest build number 15.0.4875.1000). and i am facing a problem when saving a site as template. As the custom master page will no be applied to any new site ...
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how to create subsite with custom template using powershell script
I have created site collection.under this site collection I need to create another subsite.the site template for subsite is custom template which is uploaded via solution gallery. how can I achive ...
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SharePoint Online, deactivate solution - Acces denied
I made several site templates, which can be found in Solutions.
I want to deactivate one(Green Grass Template), but I get this error:
Which is strange because I made the template myself, I am in the ...
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Error on activating/upgrading a site template
A site template of site collection-X was used to create a subsite on site collection-Y, both are on SharePoint Online. I was thrown errors that a list of features were Not Activated/Not Licensed. I ...
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What is the recommended SharePoint site to use for External Site?
We are planning to design an external site. I want to know what is the recommended site template to use? Is it the Publishing Site?
For example, Check this site (http://glenview.il.us/Pages/Default....
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Copy custom permission when restoring site template SharePoint 2013 onpremise
When restoring site template from source to target environment the custom permission doesn't copy. According to Microsoft article, this is how it behaves.
Is there any other OOB way(no code or ...
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SharePoint 2013 - A list, survey, discussion board, or document library with the specified title already exists in this Web site
I am getting this error while creating SharePoint site with a specific site template GLOBAL#0 and SRCHCENTERFAST#0.
I am able to create site with other templates.
A list, survey, discussion board, ...
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Can a template be modified and all the subsites that are using it have the changes?
I'm new on SharePoint and I would like to know if having a template for my subsites, in the case I modify my template all the subsites that are using that template should be affected with the changes.
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Solution to duplicate Site or Copy a site collection granularly
I'm a sharepoint admin and I'm receiving request everyday to duplicate a site or site collection. Site templates has limitations so I really want to have something to help me. I want to be able to ...
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How to upload the site template in SharePoint 2013 sub site?
I need to upload a site template in a subsite, and I need a clarification about whether site template covers the web parts also or not? I referred this link https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/...
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SharePoint 2016 getting error while save site as template
I am getting strange issue while working with SharePoint 2016. I have one subsite which i need to save as site and then i need to create new site using same template.
While trying to save site as ...
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List Workflows Not Working on Site Created From Template
I have a Site (say "Site A") with a List workflow. I saved the site as a template. When I create another site (say "Site B") from the template, the workflow is there but it does not work. It also ...
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Is there any ways to simplify the process of creating subsites
I have create a parent site for a department that has many sub sites for its projects. The manager of the department wants to create sub-sites whenever the new project come. Is there any way to ...
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Can I default all lists to open in dialog?
I've created a site template. Within this template I've set all forms to launch in a dialog, via List Settings, Advanced Settings, Dialogs, Launch forms in Dialog?, Yes. However, when I create a new ...
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Old modifications appears when importing my site template
Environment : SharePoint 2010 Foundation
Actually I want to import my site from a site collection (named SC1) to another one (named SC2).
What I do :
Export my site as a template
Download the ...
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Creating a new subsite from a template and sharepoint says "PSWApproval, PWAWebParts,PwaIdeaList not activated" and does not create the subsite
I'm creating a new subsite from a template I've imported from another site. It won't import as I get the message below. How do i solve this problem?
Feature Description Feature Scope Feature ...
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Site creation from template - Feature not activated error
I have created a site collection in my testing environment and once i satisfied with it.
I created a template (worked fine)
Import to another site collection and tried to create a sub site with the ...
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Save site as template in SharePoint Online
I want to save a site as a template in sharepoint online, but I am not seeing the option in my team site. How can I save a team site in sharepoint online
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how do I determine subsite template
how do i find out what template was used to create a sub-site in SharePoint? I want to know what template was used when creating one of the sub-sites in my SharePoint
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