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SUMMARY
This article contains information about site definition and custom templates
that are used in Windows SharePoint Services, and discusses some considerations
and limitations that apply when you customize templates for use in SharePoint
Portal Server.
MORE INFORMATION
Windows SharePoint Services uses two types of templates:
• Site definitions:
Site definitions include the set of basic pages and schema where all SharePoint
sites and lists are derived. Site definitions contain all the configuration
data for the site, and are stored on the file system of each front-end Web
server as Web pages and XML files (including the Onet.xml file). A site
definition can actually contain multiple configurations, but all the
configuration data in a site definition uses the same set of lists that a user
can create. For example, the Social Meeting, Multipage Meeting, and Decision
Meeting templates that are listed on the Template Selection page are based on
the Meetings site definition.
• Custom templates:
You can save an existing site as a custom template (.stp file). An .stp file
contains only the information about what is customized in the site and does not
contain the definition of the whole site. Custom templates are a way of
packaging up a set of changes to an existing site definition and making those
available for new sites and lists. Every custom template is based on a site
definition. Custom templates are stored in the database and are made available
through the central template gallery or through site collection template
galleries. When you save an existing site as a custom template, the .stp file
is added to the site template document library in the root of the site
collection and can be used by all subsites.
To create a .stp file, follow these steps:
1. On the site, click Site Settings.
2. Under Administration, click Go to Site Administration.
3. Under Management and Statistics, click Save site as
template.
4. In the File name box, type the file name to use for the
site template file.
5. In the Template title box, type the title that you want to
use for the template in the site template gallery.
6. In the Template description box, type a description for the
site template.
7. If you want to include the existing site content, click to
select the Include content check box.
8. Click OK.
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