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Site templates are used to allow the rapid creation of web sites and basic content in a SharePoint system. Any number of new sites can be generated based on a site template. (note: there is some duplicate tags for this topic I.E: see also: STP )

SiteTemplate (STP) is a methods for providing prepackaged site and list content in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services You can save an existing site or list as a custom template. 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 made available through the central or site collection template galleries.

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Are SharePoint site templates really less efficient than site definitions?

So, it seems in the SharePoint blogosphere that everybody just copies and pastes the same bullet points from other blogs. One bullet point I've seen is that SharePoint site templates are less efficient than site definitions because site definitions…
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SharePoint 2007 Site Template Content Types

I am new to SharePoint development. We have created a base site template and have used that template to start new sites in other locations on the same server. This works fine but the newly created site seems to "flatten" the custom content types…
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Problem with Sharepoint ContentTypeBinding and Lookup field

I have a problem with ContentTypeBinding when creating a new site. I have custom site template definition where I have referenced Publishing Server Feature, so list Pages is automatically created on site. I need to bind custom content type to OOB…
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SPMetal and SharePoint's OOTB Blog Site Template

I'm attempting to create some workflows and webparts to work with out of the box blog templates in a site collection. I used SPMetal against a normal blog site to generate the LINQ classes and contexts and while coding I noticed that the Categories…
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Is it possible to include a Flow/Power Automate in a SharePoint site template?

SharePoint lets you save sites as a site template so that you can configure a site the way you want, save it as a site template and then create more identical sites from the template. You can save old-fashioned 'SharePoint workflows' into site…
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Error during solution import in Visual Studio 2010 and when applying a web template

I'm trying to import a solution from a wsp-file into a SharePoint 2010 project in Visual Studio 2010. The solution file results from a site template I exported using the "safe as template" option of a website. After selecting the solution file I…
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upload site template wsp file powershell

I am using SharePoint 2013 and i want to create some spweb from a site template... I have created a site and added my desired content and i saved that site as template, then went to solution gallery and downloaded the .wsp file. Now, i need to…
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Save a Site Collection As A Site Template (.stp) File

I would like to be able to save a SharePoint 2007 site collection as a site template (.stp) file. Is this possible? Thanks, MagicAndi
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How to hide the default Site Templates from Custom User Groups in SharePoint 2010 using C#

I need to hide all the default site templates from a custom user group except Blog and custom site templates using programming in C#. I have Level - 2 SharePoint Coordinator group which should allow the users to create sites from my custom site…
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Sharepoint 2010: Create web pages programmatically of multiple solutions

My problem goes, as the title says, create web pages programmatically of multiple solutions on SharePoint 2010; because when I do deploy one solution the program recognize my site templates and I can create without problems, but when I do deploy two…
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Sharepoint Site Template - Custom .aspx pages

I am creating a site template in Sharepoint. I also have some custom .aspx page, that I want to deploy in Layouts\myDirectory. Using my site template I will create a Web (SPWeb) that should use the custom pages and reference them by an url of the…
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Webservices - change default template for new Site

Through Webservices creating Site (GroupService) for organization. This site is generated implicitly with a blank template (Blank Site). I need to set a different default template when generating a new Site. Or is something else via Webservices to…
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Cannot deactivate site template (solution) after creating and deleting a new site

In SharePoint 2010, I created a new site template from an existing site and a new site using this template. After deleting the new site and I cannot deactivate the site template to be able to remove it. Here's the exception I…
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which site template is best for public site in Share Point 2010

I have to create a public facing site, surely it will have a admin panel. which site template is best for public site in Share Point 2010.
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How do you switch to a different site template in SharePoint 2010?

If you used a site template (such as the Document Center template) and wish to use a different template (such as a Team Site), how can you accomplish this? More importantly, how do you do this without losing permissions that have been setup on the…
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