Friday, January 8, 2010

Creating Custom Template in Share Point2007(MOSS 2007)

Follow the steps to create and add a custom template in Sharepoint 2007.

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\SiteTemplates and make a copy of any of the folders here. Each folder here means a Template.

2. Rename the copied folder with your desired template name,like TEST. Keep in mind that the name should be in uppercase.

3. Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\1033\XML folder and make a copy of any of the Webtemp*.xml file.

4. Rename the copied file to WebtempTEST.xml.

5. Open the WebtempTEST.xml and replace all attributes with TEST. Set DisplayCategory="Custom".

6. Restart IIS.

7. Now create a site collection and choose the created Template there.

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