Defining Sharepoint sites

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Kerry Saylor

Is there a way to define which Sharepoint template is used when publishing a
project schedule??

We'd like to use a customized SharePoint Template as our default site when
publsihing a project schedule to Project Server 2003. In site admin, I've
located the field to make this change, but, it lists Project Workspace as the
only template available. I'd much prefer use a customized template.

How might I go about doing this?

Thanks!
 
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Earl Lewis

Kerry,

Coincidently, I've been looking into this exact question this week. There are some resources I've found on the MSDN site that give some helpful information. Although, I haven't actually tried any of this yet - so I don't know how it plays out in practice.

Here's one of the URLs to get you started.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/spptsdk/html/SPPTWPFWPPInf.asp

One of the unknowns for me is how any changes might affect existing sites. Hopefully they'll be able to peacefully coexist and we'll move on with our lives.

Earl
Is there a way to define which Sharepoint template is used when publishing a
project schedule??

We'd like to use a customized SharePoint Template as our default site when
publsihing a project schedule to Project Server 2003. In site admin, I've
located the field to make this change, but, it lists Project Workspace as the
only template available. I'd much prefer use a customized template.

How might I go about doing this?

Thanks!
 
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Kerry Saylor

Earl,

Thanks for the link... Hopefully, making this change will not (and it
should not) affect any existing sites as these templates should only be used
to 'create' the site the first time.

FYI for you - I've found another message here that has some steps which
appear to lead me to the same place and am testing it now. I'll respond once
I find out how it works...

Thanks,
Kerry
 
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Kerry Saylor

Earl,

We got it to work thanks to another message thread that I found here. The
following steps will allow you to modify the list of site templates available
to provisioning SharePoint sites automatically as project schedules are
published:
Create a new site

1. Browse to Project Web Access, and click on Admin > Manage Windows
Sharepoint Services > Manage Sharepoint Sites.
2. Click on the Site Administration Link.
3. On the Site Settings page under the Administration section, click
Manage Sites and Workspaces.
4. Click the Create link at the top to create a new site
5. Give the new site an appropriate title for the client's template.
Supply the Web Site Address as well, and then click Create.
6. In the Template Selection section, choose the Project Workspace,
and click OK.

Customize

1. The next window that will appear is the template site. Customize
this site as needed… adding extra fields to Issues and Risks, or to apply a
new color template to the site.

Export

When you have finished configuring the template site, you need to export it.

1. In the home page of the template site, click "Site Settings", then
"Go to Site Administration".
2. Click "Save site as a template"
3. Give the file a name and supply a Template Title.
4. On the next page, click on the "Site template gallery" link.
5. In the Site Template Gallery, click the name of the site just
created. Save this file to your machine.

Import

Import the file back into the server so it may be used as a site template:

1. Copy the exported template file to a location on the project server.
2. Working directly on the server, open up a command prompt. Type: "cd
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\BIN"
<enter>
3. Then type in the command: "stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -filename
<name of the file> -title <site template title >.
4. If successful, you will receive a message stating that IIS needs to
be restarted. Run iisreset
5. Browse to Project Web Access > Admin > Manage Windows Share Point
Services > Site Provisioning Settings.
6. In the Site Template field, select the template that you just
uploaded.


Like I said - this worked for us...It will also work for you.
Kerry
 
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Earl Lewis

Kerry,

That worked perfectly - once I got a few permissions straightened out. Thanks!

Earl
Earl,

We got it to work thanks to another message thread that I found here. The
following steps will allow you to modify the list of site templates available
to provisioning SharePoint sites automatically as project schedules are
published:
Create a new site

1. Browse to Project Web Access, and click on Admin > Manage Windows
Sharepoint Services > Manage Sharepoint Sites.
2. Click on the Site Administration Link.
3. On the Site Settings page under the Administration section, click
Manage Sites and Workspaces.
4. Click the Create link at the top to create a new site
5. Give the new site an appropriate title for the client's template.
Supply the Web Site Address as well, and then click Create.
6. In the Template Selection section, choose the Project Workspace,
and click OK.

Customize

1. The next window that will appear is the template site. Customize
this site as needed… adding extra fields to Issues and Risks, or to apply a
new color template to the site.

Export

When you have finished configuring the template site, you need to export it.

1. In the home page of the template site, click "Site Settings", then
"Go to Site Administration".
2. Click "Save site as a template"
3. Give the file a name and supply a Template Title.
4. On the next page, click on the "Site template gallery" link.
5. In the Site Template Gallery, click the name of the site just
created. Save this file to your machine.

Import

Import the file back into the server so it may be used as a site template:

1. Copy the exported template file to a location on the project server.
2. Working directly on the server, open up a command prompt. Type: "cd
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\BIN"
<enter>
3. Then type in the command: "stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -filename
<name of the file> -title <site template title >.
4. If successful, you will receive a message stating that IIS needs to
be restarted. Run iisreset
5. Browse to Project Web Access > Admin > Manage Windows Share Point
Services > Site Provisioning Settings.
6. In the Site Template field, select the template that you just
uploaded.


Like I said - this worked for us...It will also work for you.
Kerry
 
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