How to Modify Default Template

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Richard

I'm going to post this to the STS group as well; this is on Project Server
but it's using STS so I'm covering all my bases :)

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Richard

Dahhh,

You mean unlike in this one, NOPE! I know what I'm using. sheesh you'd
think people would learn...

How about Proj 2k3 ; win2k3; SWS :)

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Gary L. Chefetz \(MVP\)

Richard:

Good, we're getting somewhere. Now, by "default template" you mean... I'll
infer that you're talking about the templates used in WSS workspaces. Here's
a post that's appeared in the newsgroups. You can save a lot of effort using
Google to search through old posts:

1. Create a new site to act as the template

2. Customize the template

3. Export the template

4. Import the template for use with Project Server



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.



--

Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
"We wrote the books on Project Server"
http://www.msprojectexperts.com

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Richard

Ok, Ok I get th epoint generalization bad!
Detail good!

We are looking to modify (for good) the default template for when new sites
are created by project server to WSS. There are lots of canned templates
all under the template names yet I am trying to find the 'out of the box'
template. It seems to not have a name. (under templates its listed as
None(default) ). We have bought books on sharepoint and have seen most of
what you are describing yet we want to 'overwrite' the existing 'default'
template. OR is there a way in Project Server somewhere in an xml doc to
tell it what theme to use when self-creating new sites?

Once again layout is :project 2k3, server 2k3

Thanks
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Richard

Gary,

Thanks. I missed step 6 which is the crucial step to modify the project
server autocreate using template X.

Thanks
 
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