Hi Rabia,
This is basically a 3 step procedure:
1. Create a new site to act as the template
2. Customize and export the template
3. 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. This will open up another page in
a new window.
3.On the Site Settings page, click Manage Sites and Workspaces under the
Aministration section.
4. Click the Create link at the top to create a new site
5. Give the new site a Title such as Template, and supply the Web Site
Address as well (this could be something like Template as well), and then
create the Create button.
6. In the Template selection section, choose the Project Workspace, and
click OK.
7. The next window that will appear is the template site that you just
created. You can now customize this site to your needs, for instance by
adding extra fields to lists such as Issues and Risks, or to apply a new
colour template to the site.
When you have finished configuring the template site, you need to export it.
1. In the home page of your template site, click "Site Settings", then "Go
to Site Administration".
2. Click "Save site as a template"
3. Give the file a name, such as "template", and supply a Template Title,
again such as "Template".
4. On the next page, click on the "Site template gallery" link.
5. In the Site Template Gallery, click the name of the site that you just
created - this will then launch a dialog box asking you to save the template
file to your local machine. Save this file to your machine in a location
such as c:\tmp.
Now we need to import the file back into the server as a useable template:
1. Working directly on the server, copy the file that you created in the
second step to a location on the server itself, again something like c:\tmp
2. Open up a command prompt on the server, type in the following:
"cd c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
extensions\60\BIN" <enter>
Then type in "stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -filename <name of the file
created> - title <title of the site>. This command would like like this on
my machine "stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -filename c:\tmp\template.stp - title
template"
3. If 2 is succesfull, you will recieve a message stating that IIS needs to
be restarted. To do this, run the "iisreset" command. (just type "iisreset
<enter>")
4. Now, again browse to Project Web Access, Admin, Manage Windows Sharepoint
Services, Site Provisioning Settings.
5. In the Site Template field, you can now select the template that you just
uploaded.
I hope this makes sense, please shout if you need more help
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Regards,
Nico Oosthuysen
Rabia said:
Hi alll,
I have project server 2003 running well and good while being integrated
with Windows sharepoint services 2.
Currently all the teamsite that are created automatically in project
server are by deault based on the project workspace template. I have created
a custom template in sharepoint services now i wantto make that template
available in project server so that the custom template can be set to the
default template and each time a new project team site is created this
custom template is used.
The automatic site creation should still be there as well after any such
customization regarding site template
