Saving a SharePoint Template from PWA for use in another WSS site.

[TK Vanacoro]

Hello -

We wish to utilize the Risks, Issues and Documents in PWA without linking
them to a particular project. To date, we have had no luck getting to that
point.

So, as a workaround, we have created another SharePoint Site that will have
the level of detail we need as soon as I can retrieve the already modified
template from PWA and incorporate it via the command line call into WSS.

However, my instructions seem not to work:

(a) Log onto the IIS Server.

(b) Launch IE and PWA.

(c) Click on Admin

(d) Click on Manage Windows SharePoint Services

(e) Click on Manage SharePoint Sites

(f) Click on a project with the modified settings

(g) Click on Site Settings

(h) Click on go to Site Administration

(i) Click on Save Site as Template

(j) Save the template in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web
server extensions\60\BIN

(k) Fill in other data on the page (do not save any data, just the template
without data’)

(l) Click OK

(m) Launch the DOS box (Start | Run | cmd)

(n) Change directory to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web
server extensions\60\BIN

(o) The template will be saved as xxxxxxxxx.stp. Rename the template as
xxxxxxxxx.fwp

(p) Run the command: stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -f xxxxxxxxx.fwp -title
yyyyyyyyyyy

NOTE: You can change the “PWA viewable†name (yyyy…) separate from the file
name (xxxx…) but keep it short! Two to Three words…

(q) Exit the DOS box.

(r) Launch IE

(s) Click on Admin

(t) Click on Manage Windows SharePoint Services

(u) Click Site provisioning settings.

(v) Pick the new template under “Site templateâ€

NOTE: If you don’t see the new template name, you will need to do iisreset
on the IIS server. WARNING: Do this during the maintenance window only!
Make sure no one has anything open in MS Project!!! It will kill all
connections and all changes will be lost if anyone has anything open!

(w) Click on Save Changes

(x) All new SharePoint sites will now contain the new template information.

(y) If you want existing projects to get the new template, you need to
either (1) create changes by hand as before, or (2) if there is little or no
information on the SharePoint Site yet, you can blow away the current
SharePoint Site (make sure you cut and paste things you want because it will
be gone) and recreate a new site through “Manage Windows SharePoint Servicesâ€
then “Manage SharePoint sites†and delete the existing site (“Delete Siteâ€)
and then re-create the site (“Create Siteâ€).

This instruction fails at line K. No matter what type of file name we place
after BIN (all, nothing, etc), it tells us we have an invalid file name.

Anyone who can help will forever be favored by hoard of milk-filled goats.

Thanks.

 

[Bart]

Hi,
I personally did not encounter problems with following procedure:
a) ==> i) the same
J) Fill in other data on the page (do not save any data, just the template
without data’)
K) Click OK
L) go to Site templates
M) right click template, download in whatever folder as an stp
N) Launch the DOS box (Start | Run | cmd)
O)Run the command: "<path>\stsadm.exe" -o addtemplate -filename
"<path>\xxxxxxxxx.stp" -title "yyyyyyyyyyy"
P) iisreset
Q) Launch IE
R) Click on Admin
S) Click on Manage Windows SharePoint Services
T) Click Site provisioning settings.
U) Pick the new template under “Site templateâ€
....

Do not forget to quote the paths because DOS commands and spaces do not go
together.

Bart