Standardize Document Library fields - Site Definitions?

[Mykl]

Hi all...

I've read all the requisite stuff such as:

- Patrick Tisseghem's slide deck from Tech Ed 2005 on Site Definitions
- MS KB article 898631 that talks about supported and unsupported scenarios
for working with site definitions

We want to cause all document libraries that are created in the
"automatically generated" Project Workspaces to have some additional custom
fields/columns (to conform to PMBOK standards)...

My question is, if tweaking the default site definition templates is
unsupported, is anyone aware of any other options? Maybe programmatically
modifying the fields after the sites are created?...

Thanks,
Michael

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Mykl:

See the following FAQ for a solution:

http://www.projectserverexperts.com/Shared Documents/CustomizeWSStemplate.htm

 

[Mykl]

Terrific. Thanks for that. But am I correct in understanding that this
does NOT allow me to apply the custom template to already existing sites?
If this is the case, can I delete them and then recreate them on the "Manage
Windows SharePoint Services and Sites" page?

Michael

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Correct

Terrific. Thanks for that. But am I correct in understanding that this
does NOT allow me to apply the custom template to already existing sites?
If this is the case, can I delete them and then recreate them on the
"Manage Windows SharePoint Services and Sites" page?

Michael