WSS site templates

[Eichelmännchen]

Hello newsgroup.

We are using MS Project Server and Windows Sharepoint service. When creating
a WSS site for a project it is always created using the same template. What
we want to do is creating a template including restricted permissions. E.g.
the group "Team Members" should not see the risks.

I could create a template of an existing site, but how can I set this one as
the default template for all new project sites? So that when I go to Project
Web Access and create a new project WSS site manually this template will be
used.

Is this possible?
Thank you for you help.

Sylvia

 

[MartinR]

Sylvia,

I've used this method "gleaned from a previous post on this newsgroup" and
have managed to successfuly introduce a new template just as you describe.
Hope this helps.

Regards
Martin


Steps to customize default Project Workspace template:

1. Create a new project site (for example: TEST) using Project Workspace
template


a. Go to http://servername you will see a page appear titled
Project Workspace HOME

b. Select Create then drill down and select Sites and Workspaces

c. Enter in the Title (TEST) and URL name (http://servername/test

d. Select create.

2. Modify the site to meet the needs. Add best practices documents. Go to
customize columns and settings on Issues and Risks, add columns, and create
custom views.

3. Click on "Go to site administration" for this test site.

4. Click "Save site as template" and save the site as template
"test_template"

5. Click on “Manage Site Template Gallery", select "test_template" and save
it as a .fwp file somewhere on a network share. By default the file is saved
as a .stp. It may be necessary to browse to where the .stp was saved and
rename the file to reflect an .fwp file extension.

6. Go to a cmd line prompt on the WSS Server.

7. Navigate to %programfiles%\common files\microsoft shared\web server
extensions\60\bin

9. Type stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -f
\\servername\sharename\test_template.fwp -title “Name of Templateâ€

10. go back to PWA - Admin - Manage WSS - Default Settings, and select your
custom template and click on “Save Changesâ€

From this point on, all Project Workspaces will be created using the new
custom template.

 

[Eichelmännchen]

Thank you for your help.
I will try it right now

Sylvia,

I've used this method "gleaned from a previous post on this newsgroup" and
have managed to successfuly introduce a new template just as you describe.
Hope this helps.

Regards
Martin


Steps to customize default Project Workspace template:

1. Create a new project site (for example: TEST) using Project Workspace
template


a. Go to http://servername you will see a page appear titled
Project Workspace HOME

b. Select Create then drill down and select Sites and Workspaces

c. Enter in the Title (TEST) and URL name (http://servername/test

d. Select create.

2. Modify the site to meet the needs. Add best practices documents. Go to
customize columns and settings on Issues and Risks, add columns, and create
custom views.

3. Click on "Go to site administration" for this test site.

4. Click "Save site as template" and save the site as template
"test_template"

5. Click on “Manage Site Template Gallery", select "test_template" and save
it as a .fwp file somewhere on a network share. By default the file is saved
as a .stp. It may be necessary to browse to where the .stp was saved and
rename the file to reflect an .fwp file extension.

6. Go to a cmd line prompt on the WSS Server.

7. Navigate to %programfiles%\common files\microsoft shared\web server
extensions\60\bin

9. Type stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -f
\\servername\sharename\test_template.fwp -title “Name of Templateâ€

10. go back to PWA - Admin - Manage WSS - Default Settings, and select your
custom template and click on “Save Changesâ€

From this point on, all Project Workspaces will be created using the new
custom template.