MOSS 2007 - Save site as a template missing

MOSS 2007 - Save site as a template missing

This is just a quick one for Tony. ;)

If you are trying to save a site as a template in WSS v3 or MOSS 2007 you will find that the link "Save site as template" is only available under Look and Feel at the Top Level of the site collection. Doesn't really help if you want to save a sub site as a template now does it? If you would like to save a sub site as a template you need to append _layouts/savetmpl.aspx to your sub sites url. I am guessing Microsoft just forgot this link and it will be around by the time we go RTM.

So just to make it clear. If your subsite is

http://portal.abc.local/sitedirectory/team/default.aspx

You would go to

http://portal.abc.local/sitedirectory/team/_layouts/savetmpl.aspx

and then you would be able to save the site as a template.

Shane SharePoint Help

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# re: MOSS 2007 - Save site as a template missing

Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:22 PM by Tony Bierman

Shane,

Here's an article I threw together on developing a simple Feature that will add the "Save site as template" link to the Look and Feel menu on Site Settings pages for you.

http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com/2006/07/adding-save-site-as-template-link-to.html