import site template

[mc]

hello,
i was able to save my site as a template file, but i can't
figure out how to use the template to quickly create
another site.

anyone know how to import a site template?

[Nigel Bridport [MSFT]]

You should have a look at the SharePoint Administrators guides
Site templates are added or removed from the site template gallery at the
site collection level. You must go to the Site Administration page for the
top-level Web site in a site collection to manage the site template gallery.
When a user creates a site template, it is automatically added to the site
template gallery for the site collection. If you want to import a site
template from an .stp file, you can do so from the Manage Site Template
Gallery page.
Add a template to the site template gallery
1.. On the top-level Web site, click Site Settings.
2.. Under Administration, click Go to Site Administration.
3.. Under Site Collection Galleries, click Manage site template gallery.
4.. On the Site Template Gallery page, click Upload Template.
5.. In the Name box, type the path to the template, or click Browse.
You can upload multiple templates by clicking Upload Multiple Files.

6.. Click Save and Close.

Managing the Central Template Gallery
There is a centralized store of site templates called the central template
gallery. This gallery is managed for your entire server or server farm, and
can only be managed by using the command-line tool, Stsadm.exe. You must be
a member of the local administrators group for the server computer to manage
the central template gallery.

You use the following operations to manage the central template gallery.

Operation Description
addtemplate Adds a template to the central template gallery.
deletetemplate Removes a template from the central template gallery.
enumtemplates Lists the templates currently in the central template
gallery.

The addtemplate operation takes the required filename and title parameters
and the optional description parameter. To add a template, you would use the
following syntax:

stsadme.exe -o addtemplate -filename <filename> -title <template
title> -description <description of the template>The deletetemplate
operation takes the required title parameter and the optional lcid
parameter. To delete a template from the central template gallery, you would
use the following syntax:

stsadme.exe -o deletetemplate -title <template title> -lcid <language>Note
After you add or delete a template from the central template gallery, you
need to restart the Web service in Internet Information Services (IIS). You
can restart all of IIS at once by running iisreset on the command line, or
just restart the specific Web sites in Internet Information Services (IIS)
Manager. If you are in a server farm environment, you must restart the Web
services for each front-end Web server in your server farm.

The enumtemplates operation takes the optional lcid parameter. To list all
templates in the central template gallery, you would use the following
syntax:

stsadm.exe -o enumtemplates
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[Stephen Cummins]

The quickest way is to add it as a default top level site template, you
do this via the command line, here are the instructions:

http://www.spsfaq.com/customising.asp?postid=897

By default, only sites under the site you used as the template will be
able to use that template, so you have to do this
Stephen MVPwww.spsfaq.com

[Nigel Bridport [MSFT]]

As long as it has been imported as per the Admin Guide instrcutions, it will
be available when you provision a site in the list of sites that you can
pick from!

Nigel.

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"KateRK" <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> But Nigel, once we get a site template into the gallery, how do I use it
> to create another site? I can't find that any where, even in the Admin
> guide.