Category Archives: WebTemplate

‘WARNING: Template is not found and is not applied’ when using custom WebTemplate with PowerShell

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Bernado

WebTemplate is the new way of doing site definitions in SP2010 (see this for a good overview: http://sharepointchick.com/archive/0001/01/01/site-definitions-vs.-webtemplates.aspx). Where you need to refer to the custom WebTemplate, you’d use the ‘{FeatureID}#WebTemplateName’ syntax, e.g: {56C8E551-565B-482A-A038-CCC18A878607}#MyWebTemplate I however have found that this does … Continue reading →

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How to set AvailableWebTemplates to custom WebTemplate created via features

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Bernado

In SharePoint 2010 you can use the new <WebTemplate> element in a feature to create a custom web template (sort of equivalent to site definition). Good overview of how this compares to other methods of creating site template/definition: http://sharepointchick.com/archive/0001/01/01/site-definitions-vs.-webtemplates.aspx. In a … Continue reading →

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