When you create a custom list template in a site and you add
the list template to the template gallery of another site, you may find that
the list template does not appear on the "Create Page" page of that site. As a
result, you cannot use the custom template to create a new list on that
list.
This issue may occur if you create the custom list template
in a site that has a different site definition ID than the site that you added
the template to. For example, this issue may occur if any one of the following
conditions is true:
- You create a list template in a Windows SharePoint Portal
Services site, and then you import the list template to a portal
site.
- You create a list template in a portal site, and then you
import the list template to a Windows SharePoint Portal Services
site.
- You create a list template in a Windows SharePoint Services
site, and then you import the list template to another Windows SharePoint
Services site that uses a different site definition ID.
To work around this issue, create the list template in the
Windows SharePoint Services site or in the portal site where the list template
will be used. For example, if Windows SharePoint Services sites that are based
on the Team Site template require a survey template, create the survey template
in a site that is based on the Team Site template.
When you create a list, you can select a list template from
the set of list templates on the server and on the site collection. This set of
list templates is filtered according to the site language and the site
definition ID that your Windows SharePoint Services site is based on. For
example, a site that is based on the Meeting Workspace template has a site
definition ID that is different from a site that is based on the Team Site
template. If you create a Meeting Announcements custom list template from the
Announcements list in a site that is based on a Meeting Workspace template, the
Meeting Announcements list template that you create is not available on a site
that is based on the Team Site template.
For more information about
working with templates in Windows SharePoint Services, see the "Working with
Templates" topic in the "Managing Sites" section of the
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide. The
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide (Administrator's Help.chm) is located in the Docs folder in the
root folder of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 CD.
For more
information about SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services,
visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more
information about administering SharePoint Portal Server 2007,
visit the following Microsoft Web site: