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Error message when you try to use an existing site template to create a new SharePoint Server 2007 site: "Failed to apply template"
Consider the following scenario. You change an existing
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site. You save the updated SharePoint
Server 2007 site as a template. Then, you try to use this template to create a
new SharePoint Server 2007 site.
In this scenario, when you click
Save Site as Template under
Look and Feel on
the
Site Settings page, you receive the following error
message:
Failed to apply template
TemplateName.stp to web at URL
SharePointSiteName, error The template you have
chosen is invalid or cannot be found.
Additionally, the template is
not saved.
This issue occurs if the top-level SharePoint Server 2007
site of the SharePoint Server 2007 site that you are trying to save as a
template has the publishing features turned on. In this case,
Save Site
as Template appears under
Look and Feel on the
Site Settings page.
Note To prevent the use of the
Save site as
template feature for creating new sites, you must disable the
Save site as template feature. However, if the top-level site
has the publishing features turned on, the option to turn off the
Save
site as template feature is disabled when you try to create a new
site. This behavior also occurs in SharePoint designer.
The supported
method to create templates for publishing sites is to use site definition
templates. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
To work around this issue, open the Feature.xml file of the
Publishing feature. Then, manually add a new ElementManifest. For example, add
the following element.
<ElementManifest Location="MyHideAction.xml"/>
Then, create a new MyHideAction.xml file in the same directory by using
the following content.
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint">
<HideCustomAction Id="HideSaveAsTemplate" HideActionId="SaveAsTemplate"
GroupId="Customization" Location="Microsoft.SharePoint.SiteSettings" />
</Elements>
For more information about the Feature.xml file, visit the
following Microsoft Web site:
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
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