Manage site templates

Members of the Administrator and Web Designer site groups can customize a site and save the customized site as a site template, so that other users in the site collection can create similar sites later. Administrators of a site collection can also import a site template created by another user or software vendor and add the new template to the available site templates in the site collection.

Caution Template files include personal information such as server URLs and user account names. Only share template files with trusted users and groups.

On the site, click Site Settings.
In the Administration section, click Go to Site Administration.
In the Management and Statistics section, click Save site as template.
In the File name box, type the file name to use for the site template file.
In the Template title box, type the title you want to use for the template in the site template gallery.
In the Template description box, type a description for the site template.
To include the existing site content, select the Include content check box.
Click OK.

You must be a member of the Administrator site group to create a site template.

You can add or remove site templates in the site template gallery at the site collection level. To manage the site template gallery, go to the Site Administration page for the top-level Web site in a site collection.

When a user creates a site template, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Servicesadds it automatically to the site template gallery for the site collection. To import a site template from an .stp file, do so from the Manage Site Template Gallery page.

Add a template to the site template gallery

On the top-level Web site, click Site Settings.
In the Administration section, click Go to Site Administration.
In the Site Collection Galleries section, click Manage site template gallery.
On the Site Template Gallery page, click Upload Template.
In the Name box, type the path to the template, or click Browse.
You can upload multiple templates by clicking Upload Multiple Files.
Click Save and Close.

Delete a template in the site template gallery

On the top-level Web site, click Site Settings.
In the Administration section, click Go to Site Administration.
In the Site Collection Galleries section, click Manage site template gallery.
On the Site Template Gallery page, click the Edit icon next to the template name.
On the Site Template Name: Name page, click Delete.

Manage site templates

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