This is basically a 3-step procedure:
1. Create a new site to act as the template.
2. Customize and export the template.
3. Import the template for use with Project Server.
Create a new site.
1. Browse to Project Web Access, and click on "Admin", "Manage Windows
Sharepoint Services", then "Manage Sharepoint Sites".
2. Click on the "Site Administration link". This will open up another page in
new window.
3.On the Site Settings page, click "Manage Sites and Workspaces" under the
Administration section.
4. Click the "Create" link at the top to create a new site.
5. Give the new site a title such as "Template", and supply the Web Site
Address as well and then click the Create button.
6. In the Template selection section, choose the Project Workspace, and
click OK.
7. The next window that will appear is the template site that you just
created. You can now customize this site to your needs. For instance, you can
add extra fields to lists such as Issues and Risks, or apply a new
color template to the site.
When you have finished configuring the template site, you need to export it.
1. In the home page of your template site, click Site Settings, then Go
to Site Administration.
2. Click Save site as a template
3. Give the file a name, such as template, and supply a Template Title,
such as "Template".
4. On the next page, click on the "Site Template Gallery" link.
5. In the Site Template Gallery, click the name of the site that you just
created. This will then launch a dialog box asking you to save the template
file to your local machine. Save this file to your machine in a location
such as "c:\tmp".
Now we need to import the file back into the server as a usable template:
1. Working directly on the server, copy the file that you created in the
second step to a location on the server itself, again something like "c:\tmp".
2. Open up a command prompt on the server, type in the following:
"cd c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
extensions\60\BIN", then press the "Enter" key.
Then type in "stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -filename (name of the file
created) -title (title of the site)".
This command would look like this on
my machine "stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -filename c:\tmp\template.stp -title
template".
3. If number (2) is successful, you will receive a message stating that IIS needs to
be restarted. To do this, run the iisreset command. You can just select the Start Menu, then Run, and type "iisreset"
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4. Now, again browse to Project Web Access, Select "Admin", "Manage Windows Sharepoint Services", "Site Provisioning Settings".
5. In the Site Template field, you can now select the template that you just
uploaded.
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