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In SharePoint 2010 there are lots of Site Templates to chose from. Todd Baginski has an AWESOME page PowerShell TipOpen up the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell and copy and paste this code in: $globalAdmin = New-Object -TypeName "Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPGlobalAdmin" $webTemplates = $globalAdmin.VirtualServers[0].GetWebTemplates("1033"); $webTemplates | ft Name, Title, Description -AutoSize -Wrap Edit: alternatively just use the existing cmdlet Get-SPWebTemplate to get a list of existing site templates. This will give you a list of all the available Site Templates for SPS2010: Name Title Description
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GLOBAL#0 Global template This template
is used for in
itializing a n
ew site.
STS#0 Team Site A site for tea
ms to quickly
organize, auth
or, and share
information. I
t provides a d
ocument librar
y, and lists f
or managing an
nouncements, c
alendar items,
tasks, and di
scussions.
STS#1 Blank Site A blank site f
or you to cust
omize based on
your requirem
ents.
STS#2 Document Workspace A site for col
leagues to wor
k together on
a document. It
provides a do
cument library
for storing t
he primary doc
ument and supp
orting files,
a tasks list f
or assigning t
o-do items, an
d a links list
for resources
related to th
e document.
MPS#0 Basic Meeting Workspace A site to plan
, organize, an
d capture the
results of a m
eeting. It pro
vides lists fo
r managing the
agenda, meeti
ng attendees,
and documents.
MPS#1 Blank Meeting Workspace A blank meetin
g site for you
to customize
based on your
requirements.
MPS#2 Decision Meeting Workspace A site for mee
tings that tra
ck status or m
ake decisions.
It provides l
ists for creat
ing tasks, sto
ring documents
, and recordin
g decisions.
MPS#3 Social Meeting Workspace A site to plan
social occasi
ons. It provid
es lists for t
racking attend
ees, providing
directions, a
nd storing pic
tures of the e
vent.
MPS#4 Multipage Meeting Workspace A site to plan
, organize, an
d capture the
results of a m
eeting. It pro
vides lists fo
r managing the
agenda and me
eting attendee
s in addition
to two blank p
ages for you t
o customize ba
sed on your re
quirements.
CENTRALADMIN#0 Central Admin Site A site for cen
tral administr
ation. It prov
ides Web pages
and links for
application a
nd operations
management.
WIKI#0 Wiki Site A site for a c
ommunity to br
ainstorm and s
hare ideas. It
provides Web
pages that can
be quickly ed
ited to record
information a
nd then linked
together thro
ugh keywords
BLOG#0 Blog A site for a p
erson or team
to post ideas,
observations,
and expertise
that site vis
itors can comm
ent on.
SGS#0 Group Work Site This template
provides a gro
upware solutio
n that enables
teams to crea
te, organize,
and share info
rmation quickl
y and easily.
It includes Gr
oup Calendar,
Circulation, P
hone-Call Memo
, the Document
Library and t
he other basic
lists.
TENANTADMIN#0 Tenant Admin Site A site for ten
ant administra
tion. It provi
des Web pages
and links for
self-serve adm
inistration.
ACCSRV#0 Access Services Site Microsoft Acce
ss Server
ACCSRV#1 Assets Web Database Create an asse
ts database to
keep track of
assets, inclu
ding asset det
ails and owner
s.
ACCSRV#3 Charitable Contributions Web Database Create a datab
ase to track i
nformation abo
ut fundraising
campaigns inc
luding donatio
ns made by con
tributors, cam
paign related
events, and pe
nding tasks.
ACCSRV#4 Contacts Web Database Create a conta
cts database t
o manage infor
mation about p
eople that you
r team works w
ith, such as c
ustomers and p
artners.
ACCSRV#6 Issues Web Database Create an issu
es database to
manage a set
of issues or p
roblems. You c
an assign, pri
oritize, and f
ollow the prog
ress of issues
from start to
finish.
ACCSRV#5 Projects Web Database Create a proje
ct tracking da
tabase to trac
k multiple pro
jects, and ass
ign tasks to d
ifferent peopl
e.
BDR#0 Document Center A site to cent
rally manage d
ocuments in yo
ur enterprise.
OFFILE#0 (obsolete) Records Center (obsolete) Thi
s template cre
ates a site de
signed for rec
ords managemen
t. Records man
agers can conf
igure the rout
ing table to d
irect incoming
files to spec
ific locations
. The site als
o lets you man
age whether re
cords can be d
eleted or modi
fied after the
y are added to
the repositor
y.
OFFILE#1 Records Center This template
creates a site
designed for
records manage
ment. Records
managers can c
onfigure the r
outing table t
o direct incom
ing files to s
pecific locati
ons. The site
also lets you
manage whether
records can b
e deleted or m
odified after
they are added
to the reposi
tory.
OSRV#0 Shared Services Administration Site This template
creates a site
for administe
ring shared se
rvices
PPSMASite#0 PerformancePoint A site for pre
senting Perfor
mancePoint das
hboards and sc
orecards. The
site also incl
udes links to
PerformancePoi
nt Dashboard D
esigner and st
orage for dash
board content
such as analyt
ic charts, rep
orts, KPIs, an
d strategy map
s.
BICenterSite#0 Business Intelligence Center A site for pre
senting Busine
ss Intelligenc
e Center.
SPS#0 SharePoint Portal Server Site This template
is obsolete.
SPSPERS#0 SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space This web templ
ate defines a
Personal Space
for an indivi
dual participa
ting on a Shar
ePoint Portal.
SPSMSITE#0 Personalization Site A site for del
ivering person
alized views,
data, and navi
gation from th
is site collec
tion into My S
ite. It includ
es personaliza
tion specific
Web Parts and
navigation tha
t is optimized
for My Site s
ites.
SPSTOC#0 Contents area Template This template
is obsolete.
SPSTOPIC#0 Topic area template This template
is obsolete.
SPSNEWS#0 News Site This template
is obsolete.
CMSPUBLISHING#0 Publishing Site A blank site f
or expanding y
our Web site a
nd quickly pub
lishing Web pa
ges. Contribut
ors can work o
n draft versio
ns of pages an
d publish them
to make them
visible to rea
ders. The site
includes doc
ument and imag
e libraries fo
r storing Web
publishing ass
ets.
BLANKINTERNET#0 Publishing Site This template
creates a site
for publishin
g Web pages on
a schedule, w
ith workflow f
eatures enable
d. By default
, only Publish
ing subsites c
an be created
under this sit
e. A Document
and Picture Li
brary are incl
uded for stori
ng Web publish
ing assets.
BLANKINTERNET#1 Press Releases Site This template
creates the Pr
ess Releases s
ubsite for an
Internet-facin
g corporate pr
esence website
.
BLANKINTERNET#2 Publishing Site with Workflow A site for pub
lishing Web pa
ges on a sched
ule by using a
pproval workfl
ows. It includ
es document an
d image librar
ies for storin
g Web publishi
ng assets. By
default, only
sites with thi
s template can
be created un
der this site.
SPSNHOME#0 News Site A site for pub
lishing news a
rticles and li
nks to news ar
ticles. It inc
ludes a sample
news page and
an archive fo
r storing olde
r news items.
SPSSITES#0 Site Directory A site for lis
ting and categ
orizing import
ant sites in y
our organizati
on. It include
s different vi
ews for catego
rized sites, t
op sites, and
a site map.
SPSCOMMU#0 Community area template This template
is obsolete.
SPSREPORTCENTER#0 Report Center A site for cre
ating, managin
g, and deliver
ing Web pages,
dashboards, a
nd key perform
ance indicator
s that communi
cate metrics,
goals, and bus
iness intellig
ence informati
on.
SPSPORTAL#0 Collaboration Portal A starter site
hierarchy for
an intranet d
ivisional port
al. It include
s a home page,
a News site,
a Site Directo
ry, a Document
Center, and a
Search Center
with Tabs. Ty
pically, this
site has nearl
y as many cont
ributors as r
eaders and is
used to host t
eam sites.
SRCHCEN#0 Enterprise Search Center A site for del
ivering the se
arch experienc
e. The welcome
page includes
a search box
with two tabs:
one for gener
al searches, a
nd another for
searches for
information ab
out people. Yo
u can add and
customize tabs
to focus on o
ther search sc
opes or result
types.
PROFILES#0 Profiles This template
creates a prof
ile site that
includes page
layout with zo
nes
BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0 Publishing Portal A starter site
hierarchy for
an Internet-f
acing site or
a large intran
et portal. Thi
s site can be
customized eas
ily with disti
nctive brandin
g. It includes
a home page,
a sample press
releases subs
ite, a Search
Center, and a
login page. Ty
pically, this
site has many
more readers t
han contributo
rs, and it is
used to publis
h Web pages wi
th approval wo
rkflows.
SPSMSITEHOST#0 My Site Host A site used fo
r hosting pers
onal sites (My
Sites) and th
e public Peopl
e Profile page
. This templat
e needs to be
provisioned on
ly once per Us
er Profile Ser
vice Applicati
on, please con
sult the docum
entation for d
etails.
ENTERWIKI#0 Enterprise Wiki A site for pub
lishing knowle
dge that you c
apture and wan
t to share acr
oss the enterp
rise. It provi
des an easy co
ntent editing
experience in
a single locat
ion for co-aut
horing content
, discussions,
and project m
anagement.
SRCHCENTERLITE#0 Basic Search Center A site for del
ivering the se
arch experienc
e. The site in
cludes pages f
or search resu
lts and advanc
ed searches.
SRCHCENTERLITE#1 Basic Search Center The Search Cen
ter template c
reates pages d
edicated to se
arch. The main
welcome page
features a sim
ple search box
in the center
of the page.
The template i
ncludes a sear
ch results and
an advanced s
earch page. Th
is Search Cent
er will not ap
pear in naviga
tion.
SRCHCENTERFAST#0 FAST Search Center A site for del
ivering the FA
ST search expe
rience. The we
lcome page inc
ludes a search
box with two
tabs: one for
general search
es, and anothe
r for searches
for informati
on about peopl
e. You can add
and customize
tabs to focus
on other sear
ch scopes or r
esult types.
visprus#0 Visio Process Repository A site for tea
ms to quickly
view, share, a
nd store Visio
process diagr
ams. It provid
es a versioned
document libr
ary for storin
g process diag
rams, and list
s for managing
announcements
, tasks, and r
eview discussi
ons.
Custom Site DefinitionsIf you still can't see your site definition you have deployed. Try this approach. Go to Central Administration and click on Create Site Collection. You'll end up at a url like: http://[server]:[port]/_admin/createsite.aspx
From here select the group tab that your site definition is a part of in the 'Site Template' section. Then using Internet Explorer Developer Tools or FireFox FireBug inspect the DOM HTML Source. Search for 'ms-templatepicker'. The option elements will show you all of the template codes in the value attribute e.g. <SELECT id=ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_InputFormTemplatePickerControl_ctl00_ctl01_LbWebTemplate class=ms-templatepicker onchange=OnWebTemplateChange() size=12 name=ctl00$PlaceHolderMain$InputFormTemplatePickerControl$ctl00$ctl01$LbWebTemplate>
<OPTION selected value=STS#0>Team Site</OPTION>
<OPTION value=STS#1>Blank Site</OPTION>
<OPTION value=STS#2>Document Workspace</OPTION>
<OPTION value=BLOG#0>Blog</OPTION>
<OPTION value=SGS#0>Group Work Site</OPTION>
<OPTION value=visprus#0>Visio Process Repository</OPTION>
</SELECT>
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Site Templates in SharePoint 2010
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