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Why is my custom site template not showing up?
I wanted to make changes to the template so I created a new ‘project’ subsite using the template, made the changes and saved that subsite as a new site template. Now, when I’m trying to create new project subsites I only see the old site template but can’t see the new one.
I have a sharepoint 2013 subsite called ‘projects’ where all its projects are subsites that were created by a site template. I wanted to make changes to the template so I created a new ‘project’ subsite using the template, made the changes and saved that subsite as a new site template.
Why do list templates do not show up in add an app?
I created my lists in VS2015 through a feature that was not turned on. If you created them in VS2015, verify the feature that you created them with is turned on. In my case, the template did not show up because of the Language. Which means, i created a Site with English language while my list templates were created in Japanese.
How do you create a web site template?
The basic steps to working with site templates are as follows: Save a site as a template to the solutions gallery. Download the site template from the solutions gallery to a .wsp file. Upload the .wsp file to the solutions gallery.
How to add a template to a SharePoint site?
After you add a site template to the solutions gallery and the template is activated, the next time that you create a site or subsite, the template is available for selection in the Custom tab of the Template Selection section on the New SharePoint Site page. Navigate to the top-level site of your site collection.
What are the benefits of saving a site as a template?
Saving a site as a template is a powerful feature because it offers so many uses of custom sites. Here are the immediate benefits you get from saving a site as a template: Deploy solutions immediately Save and activate the template in the solutions gallery and let other employees create new sites from this template.