To create a practice site for a chapter based on a site template STP file provided on the CD, perform the following steps:
OPEN the top-level SharePoint site to which you would like to upload the STP files. If prompted, type your
user name and password, and click OK.BE SURE TO verify that you have sufficient rights to upload to the site template gallery of a site collection. If in doubt, see the Appendix.
1. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings to display the Site Settings page.
2. In the Galleries section, click Site templates to display the site template gallery page.
3. In the toolbar, click Upload to display the Upload Template: site template gallery page.
4. Click the Browse button to display the Choose File dialog box.
5. Navigate to Documents\Microsoft Press\ SBS_WSSv3\Chapter XX (where XX is the chapter number), click the STP file that you want to use to create the new site, and then click the Open button.
6. Click the OK button once to complete the upload and a second time to take the default properties. The site template gallery page will redisplay.
Use the following steps to create a new child site based upon the uploaded template:
1. Browse to the SharePoint site that you’d like to be the parent of the new practice site.
2. On the Site Actions menu, click Create to display the Create page.
3. In the Web Pages section, click Site and Workspaces to display the New SharePoint Site page.
4. In the Title text box, type a logical name for the new site; you could simply provide the chapter number if you like, for example Chapter06.
5. Optionally, in the Description text box, type a description, fox example SharePoint SBS Chapter 6 Practice Site .
6. In the URL name text box, repeat the same name as you typed into the Title text box.
7. On the Custom tab in the Template Selection section, choose the name of the template that you just uploaded; for example, Chapter 11 Starter .
8. You can leave all the other options as their default values and click the Create button.
The Home page of the new practice site is displayed.
CLOSE the browser.
To remove the chapter starter and solution STPs from the site template gallery, perform the following steps:
OPEN the top-level SharePoint site where you previously uploaded the STP files. If prompted, type your
user name and password, and click OK.BE SURE TO verify that you have sufficient rights to delete STPs from the site template gallery of a site collection. If in doubt, see the Appendix.
1. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings to display the Site Settings page.
2. In the Galleries section, click Site templates to display the site template gallery page.
3. Click the Edit icon to display the details for the site template that you wish to remove.
4. In the toolbar, click the Delete Item option to remove the site template. You will be prompted to confirm your request. Click OK to complete the deletion and redisplay the site template gallery.
5. Repeat the edit and delete steps to remove each site template that you no longer want available for the creation of practice sites.
CLOSE the browser.
If you created a practice site that you no longer want, you can delete it. Perform the following steps to delete a practice site:
OPEN the SharePoint site that you wish to delete. If prompted, type your
user name and password, and click OK.BE SURE TO verify that you have sufficient rights to delete a site. If in doubt, see the Appendix.
1. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings to display the Site Settings page.
2. In the Site Administration section, click Delete this site to display the Delete This Site confirmation page.
3. Click the Delete button to delete the site.