To create a practice site for a chapter based on a site template .stp file provided on the CD, perform the following steps.
Note
BE SURE TO verify that you have sufficient rights to upload a site template to a top-level site and to create a site in the site collection.
OPEN in the browser the top-level SharePoint site to which you’d like to upload the site template .stp file. If prompted, type your user name and password, and then click OK.
Click Site Action, and then click Site Settings to display the Site Settings page.
Under Galleries, click Site templates to display the Site Template Gallery page.
Tip
If you see a Go To Top-level Site Settings link under Site Collection Administration, you are not on the top-level site administration page. A site template can only be uploaded to the Site Template Gallery on a top-level site. Click Go To Top-level Site Settings, and then repeat the previous step.
Click Upload to display the Upload Template: Site Template Gallery page.
Click the Browse button to open the Choose File dialog box.
Navigate to DocumentsMicrosoft PressSPD2007_SBSXXX where XXX is the folder associated with the chapter, click the .stp file that you want to use to create the new site, and then click the Open button.
Click OK.
The Site Template Gallery: XXX page is displayed.
Click OK to redisplay the Site Template Gallery page.
You can now create a new child site based upon the uploaded template.
Open in the browser the SharePoint site that you’d like to create the new practice site within.
Click Site Actions, and then click Create to display the Create page.
Under Web Pages, click Sites and Workspaces to display the New SharePoint Site page.
In the Title text box, type a logical name for the new site; you could simply provide the chapter name, for example DataViews.
Optionally, in the Description text box, type a description, for example SharePoint Designer SBS Chapter 6 Data Views.
In the URL name text box, repeat the same name as you typed in the Title text box.
In the Template Selection section, click the Custom tab, and then click the name of the template that you just uploaded, for example DataViews Starter.
In the Permissions, Navigation, and Navigation Inheritance sections, leave the default settings.
Click Create.
The home page of the new practice site is displayed.