When we think about collaboration sites there are a few types of sites that are commonly used; one of the most common types would be for project-based collaboration. It is easy to start to see very similar content and configuration needs across all sites of this type. Information such as project status, open issues, current project tasks, and project documents are needed throughout all of these sites.
To make it easy to set up and maintain the sites, it is important to come up with a method for creating a site template that can support the site over time. This requires picking a site template approach that can be updated over time, both for new sites being provisioned, as well as applying updates to existing sites.
This chapter will provide an overview of templating techniques that can be employed to build a robust and maintainable site solution.
The following solution will be created:
- Project site template
- Project web configuration
- Create a project blog subsite
- Provision a list through code based on a syndicated content type
- Create a page library
- Create a new homepage
- Configure Web Parts on the homepage
