HOWTO: WSS3.0 Installing Site Template

To install this download:
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Note: To complete the following installation, you must
have Administrator rights to the Windows SharePoint
Services site on which it is to be installed.
1. Download the site template EXE file to your computer.
2. Run the EXE file to unpack the template file to a
   location on your computer.
3. Select the template file, <template_name>.stp, from
   the extracted distribution for the application template
   you wish to install.
4. Log into your SharePoint site as the site Administrator.
5. From the Site Actions drop-down menu in the top right,
   select Site Settings.
6. Under the Galleries section, select Site templates.
7. Select Upload to load an application template into this
   SharePoint site.
8. Browse to the <template_name>.stp file from the distribution
   and select Open. If you have several application templates
   to load into your site, you can use the Upload Multiple
   Files… option to load them all at once.
9. Click Ok to complete the upload of the application template
   to your SharePoint site.

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Instructions for use:
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1. Log into your SharePoint site as the site Administrator.
2. From the Site Actions drop-down menu in the top right,
   select Site Settings.
3. Under the Site Administration section, select Sites and
   Workspaces.
4. Select Create to create a new site using a site template.
5. Complete the new SharePoint site information. In the
   Template Selection section, select the Custom tab. Any
   application templates that have been uploaded will be
   listed here.
6. Select the template to use for this site and click Create.
7. A site has now been created using the application template.

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To remove this download:
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Note: To complete the following removal, you must have
Administrator rights to the Windows SharePoint Services
site. This process will not remove the templates from
any sites that were already created using this template.
It will only prevent users from creating new sites based
on the template.
1. Log into your SharePoint site as the site Administrator.
2. From the Site Actions drop-down menu in the top right,
   select Site Settings.
3. Under the Galleries section, select Site templates.
4. In the list of site templates, find the application
   template you wish to remove and click the Edit link.
5. Confirm that this is the application template you wish
   to remove. If so, select Delete Item.
6. Click Ok to confirm the deletion.
7. The application template is now unavailable to SharePoint
   sites and has been removed from your SharePoint site
   template gallery.

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