By Chris R. Chapman at April 30, 2010 04:47
Filed Under: hacks, sharepoint, sharepoint2010

Via Todd Baginski’s recent post (Which SharePoint 2010 site is right for me?) this fantastic list of “hidden” site templates which were to be officially retired from the final release of SharePoint 2010.  Todd notes that these have been marked as obsolete but some can be created programmatically.

And here I thought all the “fun” of hacking SharePoint was going to be lost with this release.

Site Template NameSite DefinitionConfigurationConcatenated StringPreview Image NameDefined in this WEBTEMP File
Wiki Site WIKI 0 WIKI#0 wikiprev.png WEBTEMP.XML
Tenant Admin Site TENANTADMIN 0 TENANTADMIN#0   WEBTEMP.XML
Access Services Site ACCSRV 0 ACCSRV#0 bsprev.png WEBTEMPACCSRV.XML
(obsolete) Records Center OFFILE 0 OFFILE#0 strc.png WEBTEMPOFFILE.XML
Shared Services Administration Site OSRV 0 OSRV#0   WEBTEMPOSRV.XML
PerformancePoint PPMASite 0 OSRV#0 rchome.png WEBTEMPOSRV.XML
SharePoint Portal Server Site SPS 0 SPS#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space SPSPERS 0 SPSPERS#0 perstemp.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Contents Area Template SPSTOC 0 SPSTOC#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Topic Area Template SPSTOPIC 0 SPSTOPIC#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
News Site SPSNEWS 0 SPSNEWS#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Publishing Site BLANKINTERNET 0 BLANKINTERNET#0 stpb.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Press Releases Site BLANKINTERNET 1 BLANKINTERNET#1 stpb.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
News Site SPSNHOME 0 SPSNHOME#0 template_news.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Site Directory SPSSITES 0 SPSSITES#0 template_site_dir.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Community Area Template SPSCOMMU 0 SPSCOMMU#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Report Center SPSREPORTCENTER 0 SPSREPORTCENTER#0 strp.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Collaboration Portal SPSPORTAL 0 SPSPORTAL#0   WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Profiles PROFILES 0 PROFILES#0   WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Basic Search Center SRCHCENTERLITE 1 SRCHCENTERLITE#1 template_srch_center_lite.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML

Fantastic find, especially for those situations where customers lament the passing of their favourite site template.  This also goes a long way to explaining why the Fab-40 won’t easily migrate away from SharePoint 2007 to 2010.

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I am a Toronto-based software consultant specializing in SharePoint, .NET technologies and agile/iterative/lean software project management practices.

I am also a former Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) Consultant with experience providing enterprise customers with subject matter expertise for planning and deploying SharePoint as well as .NET application development best practices.  I am MCAD certified (2006) and earned my Professional Scrum Master I certification in late September 2010, having previously earned my Certified Scrum Master certification in 2006. (What's the difference?)