Save Site as Template Option Missing in SharePoint 2013?
Perhaps the easiest way to create a standard site template is to create a site, Add-remove content, list and libraries, and save it as a template. But SharePoint 2013 does not support the “Save Site as Template” option on Publishing sites. If a site with “SharePoint Server Publishing” is activated, this option will not be available in Site settings, So you can’t save the site as a template!
In SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010, we use a trick by appending the URL: “/_layouts/savetmpl.aspx” to get this functionality! Unfortunately, you cannot save the site as a template in SharePoint 2013 using this trick! If you try accessing the page with the above trick, you’ll get an error message:
Sorry, Something went wrong – The “Save site as template” action is not supported on this site.
Enable save site as template in SharePoint 2013 publishing sites:
How to enable “Save site as template” in SharePoint 2013? Well, this issue can be resolved in one of these two ways:
- Setting “SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled” property of the site to true
- Using PowerShell to Enable Save site as template feature.
Option 1: Save site as template option with SharePoint Designer 2013
- Open your site with SharePoint Designer 2013
- Click on ‘site options’ button from the ribbon.
- Under parameters tab, locate the option for “SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled” and change this setting to “True”
- Click on OK button to save your changes.
Option 2: Enable Save site as template SharePoint 2013 with PowerShell
Run this PowerShell script to enable the save site as a template in SharePoint 2013.
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
$SiteURL ="https://intranet.crescent.com/sites/operations"
$web = Get-SPWeb -Identity $SiteURL
#Enable Save Site as template option
$web.SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled = $true
$web.Update()
So now, When you access the save site as template URL shortcut: _layouts/savetmpl.aspx (Such as: https://your-site-url/_layouts/savetmpl.aspx), You should be able to get the save site as a template page.
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I found your site by looking for a Template-saving solution: THANKS, Your solution worked! I’m rewriting some older sites’ SPD 2010 workflows to 2013 and it’s sure fun! I really miss the 2010 “Local Variable: List Item ID” as many of my workflows depended on looking back at data in a “looked up” list but finally discovered a work-around by changing the LookUp field to use “Name” instead of “Name (linked to item)” and using that value to find the source GUID, whew.
Best Regards,
RHess
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