Create a Site Template from a Publishing Site

there are 2 options to achieve this

1) http://site/_layouts/savetmpl.aspx

2)To Create a Site Template from a Publishing Site
The steps are as follows:
• Create your publishing site and configure it the way you like.
• Go to Site Actions à Site Settings à Modify all site settings
• Under Site Administration, select “Site Features”
• The status of “Office SharePoint Server Publishing” will be set to Active
• Click Deactivate
Now your Site settings will show a “Save site as template” option.
Save your site template and then simply reverse the process to turn your publishing features back on.
Please note that publishing features will not be active on any site you create from this type of template. If you want to use them, you will need to turn them on as your sites are created.

configuring sharepoint site for extranet and intranet

http://www.isaserver.org/img/upl/spskit/8serverpublishing/8serverpublishing.htm for ISA2000

http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/How-to-Publish-Microsoft-Sharepoint-Service-ISA-Server-2006.html for ISA 2006

http://www.isaserver.org/img/upl/spskit/3quickstart/3quickstart.htm

Configure Forms Authentication with Novell e-directory

configure forms authentication with Novell e-directory
Appicable to MOSS 2007...

1. open the web.config file of the Central Admin Web site Add the following entries under the first

See the image for code part.


Save and close the web.config

2 . open the web.config file of the Web site Add the same code mentioned above under the first

3. Open the Application Management tab in the Central Admin web site. Click Authentication providers under the Application Security section. Make sure you have the correct Web application (the Web application you want to authenticate NDS users) listed in the Web Application drop down. Click the zone and select the Default zone. Or any other zone if the site is extended. Select Forms authentication under the Authentication Type section. Type LdapMembership as the Membership provider name and LdapRole as the Role manager name. Click Save and exit the page.

4. Open the Central Admin web siteOpen the Application Management tab.Click Policy for Web application under the Application Security section.

5. Make sure you have the correct Web application listed in the Policy for Web Application page.Click Add Users in the toolbar. Make sure you select the correct zone and avoid (All Zones). The zone we?e using here is Default. Click Next. Use the PeoplePicker to add users to the FBA-enabled Web application. From above, make sure the Account Name starts with LdapMembership. Double-click to add the user and click OK to close the People Picker. Select the permissions you want to assign to the selected user(s). Click Finish.

6. Open the Web application on which you enabled Forms auth. The login.aspx page should get displayed. Enter the user credentials and sign in.

7. Note: In the Novell directory the users who doesn’t have UniqueID attribute are not bale to pick by the people picker .

Additional Information on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Novell eDirectory LDAP Authentication
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977430.aspx

http://www.setfocus.com/technicalarticles/nickkellett/MOSS2007-and-Novell-LDAP-Authentication_pg1.aspx

http://www.novell.com/documentation/ndsedir86/index.html?page=/documentation/ndsedir86/taoenu/data/fbabihje.html#fbabhhib

some useful links....

• A Developer's First Look at Web Parts
• Add a Link to Document Library
• Add Advanced Search to a Top Level Team Site in MOSS 2007
• Adding "OpenInNewWindow" option to SharePoint Links lists
• Advanced Customization of Themes for Sites Created with Windows SharePoint Services
• Automatically applying a theme to a site when it is created
• Build a Custom SharePoint Web Service for Your InfoPath 2003 Documents
• Channel 9 - Sharepoint Videos
• Configuring access requests for a list or document library
• Considerations that apply when you use FrontPage 2003 to edit SharePoint Portal Server 2003 sites
• Create Custom Hyperlinks by Using Cascading Style Sheets in FrontPage 2003
• Creating a Link using a Lookup field
• Creating a Site Definition
• CSS Tutorials - Themes
• Developing SharePoint Web Parts with the ICellProvider Interface
• Developing Web Parts for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 in .NET
• Development of a Custom Web Part
• Document Library Send To feature
• Editing items inside Nested Document Libraries
• Extending SharePoint
• How to Add a Webpart to a Site Definition Page
• How to add status icons to a Sharepoint List?
• How to get the size of attachments in list items using SharePoint object model
• HOW TO: Creating a custom Site Definition in MOSS 2007
• http://sharepointerol.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html
• Including Top Navigation bar items under Modify Shared Page drop-down
• Introduction to Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Technology
• Master Advanced List Editing in SharePoint
• Modifying Search to Add a Send Link By Email link
• Monitoring SharePoint Usage through an ASP.NET Web Application
• New Product Introduction Process with InfoPath and SharePoint
• Office Live with SharePoint Designer
• Office Live with SharePoint Designer
• Open List Items in a New Window (_blank)
• Powerful Command Line Administration for SharePoint
• Sharepoint
• SharePoint 2007 Review - Six Pillars of MOSS
• SharePoint and Web Services
• Sharepoint Articles
• SharePoint Customization Tip: Add your company logo without site definitions or unghosting
• Sharepoint Development
• SharePoint Ghosted and Unghosted pages
• Sharepoint Services & Workflow - Video
• Sharepoint Show
• SharePoint Site Definitions: Why You Need Them and How to Use Them
• Sharepoint Videos
• SPListItem looses Property data type when publishing Infopath form to a sharepoint list (MOSS 2007 beta2TR)
• The configuration database could not be found from this server. In order to backup any components you must first join this server to a farm.
• Tips For SharePoint End Users
• Troubleshooting Web Parts and Deployment
• Use the Power of Reflection to Dynamically Set SharePoint Web Part Properties
• XML Basics and Benefits
• XSLT ......An Example

Interview Questions - SharePoint

1. What is a Content Type?
2. How Branding can be achieved by Master Pages? What are the advantages or disadvantages of Master Pages?
3. Does sharepoint provide any way to grant read-only access to all the users of the company on the portal?
4. What are the steps to create a web-part?
5. What does the webpart .cab file include?
6. What are the benefits of using Infopath?
7. What are the different namespaces per Sharepoint Object Model?
8. What are the different Back-up and Restore methodologies?