STSADM, Site Template Codes, and Scripted Site Creation

If ever you've wanted to create Sites from the command line and quit halfway through because you had no clue what the Templates were called or named, you can finally press enter and watch impatiently for the cursor to blink down and say success. Keep in mind these are only the inherent MOSS 2007 Templates and not anything custom that you've thrown in there.

Here's the list:

WSS Templates

Team Site: STS#0
Blank Site: STS#1
Document Workspace: STS#2
Wiki Site: WIKI#0
Blog Site: BLOG#0
Basic Meeting Workspace: MPS#0
Blank Meeting Workspace: MPS#1
Decision Meeting Workspace: MPS#2
Social Meeting Workspace: MPS#3
Multiple Meeting Workspace: MPS#4

MOSS Templates

Document Center: BDR#0
Site Directory: SPSSITE#0
Report Center: SPSREPORTCENTER#0
Search Center with Tabs: SRCHCEN#0
My Site Host: SPSMSITEHOST#0
Search Center: SRCHCENTERLITE#0
Personalisation Site: SPSMSITE#0
Collaboration Portal: SPSPORTAL#0
Publishing Portal: BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0
Publishing Site: CMSPUBLISHING#0
Publishing Site with Workflow: BLANKINTERNET#2
News Site: SPSNHOME#0

All you need is the title and the code.

Example;

-sitetemplate STS#0

Also, here is a little code snippet in a batch file that will ask the correct questions, input the data, and create a Site Collection for you without having to go through CA. (Just edit the code to match your configuration.)

@ECHO off
cls
:start
ECHO.
ECHO Please Enter the following information:
set/p url=Complete the Site Url you wish to create. http://mysharepointsite/sites/
set/p owneremail=Enter the Owner's Email address.
set/p ownerlogin=Enter the Owner's Account Name.
set/p sitetemplate=Enter the SiteTemplate Code you wish to use.
set/p title=Enter the Title of the Site.
ECHO 1. Would you like to create the Site Collection?
set choice=
set /p choice=[Y/N] if '%choice%'=='Y' goto CreateSite
if '%choice%'=='N' goto start
ECHO "%choice%" is not valid please try again
ECHO.
goto start
:CreateSite
stsadm.exe -o createsite -url http://mysharepointsite/sites/%url% -owneremail %owneremail% -ownerlogin %ownerlogin% -sitetemplate %sitetemplate% -title %title%
goto end
:end
pause


-Brian Grabowski