Overview of Sites and Site Templates:
A site is a group of related web pages where your team/department/college can work on projects, conduct meetings and share information. You can use subsites to divide site content into separate manageable sites. For example, your department may want separate sites for each division or team.Top-level sites can have multiple subsites, and subsites can have multiple subsites. In other words, you can use any site as a single container or create as many subsites as necessary to make the data easier to find and/or manage. The entire structure of a top-level web site and all of its subsites is called a site collection.
As the site administrator, you can create a new subsite within the existing site structure, as needed. By default, a new subsite uses the URL of its parent site as the first part of its URL. A subsite can inherit permissions of the parent site or you can specify unique permissions.
When creating a site, SharePoint provides a number of default site templates and workspaces to fit your needs. Here is a detailed description of each:
TYPES OF DEFAULT SITE TEMPLATES:
a.) Team site: Select this site template when you want to create a site that teams can use to create, organize, and share information. The template includes a document library and basic lists such as Announcements, Calendar, Contacts, and Links.b.) Blank site: Select this site template when you want to create a site with a blank home page that you plan to customize. You can use a Web design program that is compatible with Windows SharePoint Services, such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, to add interactive lists or any other features.
c.) Document Workspace site: Select this site template when you want to create a site that helps your team members to work together on documents. This template provides a document library for storing the primary document and supporting files, a Tasks list for assigning to-do items, and a Links list for resources related to the document.
d.) Wiki site: Select this site template when you want to create a site where users can quickly and easily add, edit, and link Web pages.
e.) Blog site: Select this site template when you want to create a site where users can post information and allow others to comment on it.
f.) Basic Meeting Workspace site: Select this site template when you want to create a site that helps you to plan, organize, and track your meeting with the rest of your team. The template includes following lists:
Objectives, Attendees, Agenda, and Document Library.
g.) Blank Meeting Workspace site: Select this site template when you want to create a blank Meeting Workspace site that you can customize, based on your requirements.
h.) Decision Meeting Workspace site: Select this site template when you want to create a site that is ideal for reviewing documents and recording any decisions that are reached at the meeting. The template includes the following lists: Objectives, Attendees, Agenda, Document Library, Tasks, and Decisions.
i.) Social Meeting Workspace site: Select this site template when you want to create a site that helps you to plan and coordinate social occasions. The template includes the following lists: Attendees, Directions, Things To Bring, Discussions, and Picture Library.
j.) Multipage Meeting Workspace site: Select this site template when you want to create a site that provides all the basics to plan, organize, and track your meeting with multiple pages. The template contains the following lists: Objectives, Attendees, and Agenda in addition to two blank pages for you to customize based on your requirements.
