{"id":2381,"date":"2011-11-08T13:48:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T05:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sharepointboost.com\/blog\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T03:40:26","slug":"how-to-get-site-directory-back-in-sharepoint-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-get-site-directory-back-in-sharepoint-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get Site Directory back in SharePoint 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are working with SharePoint 2010 Enterprise features, you probably know that the Site Directory template is missing.<\/p>\n<p>Looking around in Central Administration, I noticed that we still have the Site Directory configuration settings. It looked just like 2007. So, how do we get the Site Directory back?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic1-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic1-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"891\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic1-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png 891w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic1-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, browse to the following path on your SharePoint server C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Web Server Extensions\\14\\TEMPLATE\\1033\\XML.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now open &#8220;webtempsps.xml&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic2-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2383\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic2-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic2-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png 786w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic2-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Secondly, find the site directory template name &#8220;SPSSITES&#8221; and change the &#8220;Hidden&#8221; value from <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span>true<\/span>&#8221; to &#8220;<span style=\"color: #339966;\">false<\/span>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic3-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic3-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic3-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png 780w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic3-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thirdly, go to Central Administration and create a new site collection from the template you can see under the enterprise site templates, the &#8220;<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Site directory<\/span>&#8221; template. Select this template and create a new site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic4-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic4-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic4-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png 552w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic4-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, when we want to create a new site, it may not show in the available templates. In xml file, there is &#8220;VisibilityFeatureDependency= <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">5F3B0127-2F1D-4cfd-8DD2-85AD1FB00BFC<\/span>&#8221; shown behind Site Directory configuration. So we activate that feature on the Site Collection where we want to host our Site Directory with:<br \/>\n<em>stsadm -o activatefeature -id 5F3B0127-2F1D-4cfd-8DD2-85AD1FB00BFC -url http:\/\/*****<\/em>(by the way, the feature&#8217;s name is <em>Portal Layouts<\/em>, it is used in a site collection that uploads all the layouts to the master page gallery).<\/p>\n<p>Below is a comparison between &#8220;before feature activation&#8221; and &#8220;after feature activation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Before feature activation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic5-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2386\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic5-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic5-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png 668w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic5-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After feature activation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic6-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic6-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic6-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png 672w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic6-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, when the site creation is complete, go to the newly created site URL and confirm the site template as you can see in the picture below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic7-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2388\" src=\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic7-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic7-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010.png 676w, https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pic7-How-to-get-Site-Directory-back-in-SharePoint-2010-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are working with SharePoint 2010 Enterprise features, you probably know that the Site Directory template is missing. Looking around in Central Administration, I noticed that we still have the Site Directory configuration settings. It looked just like 2007. So, how do we get the Site Directory back? Firstly, browse to the following path [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[461,125,480],"tags":[238,144,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9286,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions\/9286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}