After you create a site and set it up the way you want it,
you might decide to use it as a template for sites that you create in
the future. By saving your newly created site as a template, you can
make deploying sites like it much easier because you don’t need to
re-create them manually.
When you save a site as a template, any lists, libraries, or other
objects you have added are also saved. You also have the option of
saving some content with the template. For example, maybe in each of
your newly created sites you want to have certain forms uploaded to
specific libraries during the site creation process.
Save site as a site template
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On the Home page of your site, click the Settings button (the small
gear icon next to the name of the logged-on user). On the menu that
appears, click Site Settings.
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On the Site Settings page, in the Site Actions section, click the Save Site As Template link.
Tip
You can later create sites from these templates. The templates can
be found in the custom section when you are selecting a template during
site creation.
Tip
This option is only available if the Publishing Features have not been activated on your site.
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On the Save As Template page, type a file name for your site template.
If you later export the template to a file, this will be the default file name.
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Type a name and description for the template.
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If you want to also save all content stored in document libraries on
your site in the template, select the Include Content check box.
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Click OK to save the template.
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On the Operation Completed Successfully page, click OK.
