Reset to site definition resets customised files in the site to the site
definition, but it doesn't 'pick up' ONET.xml changes, which are only read
during provisioning. It resets all customised pages.
Eg.
ONET.xml contains my custom feature -
<!--
MyCustomActions -->
<Feature
ID="3B9E163E-BE5F-4df7-8A16-556F2FCD59F5" />
It also contains some Publishing Settings
<Property Key="ChromeMasterUrl"
Value="~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Mycustommaster.master"/>
<Property Key="WelcomePageUrl"
Value="$Resources:cmscore,List_Pages_UrlName;/default.aspx"/>
Now if I edit the ONET.xml file, such as commenting out the MyCustomActions
feature and change the ChromeMasterUrl setting or the WelcomePageUrl setting to
different values.
Then do an IIS reset, and then access the /_layouts/reghost.aspx page and
select the Reset all pages in this site to site definition version option.
My site still has my Custom Actions feature enabled and it still has the old
ChromeMasterUrl and WelcomePageUrl it hasn't 'picked up' ONET.xml changes.
Of course if you need to make these sorts of changes, you can easily
activate/deactivate features separately as suggested by Clayton, you can also
manually switch the Welcome Page and the Master Page for the site in site
settings etc.
ONET.xml is only read when you provision a new site.
Sezai Kömür
Senior Developer - BEng, BSc - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist -
http://www.moss2007.com.au/
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Vranich
Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2008 1:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] custom site definition question
If you haven't customised the site from the Site Definition. You can reset to
site definition which "should" pick up the new changes. Right?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sezai KOMUR
Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2008 3:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] custom site definition question
ONET.xml is used for PROVISIONING new sites, but if the site definition
contains .aspx files then these are actually read from the file system every
time (unless customised)
Changes in ONET.xml are read from the XML file the next time you create a site.
So you are stuck if you want your existing site to make use of changes in
ONET.xml. You will need to 'magically' export out the content from your
existing site, then re-create the site (provision a new site) using the updated
site definition, then 'magically' re-import it in.
'magically' - using a custom built or third party content import/export tool
Sezai Kömür
Senior Developer - BEng, BSc - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist -
http://www.moss2007.com.au/
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clayton James
Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2008 1:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] custom site definition question
Site Definition ONET.xml
Changes to the Site Definitions ONET.XML file won't be reflected in sites that
have previously been created. Changes will only be reflected only when you
create new sites.
Site Definition .aspx pages modified using notepad or VS.Net
If these pages are modified with notepad or VS.net (not SPD) and existing sites
haven't customised these pages using SPD then yes existing sites will take on
these changes.
Site Definition .aspx pages modified using SPD
If the .aspx pages have been customised using SPD then they are stored in the
content database so changes to the original files on file system won't change
existing sites.
Cheers
CJ
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ishai Sagi
Sent: Thursday, 07 February 2008 01:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] custom site definition question
Depends what changes...changes to aspx pages will affect the existing ones.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hodges, Kristen
Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2008 2:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OzMOSS] custom site definition question
Sadly no it won't pick up the changes automatically... but you can force it to
reset to the Site Definition on a per site basis in site settings. This is
MOSS 2007 I'm talking about here of course.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Saikovski
Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2008 2:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [OzMOSS] custom site definition question
Dear All,
I am having a mental blank at the moment and I can't remember for the life of
me how this works.
If I create a custom site definition, create a new site based on that
definition, make changes to the original site definition. Will the changes be
reflected in my sites based on that definition, or do I need to recreate the
sites?
Can you refresh my memory.
Cheers,
Aaron
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