Does Cross Site Publishing impact the ability to Save Sites as Templates
Question
It's well knowing that you can't save a publishing site as a template. The moment you turn on publishing you lose this capability.
Does activating Cross-Site Publishing impact the ability to Save a Site as a Template?
Thanks!
Solution
If you plan to use Cross-Site Collection Publishing
for Publishing Site, So
Yes, Working with (Not just Activating) the Cross-Site Collection Publishing
for Publishing Site Will impact the ability to Save a Site as a Template
functionality.
Note
Publishing site collections
for the publishing site must have the SharePoint Server publishing features activated so you must have
- A
Publishing Site Collection template
(Recommended) or- A site collection template that has SharePoint Server publishing features enabled.
That means you will lose the functionality of Save Site As
Template
For more details, check Plan publishing sites for cross-site publishing in SharePoint Server
If you plan to use Cross-Site Collection Publishing
for Authoring Site, So
It depends, if you need Approval workflows and scheduling, you must also activate publishing features that lead to losing the functionality of Save Site As
Template
.
Otherwise, activating Cross-Site Collection Publishing
feature doesn't impact the ability to Save a Site as a Template
.
Note: Just activating the
Cross-Site Collection Publishing
doesn't impact the ability toSave a Site as a Template
functionality in case,
- You don't need to use
Cross-Site Collection Publishing
for a Publishing site.- You are using
Cross-Site Collection Publishing
for Authoring site and you don't need publishing features like Approval workflows and scheduling.
For more details, check Plan authoring sites for cross-site publishing in SharePoint Server
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