How to find the template name of SharePoint site?

General Questions:

I have SharePoint site which is fully customized I would like to know the template name of site, because the SharePoint is created by some body else I don't know which template the guy had selected (like team site, blank site, publishing, collaboration site etc. while creating the site.

Answer

• Code Snippet

  <%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"%>
  <%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/application.master" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.LayoutsPageBase" %>
  <%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint" %>
  
  <script runat="server">
  protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e){
  SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
  {
  using (SPWeb thisWeb = this.Web)
  {
  lblWebTempalte.Text = thisWeb.WebTemplate;
  lblWebTemplateID.Text = thisWeb.WebTemplateId.ToString();
  }
  });
  }
  </script>
  <asp:Content ID="Main" runat="server" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderMain" >
  <p>
  Web Template: <asp:Label ID="lblWebTempalte" runat="server" />
  </p>
  Web Template ID: <asp:Label ID="lblWebTemplateID" runat="server" />
  </asp:Content>
  
  <asp:Content ID="PageTitle" runat="server" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderPageTitle" >
  Site Template Information
  </asp:Content>
  
  <asp:Content ID="PageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" >
  Site Template Information
  </asp:Content>

  
  

  Please follow the steps to know the template name of sharepoint site:
  

  • Save the code snippet code as .aspx page ( eg:webtemplate.aspx) to your layouts folder (usually C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS)

  • Once the page is saved you can access it from any of your sharepoint sites via http://servername/_layouts/webtemplate.aspx
  • Compare the web template ID with the below List of MOSS 2007 Template ID Information

  
  

  List of MOSS 2007 Template ID Information
  0 - GLOBAL (SetupPath=global) - "Global template"
  1 - STS - "windows SharePoint Services Site", "Team Site", "Blank Site", "Document Workspace"
  2 - MPS - "Basic Meeting Workspace", "Blank Meeting Workspace", "Decision Meeting Workspace", "Social Meeting Workspace", "Multipage Meeting Workspace"
  3 - CENTRALADMIN - "Central Admin Site"
  4 - WIKI - "Wiki Site"
  7 - BDR - "Document Center"
  9 - BLOG - "Blog"
  20 - SPS (OBSOLETE) - "SharePoint Portal Server Site"
  21 - SPSPERS - "SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space"
  22 - SPSMSITE - "Personalization Site"
  30 - SPSTOC (OBSOLETE) - "Contents area Template"
  31 - SPSTOPIC (OBSOLETE) - "Topic area template"
  32 - SPSNEWS (OBSOLETE) - "News area template"
  33 - SPSNHOME (SubWebOnly) - "News Home template"
  34 - SPSSITES - "Site Directory area template"
  36 - SPSCOMMU (OBSOLETE) - "Community area template"
  38 - SPSREPORTCENTER - "Report Center Site"
  39 - CMSPUBLISHING (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PUBLISHING) - "Publishing and Team Collaboration Site"
  40 - OSRV (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\OSRV) - "Shared Services Administration Site"
  47 - SPSPORTAL - "Corporate Intranet Site"
  50 - SRCHCEN - "Search Center"
  51 - PROFILES - "Profiles"
  52 - BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER - "Internet Presence Web Site"
  53 - BLANKINTERNET - "Publishing Site", "Press Releases Site", "Publishing Site"
  54 - SPSMSITEHOST - "My Site Host"
  90 - SRCHCENTERLITE (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\SRCHCENTERLITE) - "Search Center Lite"
  6221 - PWA (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PWA) - "Project Web Access Site"
  6215 - PWS (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PWS) - "Project Workspace"
  14483 - OFFILE - "Records Repository", "Records Repository"
  
  For more information please visit
  http://blog.rafelo.com/2008/05/determining-site-template-used-on.html
  http://www.frontpages-web-hosting.net/forums/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007-moss-2007-development-topics/486-moss-2007-template-id-information.html

Reference
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/721bec39-2d32-4bbc-9094-a021a0d06dcb