Friday, May 11, 2012

How to copy Sharepoint 2010 Blog between sites

A Sharepoint 2010 Blog does not have Save Site as Template link in the Site Settings.

The hard way:

Using Granular Backup and Restore from Site Administration, choose the Blog:
http://mysites/personal//Blog/default.aspx

Backup to local drive:
\\\xxx.cmp

Created a site named Blog, of type Blog.
e.g. http://sharepointsite/MyNewBlog

Use powershell to run this command in the Application Server:
Start > All Programs > Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products > SharePoint 2010 Management Shell
Import-SPWeb -identity http://sharepointsite/MyNewBlog -path \\\xxx.cmp

The easy way:
or use the shortcut to save Blog site as template
_layouts/savetmpl.aspx
And then upload the site to the solutions gallery and activate it.
Create site from template.
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