Is it possible to apply a custom alert template to only one particular SharePoint 2007 site collection?

Question

Hi,

Reading the answers to previous questions regarding SharePoint alerts, I have found many interesting information on how to define a custom template, for example: this article

But it looks like such customizations will actually erase the default template and impact the whole farm. Is there any way to deploy a custom alert template to only one site collection?

Answer 1

Alert Template is just a Workflow. Create your custom workflow in SP Designer or through Code and install the workflow only in that Site template.

Answer 2

According to the docs for STSADM -o UpdateAlertTemplate you can use the -url param to target a particular site collection

stsadm -o updatealerttemplates

  -url <Specifies the URL name to a site collection.>

  [-filename <file name>]

  [-lcid <language>