How decide what to put in a MOSS site template/definition

Question

Hi

When deciding on what elements to include in a MOSS site definition, i.e. lists, libraries etc. is there a rule of thumb on how best to make this decision?

Would appreciate anyones suggestions.

All the best

Answer 1

Andrew Connell has a good point about this issue in this blog post.

Answer 2

This what I've done several times:

• Copy one of the definition existentes.
• Modify this copy in the way I need, deleting the list and all the other stuff I don't really need.
• Create features which will add funcionality to the site.
• Include these features in the site template.

I think features (and solutions) are better than other things to add functionality on sites.