solution-deployment

SharePoint site definitions not showing up in template list -- why?

I have some custom SharePoint site definitions that are deployed via SharePoint wsp solution packages. They appear to work fine. I can deploy them fine via the stsadm command line, and my C# code running in some features can also deploy sites based on them. My webtemp.*.xml files appear to be correctly placed in the 12\1033\XML folde...

SharePoint Solution Package Deploy Random Failures

I keep seeing this error sporadically during solution deployment and/or feature activation... Copying of this file failed . This operation uses the SharePoint Administration service (spadmin), which could not be contacted. If the service is stopped or disabled, start it and try the operation again. The following is the PowerShell scri...

Temporary "Backup" of SharePoint Content During Feature and Solution Deployment

I need to decide on a method for storing a subset of the content in a SharePoint site, so that when I delete and recreate certain lists as part of a feature activation, I can re-insert all of this content back where it should belong. I have an idea myself, but I don't know if it's the only method and more importantly, the right method. ...