Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Upload .stp file to list templates gallery SharePoint 2010

Introduction:
In this article we will discuss how to upload a .stp file to a SharePoint 2010 list template gallery.

Description:
In SharePoint 2010 you can now save a list as a template and you can create a new list from the list template. Once you will save a list as template then this will save as a .stp file. So to upload the .stp file to the list template follow the below steps:

Go to the Site Collection Site Actions -> Site Settings
Then from the Gallery click on list template. This list template is responsible for stroring all the list template (.stp files).
From the list template gallery.
From the ribbon select Documents and the from the Upload Document, you can click on upload document as shown in the figure below.

This will open the upload document dialog. From there Select the .stp file from the physical location. Then click on OK. Once the upload successfully completed the list template will be available in the create list template gallery.

Now to create a list by using the list template. Go to Site Actions -> Site Settings -> then more option. Then you will able to see the template available there.