Modifying the default.aspx template

http://tfs:8080/WorkItemTracking/Workitem.aspx?artifactMoniker=123

LingBao at 2007-9-9 >

If your goal is to edit it for just one site at a time post team project creation, then just edit http://tfs/sites/myProject/default.aspx in FrontPage (or your SharePoint compatible editor of choice).

If you want all new team project sites to be created with a different look than the Out of Box Agile of Formal ones, then you'll need to create your own SharePoint site template and modify a process template to use that new SharePoint site template. There will be more info on the how-tos of this with the upcoming VSTF extensibility kit. But in a nutshell:
- You should be able to find info on MSDN about creating your own SharePoint site templates. That basically involves making an existing Site look like what you want, and through the SharePoint Web UI Site Settings doing a "Save as Site Template"
- Once you have that done, you'll need to modify the Process Template. In VS, go to the Team menu > Team Foundation Server Settings > Process Template Manager
- Download MSF Agile to the directory of your choosing. This will download a set of folders and files
- Find WSStasks.xml, and modify <site template="VSTS_MSFAgile" language="1033" /> - replacing "VSTS_MSFAgile" with the name of the WSS Site Template you created. Save.
- Edit ProcessTemplate.xml to give your process template a new name
- Upload your modified process template to the server with the Process Template Manager

Going forward, team projects created with that process template will have your desired new SharePoint default page.

-Amy

AmyHa at 2007-9-9 >