Project Element (Site)

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10/20/2016

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

Serves as the top-level element in an Onet.xml file that contains a site definition configuration or Web template configuration for a new Web site.

<Project
  AlternateCSS = "Text"
  AlternateHeader = "Text"  AlternateUrl = "Text"
  CustomJSUrl = "Text"
  DisableWebDesignFeatures = "Text"
  ListDir = "Text"
  Revision = "Integer"
  SiteLogoUrl = "Text"  SiteLogoDescription = "Text"
  Title = "Text"  UIVersion = "Integer">
</Project>

Attributes

Attribute	Description
AlternateCSS	Optional Text. Used to specify the name of an alternate cascading style sheets (CSS) file located in the %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\lcid\STYLES directory (where lcid is the ID of a language/culture; for example, 1033 for English) that defines styles to use in the configuration.
AlternateHeader	Optional Text. Used to specify the name of an ASPX page located in the %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS directory that defines an alternate header for the top area in site pages. This attribute provides a means to replace the header region of a page with the output of an ASPX page that defines a different header. For example, add AlternateHeader="myHeader.aspx" to the Project element to specify myHeader.aspx as the name of the file that provides an alternate header.
AlternateUrl	Optional Text.
CustomJSUrl	Optional Text. Specifies a custom JavaScript file located in the %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS directory that contains script to execute within a site created from the site definition.
DisableWebDesignFeatures	Optional Text. Blocks specific editing features that are used in SharePoint Designer. Possible values include the following, which can be delimited using semicolons: wdfbackup Disable Web site backup. wdfrestore Disable Web site restore. wdfpackageimport Disable Web site package import. wdfpackageexport Disable Web site package export. wdfthemeweb Disable theme support for the Web site. wdfthemepage Disable theme support for individual pages. wdfnavigationbars Disable support for navigation bars. wdfnavigationview Disable the Navigation view for the Web site. wdfpublishview Disable the Remote Web site view for the Web site. wdfpublishselectedfile Do not allow the selected file to be published. wdfopensite Disable access to the entire Web site. wdfnewsubsite Do not allow the creation of a new subsite.
ListDir	Required Text. Specifies the directory in which to implement new lists.
Revision	Optional Integer. Specifies the build number of the site definition.
SiteLogoUrl	Optional Text. Specifies a server-relative URL for a custom image to use for the site logo. For example, /_layouts//images/MyCustomLogo.gif.
SiteLogoDescription	Optional Text. Provides a description of the site logo.
Title	Required Text. Specifies a default name for Web sites that are created from the site definition.
UIVersion	Optional Integer. Specifies the version of the SharePoint Foundation UI that is being used by the sites based on the site definition.

Child Elements

BaseTypes, Components, Configurations, DocumentTemplates, ListTemplates, Modules, NavBars, ServerEmailFooter

Parent Elements

None

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1

Example

The following example shows the opening line of the Onet.xml file for the standard SharePoint Foundation site definition (STS).

<Project Title="$Resources:onet_TeamWebSite;" Revision="2" ListDir="$Resources:core,lists_Folder;" xmlns:ows="Microsoft SharePoint">

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