There are three methods to exporting/backing up a site.
- Saving Site as Site Template
- Click on site actions / site settings
- Save Site as Site template
- Click Include Site Content
- Browse to Site Gallery
- Save .tmp file
- New Site Collection
- Browse to New Site Gallery
- Upload Site Template
- Create New Site
- Use Custom Site Templates
- Using SharePoint Designer
- Open Site in SPD
- Click Site > Administration > Back Up Site
- Click Include Site Archives
- New Site Collection
- Create New Blank site
- Open new Site in SPD
- Click Site > Administration > Restore Site
- Select the backedup site (.cmp)
- Click Restore
- Using STSADM CMD
- On the SharePoint Server, Open CMD as Administrator
- Browse to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Bin
- Backup: STSADM -o export -url http://spsite:80/Site -filename c:\export\Site -includeusersecurity
- Create new blank site
- STSADM -o createweb -url http://newspsite:70/Site1
- Restore: STSADM -o import -url http://newspsite:70/Site -filename c:\export\Site.cmp -includeusersecurity
**TIP**
If your new site uses a different Master Page, you may receive the error FILE NOT FOUND. if so, do these following steps to fix the error
- FILE NOT FOUND
- Click on the new site that is erroring
- Browse to the settings
- /_layouts/settings.aspx
- Click on Master Page
- Click off inherit Master Page and select the current Master Page
- Reset all Sites to Current Master Page.
- Click Okay
- Now the site should be back up.
- Afterwards you can go back and switch the Master Page to inherit.
Hopes this helps someone in the future.
