Customizing site definitions using multipage meeting workspace

Hello all,

Lately I've been going through the frustrating experience of creating a site
definition for the first time. I've followed the article "Creating a Site
Definition from an Existing Site Definition" in the SharePoint SDK. The
problem is the site definition I want to derive from is the Multipage Meeting
Workspace, because of the tabs and "Add Page" functionality we want to give
our client. The meeting functionality is not important at all. I've been
working with Microsoft support for the past week and now the support rep is
telling me that I can't copy the MPS folder (not the STS folder as per
instructions) and use that as the start to my template. The rep said I would
have to modify the original files in MPS, which a) is not supported and b) I
don't want to do because I don't want to have all Multipage Meeting
Workspaces use the new site definition.

I don't buy it.

Has anybody else been able to successfully create a site definition from the
Multipage Meeting Workspace? This has to be possible. After all,
wss.collutions.com is built on this template.

I appreciate any help anyone can come up with.

Thank you all in advance.
========================
Mike Tessier
Software Developer
Computrek Information Management Group
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
mike.tessier@computrek.net

Mike
Sat Jun 04 05:59:54 CDT 2005

This

http://www.asaris-matrix.com/mvp-walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=210

explains why you can only have one Meeting Workspace definition.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
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"Mike Tessier" <MikeTessier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91D342CE-DD69-48E4-A41C-EFB78A917F51@microsoft.com...
> Hello all,
>
> Lately I've been going through the frustrating experience of creating a
> site
> definition for the first time. I've followed the article "Creating a Site
> Definition from an Existing Site Definition" in the SharePoint SDK. The
> problem is the site definition I want to derive from is the Multipage
> Meeting
> Workspace, because of the tabs and "Add Page" functionality we want to
> give
> our client. The meeting functionality is not important at all. I've been
> working with Microsoft support for the past week and now the support rep
> is
> telling me that I can't copy the MPS folder (not the STS folder as per
> instructions) and use that as the start to my template. The rep said I
> would
> have to modify the original files in MPS, which a) is not supported and b)
> I
> don't want to do because I don't want to have all Multipage Meeting
> Workspaces use the new site definition.
>
> I don't buy it.
>
> Has anybody else been able to successfully create a site definition from
> the
> Multipage Meeting Workspace? This has to be possible. After all,
> wss.collutions.com is built on this template.
>
> I appreciate any help anyone can come up with.
>
> Thank you all in advance.
> ========================
> Mike Tessier
> Software Developer
> Computrek Information Management Group
> Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
> mike.tessier@computrek.net