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Standard folder structure
We have 70+ sites and each site has an identical library that we would like to have a standard folder structure of 10 or so folders. We need to ensure the folder structure and names remain unchanged ...
Thanks...I would rather do this without event receivers, workflows, etc.
You better bet would be to use metadata for the 10 folders, have a column called something like "Document Type" where they choose which Type instead of folders, then you can build views around that column value. Then only owners of the list can change the drop down values for the Document Type. Obviously this would require a informational quick how to document, but it's not bad and easily reproducible as well.
That wouldn't be a bad idea except for the fact that my customers will interact with these folders through the Explorer View as the library will be sync'd using FOD. Compound that with the fact that the files themselves are not limited to Office documents thus not having the ability to assign a content type and that solution wont work for me.