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Tom Braman
Copper Contributor
Apr 13, 2017

Why did MS abandon the Blank Site Template?

Anybody know the rationale behind MS' decision to eliminate the Blank Site Template post SP 2010?

 

We spend a fair amount of time maintaining a custom blank template that's been dumbed down from the current Team Site Template (in O365) == no newsfeed, no document library with a space in its URL, no "Get Started With Your Site" link tiles, no Notebook, no "How To Use This Site" wiki page, 95% of which our users would have to delete on their own. But maintaining custom templates has its costs, too.

 

Amid this custom-template maintenance, I scratch my head: Why did MS do away with the Blank Site Template. Certainly there's a very good reason.

 

#theGoodOlDays

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  • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
    jcgonzalezmartin
    MVP
    Apr 13, 2017
    How do you use the blank template? FYI with the PnP stuff you can easily have the same usage scenario you are describing here
    • Tom Braman's avatar
      Tom Braman
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 13, 2017

      Juan: Thanks. I know about PnP, and am making a case for it where I work (seattle.gov). But my managers need a full justification, and I need to trace the history of this problem to justify PnP. The blank template worked back in the day.

       

      So, it's not like I want the blank template back. I just want to know why it was abandoned.

       

      Thanks again for taking a stab at answering! - tom

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Apr 15, 2017

        Tom it is the cloud things are moving on a different pace. The publishing web will come i think you have to watch the 16 of may.. 

         

        Next to that jcgonzalezmartin is right with pnp. besides the product SharePoint 2010 is almost 10 year old they started after delivering Sp2007

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