Add a site template to Central Administration so it's available when you create a new site collection
When you create a new site collection, Central Administration creates a top level site and offers you the standard set of templates for that top level site. If you want to add a custom template to the list of templates offered by Central Administration, simply: From the command prompt, use STSADM -O ADDTEMPLATE: stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -filename filename -title "friendly name" -description "description" Type stsadm -help addtemplate for details. Then restart IIS by typing iisreset.