I am trying to create my first Template in Visual Studio, however I can not get the template to appear when I choose to create a new project.

I created my template and exported it to a zip file on my computer.

I have my project template location set up to: C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Templates\ProjectTemplates

I tried placing the zip file in the directory listed above, I also tried placing it in the Visual Web Developer, and still the Template does not appear when I restart Visual Studio.

 Has anyone had success creating Templates and getting them to appear when a new website is selected?  If so, please provide any feedback that may help me accomplish this.
 

Hi tgneiti,

I have created a web site template successfully. Please try following steps:

 

1)       Create a new web site using the File System mode

2)       Add/modify whatever you needed (I recommend you don't do any change for a test)

3)       Select menu File | Export Template

4)       Follow the steps in the Export Template Wizard and this will create a customized web site project template at My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\My Exported Templates (Please always use the default setting except the language)

 

Please pay attention to the language when exporting the template. It must be the same as your current opening project’s language (Visual Basic).

 

 

I use templates from expression web, see available template at asptemplate.net/

http://www.asptemplate.net/

try asptemplate.net

If you extract the contents of your exported zip file, do you get a folder with the template content inside or just the template contents? If you get a folder with the template content inside, the template will not show up in Visual Studio since it is expecting just the contents of the template inside your zipped file.