When creating a site collection from a site collection template you have created you get the following error:

“The template you have chosen is invalid or cannot be found. ”

This error seems to occur if they account you are logged in as when trying to create the site collection is not added to the site collection administrators on the creation screen.

Add the currently logged in account to the SC administrators & your site collection will be created with your custom SC template with no errors.

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In the selection interface, you’ll see a ‘Custom’ tab for your organizational templates

This is confusing to some end users

Here is one way to improve this

Find the file core.en-US.resx in the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\Resources folder.

Edit the value for “TemplatePickerControl_Custom”, changing it from ‘Custom’ to whatever you want ie.XYZ Templates.

Do an IISRESET on your front end webservers.

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Open a PowerPoint File

Save As > Other Formats > Save as type Single File Web Page

Upload the .mht file to a document library

Add a Page Viewer WebPart to a Page

Point the Page Viewer WebPart URL to the .mht file of that document library.

Now you can view your presentation in the webpart.

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GLOBAL#0 = Global template

STS#0 = Team Site

STS#1 = Blank Site

STS#2 = Document Workspace

MPS#0 = Basic Meeting Workspace

MPS#1 = Blank Meeting Workspace

MPS#2 = Decision Meeting Workspace

MPS#3 = Social Meeting Workspace

MPS#4 = Multipage Meeting Workspace

CENTRALADMIN#0 = Central Admin Site

WIKI#0 = Wiki Site

BLOG#0 = Blog

BDR#0 = Document Center

OFFILE#0 = Records Center

OFFILE#1 = Records Center

OSRV#0 = Shared Services Administration Site

SPS#0 = SharePoint Portal Server Site

SPSPERS#0 = SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space

SPSMSITE#0 = Personalization Site

SPSTOC#0 = Contents area Template

SPSTOPIC#0 = Topic area template

SPSNEWS#0 = News Site

CMSPUBLISHING#0 = Publishing Site

BLANKINTERNET#0 = Publishing Site

BLANKINTERNET#1 = Press Releases Site

BLANKINTERNET#2 = Publishing Site with Workflow

SPSNHOME#0 = News Site

SPSSITES#0 = Site Directory

SPSCOMMU#0 = Community area template

SPSREPORTCENTER#0 = Report Center

SPSPORTAL#0 = Collaboration Portal

SRCHCEN#0 = Search Center with Tabs

PROFILES#0 = Profiles

BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0 = Publishing Portal

SPSMSITEHOST#0 = My Site Host

SRCHCENTERLITE#0 = Search Center

SRCHCENTERLITE#1 = Search Center

SPSBWEB#0 = SharePoint Portal Server BucketWeb Template

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