Configure TFS V1 WSS 2.0 sites to use WSS 3.0 site templates
Since almost everyone wanted to upgrade TFS V1 to use WSS 3.0, Microsoft added two guides to MSDN in which they explain how to update. In this guide I'll explain how to update your WSS 2.0 sites to use the newly delivered WSS 3.0 templates. This guide can also be used for people and companies who updated their TFS 2005 to a TFS 2008 / WSS 3.0 environment.
Take advantage of new WSS 3.0 functionality.
In order to best take advantage of new WSS 3.0 functionality on the new version of your team project portal sites you may wish to reset the site look and feel of your migrated sites to surface WSS 3.0 features. This step will optionally need to be performed on existing team project portal sites you have migrated from WSS 2.0, but will not need to be performed on new team project portal sites you create moving forward.
- Open the WSS 3.0 team project portal you would like to upgrade. (e.g. http:// myATserver:81/sites/MyTeamProject)
- Click Site Settings.
- On the Site Settings page, click Reset to site definition under the Look and Feel column.
- On the Reset Page to Site Definition Version page, you can choose to either reset an individual page within the site collection or to reset all of the pages within a site collection. Once you have made your decision, click Reset then click OK in the confirmation dialog.
Note: As you will note in the warning dialogs, certain customizations to your team project portal will be lost after performing this reset. Therefore it is recommended that you take care to understand what functionality you need to retain in your team project portal prior to performing this optional reset.
- On the Site Settings page, click Top link bar under the Look and Feel column.
Delete all links
- On the Site Settings page, click Quick Launch under the Look and Feel column.
Remove all headings and links except those from documents
Add The following headings and links
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- Heading -> Process Guidance
Process%20Guidance/ProcessGuidance.html
- Heading -> Reports
layouts/tfsredirect.aspx?IsReport=0
- Link -> Bug Rates
_layouts/tfsredirect.aspx?IsReport=1&ReportName=Bug+Rates&ShowToolbar=1
- Link -> Builds
_layouts/tfsredirect.aspx?IsReport=1&ReportName=Builds&ShowToolbar=1
- Link -> Quality Indicators
_layouts/tfsredirect.aspx?IsReport=1&ReportName=Quality+Indicators&ShowToolbar=1
- Link -> Project Velocity
_layouts/tfsredirect.aspx?IsReport=1&ReportName=Project+Velocity&ShowToolbar=1
- Link -> Issues List
_layouts/tfsredirect.aspx?IsReport=1&ReportName=Work+Items&rs:toolbar=true&rs:Command=Render&IssueParam=[Work Item].[Microsoft_VSTS_Common_Issue].[Yes]
- Link -> Exit Criteria Status
_layouts/tfsredirect.aspx?IsReport=1&ReportName=Work+Items&rs:toolbar=true&rs:Command=Render&IssueParam=[Work Item]. [Microsoft_VSTS_Common_ExitCriteria].[Yes]
- On the Site Settings page, click Master Pages under the Galleries column.
Obtain the default.master (included with this release)
Click Upload and browse for default.master
Make sure you check Add as a new version to existing files.
- Replace the current CORE.CSS
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- Obtain the CORE.CSS (included with this release).
- Open the uploaded default.master from SharePoint Designer and edit one of the CSS Properties. The confirmed customizations are reflected in the new local version of the style sheet, which is stored in a new folder named _styles that is created automatically in the Folder List of your site.
- Overwrite the CORE.CSS in /_styles/ using SharePoint Designer.
- Add additional images
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- Obtain the VSTS images (included with this release)
- Copy header_agile.gif, header_formal.gif, header_vsts_logo.gif and header-bg.jpg to /_styles/. This can also be done using SharePoint Designer.
- As you can see in the picture below both the default.master as the core.css are unghosted and modified only for this site. These changes will result in a new look and feel for your TFS Sites.
Summary
As many of you I updated my TFS sites to WSS 3.0. My newly created sites got a different look than the one I created before the upgrade. This is by design. MS will leave your previously created sites untouched and keeps the look and feel. With this guide you can change this behavior.