How to Save the Site Template in MOSS Site

Suppose you want to save the site template of your existing site in sharepoint, please follow the steps below.

If your site address is like

http://localhost:100/Paintings/Pages/Home.aspx

and you want to save the template of the painting site, then change the URL as

http://localhost:100/Paintings/_layouts/savetmpl.aspx

and press Enter button.

You will be getting a page Save Site as Template and enter the details and select the Include Content checkbox to save your site content and click OK button. The following fogure will be displayed.

After clicking Ok the success page will be displayed as below.

You can go to the site template gallery by clicking on the link Site Template gallery and click Ok to finish the opration.