SPSite.SelfServiceCreateSite Method (String, String, String, UInt32, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String)

Creates a site collection by using Self-Service Site Creation based on the specified quota template and other information.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: No

Syntax

'Declaration
<SubsetCallableExcludeMemberAttribute(SubsetCallableExcludeMemberType.PerSpec)> _
Public Function SelfServiceCreateSite ( _
    siteUrl As String, _
    title As String, _
    description As String, _
    nLCID As UInteger, _
    webTemplate As String, _
    ownerLogin As String, _
    ownerName As String, _
    ownerEmail As String, _
    contactLogin As String, _
    contactName As String, _
    contactEmail As String, _
    quotaTemplate As String _
) As SPSite
'Usage
Dim instance As SPSite
Dim siteUrl As String
Dim title As String
Dim description As String
Dim nLCID As UInteger
Dim webTemplate As String
Dim ownerLogin As String
Dim ownerName As String
Dim ownerEmail As String
Dim contactLogin As String
Dim contactName As String
Dim contactEmail As String
Dim quotaTemplate As String
Dim returnValue As SPSite

returnValue = instance.SelfServiceCreateSite(siteUrl, _
    title, description, nLCID, webTemplate, _
    ownerLogin, ownerName, ownerEmail, _
    contactLogin, contactName, contactEmail, _
    quotaTemplate)

[SubsetCallableExcludeMemberAttribute(SubsetCallableExcludeMemberType.PerSpec)]
public SPSite SelfServiceCreateSite(
    string siteUrl,
    string title,
    string description,
    uint nLCID,
    string webTemplate,
    string ownerLogin,
    string ownerName,
    string ownerEmail,
    string contactLogin,
    string contactName,
    string contactEmail,
    string quotaTemplate
)

Parameters

• siteUrl
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the absolute URL for the site collection.

• title
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the title for the site collection.

• description
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the description for the site collection.

• nLCID
  Type: System.UInt32

  An unsigned 32-bit integer that specifies the locale ID.

• webTemplate
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the name of the site definition to use to create the site collection.

• ownerLogin
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the user name for the site collection owner.

• ownerName
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the display name for the site collection owner.

• ownerEmail
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the e-mail address for the site collection owner.

• contactLogin
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the user name for the secondary contact.

• contactName
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the display name for the secondary contact.

• contactEmail
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the e-mail address for the secondary contact.

• quotaTemplate
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the name of the quota template.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite
An SPSite object that represents the new site collection.

Remarks

The SelfServiceCreateSite method throws an exception of type ArgumentException if the value passed for the strSiteUrl parameter does not specify an absolute URL. If this method is called when Self-Service Site Creation is disabled on the server, an exception of type SPException is thrown.

Examples

The following code example uses the SelfServiceCreateSite method to create a new site collection based on the STS site template.

Using oSiteCollection As New SPSite("http://" + System.Environment.MachineName)
    Dim oSiteCollectionSelfServ As SPSite = oSiteCollection.SelfServiceCreateSite("Absolute_URL", "Title", "Description", Locale_ID, "STS", "Owner_User_Name", "Owner_Display_Name", "Owner_E-mail", "Contact_User_Name", "Contact_Display_Name", "Contact_E-mail")

    oSiteCollectionSelfServ.Dispose()
End Using

using(SPSite oSiteCollection = new SPSite("http://" + System.Environment.MachineName))
{
    SPSite oSiteCollectionSelfServ = oSiteCollection.SelfServiceCreateSite("Absolute_URL", "Title",
    "Description", Locale_ID, "STS", "Owner_User_Name",
    "Owner_Display_Name",  "Owner_E-mail",
    "Contact_User_Name", "Contact_Display_Name", "Contact_E-mail");

    oSiteCollectionSelfServ.Dispose();
}

See Also

Reference

SPSite Class

SPSite Members

SelfServiceCreateSite Overload

Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace