Create Site Automatically When a List Item is Added

string description = properties.ListItem["Description"].ToString();

DateTime startDate = (DateTime)properties.ListItem["Start Date"];

DateTime endDate = (DateTime)properties.ListItem["End Date"];

// Create sub site

SPWeb web = properties.Site.AllWebs.Add(name.Replace(" ", string.Empty), name,

description, 0, SPWebTemplate.WebTemplateSTS, false, false);

web.Update();

}

}

Step 3: Execute Project

Now execute the project using the F5 key and while debugging is active, create a new project item in the Projects list.

You will see that a new sub site is created based on the input information.

Step 4: View sub site

Use the Site Contents link to view the sub sites.

Scrolling down to the bottom of the page, you will see our new site named Supercast.

On clicking the sub site, it opens as in the following:



In this example, we have stopped after creation of the sub sites. In real-world projects we need to:

1. Create an Internal List with all project information
2. In the add event, create a web part display project information from list and add to home page
3. In the original Projects list, create a new property named URL and set that to the newly created site
4. In the new site, Owners and Members permission groups can be automatically created
5. Create common project library, list, meeting, discussion lists in the site.

In an appropriate sense, the custom solution can include a custom site template with all pre-defined lists and libraries.

References

http://bit.ly/137vrNA

Summary

In this article we have explored a real-world scenario of project site creation by adding an event from a list item. The source code is attached with the article.