Learn SharePoint In Series - Part Four - Sub Sites

Introduction

This article is the fourth part of SharePoint series. You can find previous articles here.

1. Learn SharePoint In Series - Part One - Introduction
2. Learn SharePoint In Series - Part Two - Web Application
3. Learn SharePoint Series - Part Three - Site Collections

In the previous articles, I have described basic level information about SharePoint Introduction, SharePoint Web Application in context of SharePoint Online and SharePoint On-Premises and Site Collections in terms of SharePoint Online and SharePoint On Premises. So, in this article, I am moving one more step ahead. I will be talking about SharePoint Sub Sites in terms of SharePoint Online and SharePoint On Premises.

In this article, I am going to cover following topics,

• Introduction to Subsites
• Creating Subsites in SharePoint On-Premises and SharePoint Online
• Summary

Introduction to Subsites

We have seen that SharePoint has many main components such as Web Application, Site Collections. The next key point in SharePoint components is SharePoint Subsites. SharePoint subsites are the sites created under any SharePoint Site Collection. In other words, if we have to define the SharePoint subsites, then everyone will have their own definition. I will define SharePoint subsites as “The SharePoint site which has Site Collection as a parent site or any other site as a parent site then it is called as SharePoint subsites”.

Let's understand this with the below-given image.

Here Subsite-1 and Subsite-2 are the SharePoint Subsites as it has the parent of this subsites as a subsite or Site Collection. One fact about SharePoint Site Collection and SharePoint Subsites is SharePoint Site Collection cannot contain a parent site as SharePoint Site Collection or a Site Collection cannot contain any Sub Site Collection. Site collection will be always created at the root level of SharePoint Web Application.

Creating subsite in SharePoint On-Premises and SharePoint Online

In order to create Subsite in SharePoint please follow below-given steps.

Step 1

Open the site collection or site in which you want to create a subsite.

Step 2

Click on the Setting icon from the top right and click on Site Content.

Step 3

Click on New and then Subsite.

Step 4

The following screen will appear.

• Enter the site title.

• Enter description

• Enter url

• Select Language

• And select site template.

Step 5

Please enter following information also.

• User Permissions
  Here if you want to inherit the permission from the top-level site then select “Use same permissions as parent site. If you want to redefine the new Permission then select “User Unique Permissions”.

• If you want to use the quick launch from parent site then select yes, or you want to redefine the quick launch the use No.

• If you want to use the top link bar from parent site then select yes, or you want to redefine the top navigation then use No.

• Then click on Create button. Once you click on Create; the subsite will be created.

Summary

SharePoint subsite in SharePoint Online and SharePoint On-Premises is same in terms of terminology conceptually. So in this article, we have seen SharePoint subsites, the creation of Subsites. In next article, I cover SharePoint custom list in details.