SPSiteCollection.Add method (String, String, String, UInt32, Int32, String, String, String, String, String, String, String)

Creates an SPSite object in the collection based on the specified URL, title, description, locale identifier (LCID), compatibility level and site definition or site template, as well as on the user names, user display names, and e-mail addresses of both the collection owner and a secondary contact.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Add ( _
    siteUrl As String, _
    title As String, _
    description As String, _
    nLCID As UInteger, _
    compatibilityLevel As Integer, _
    webTemplate As String, _
    ownerLogin As String, _
    ownerName As String, _
    ownerEmail As String, _
    secondaryContactLogin As String, _
    secondaryContactName As String, _
    secondaryContactEmail As String _
) As SPSite
'Usage
Dim instance As SPSiteCollection
Dim siteUrl As String
Dim title As String
Dim description As String
Dim nLCID As UInteger
Dim compatibilityLevel As Integer
Dim webTemplate As String
Dim ownerLogin As String
Dim ownerName As String
Dim ownerEmail As String
Dim secondaryContactLogin As String
Dim secondaryContactName As String
Dim secondaryContactEmail As String
Dim returnValue As SPSite

returnValue = instance.Add(siteUrl, title, _
    description, nLCID, compatibilityLevel, _
    webTemplate, ownerLogin, ownerName, _
    ownerEmail, secondaryContactLogin, _
    secondaryContactName, secondaryContactEmail)
public SPSite Add(
    string siteUrl,
    string title,
    string description,
    uint nLCID,
    int compatibilityLevel,
    string webTemplate,
    string ownerLogin,
    string ownerName,
    string ownerEmail,
    string secondaryContactLogin,
    string secondaryContactName,
    string secondaryContactEmail
)

Parameters

  • siteUrl
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the server-relative URL for the site object (for example, Site_Name or sites/Site_Name).

  • title
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the e-mail address of the owner of the site object.

  • description
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the description for the site object.

  • nLCID
    Type: System.UInt32

    An unsigned 32-bit integer that specifies the LCID for the site object.

  • compatibilityLevel
    Type: System.Int32

    An 32-bit integer that represents the site compatibility level, e.g. 14 or 15

  • webTemplate
    Type: System.String

    A string that specifies the site definition or site template for the site object. Specify null to create a site without applying a template to it. For a list of default site definitions, see Remarks.

  • ownerLogin
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the user name of the owner of the site object (for example, Domain\User). In Active Directory Domain Services account creation mode, the strOwnerLogin parameter must contain a value even if the value does not correspond to an actual user name.

  • ownerName
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the display name of the owner of the site object.

  • ownerEmail
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the e-mail address of the owner of the site object.

  • secondaryContactLogin
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the user name of a secondary contact for the site object (for example, Domain \User).

  • secondaryContactName
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the display name of a secondary contact for the site object.

  • secondaryContactEmail
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the e-mail address of a secondary contact for the site object.

Return value

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

See also

Reference

SPSiteCollection class

SPSiteCollection members

Add overload

Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration namespace