How to Include Sharepoint Version Control As a Rule

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Set your templates to create version controlled libraries on your own.

   There are two types of templates, the default and your custom.
   
   Creating a custom site template will be addressed later.
   
   Just know that you need to have it enabled when you save a site as a template.
   
   For your default templates that you can create out of the box, you need to get into the site definition files.
   
   For this example, go into local drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\TEMPLATE\1033\STS\LISTS\DOCLIB, but remember you need to do this in the other doclib folders in
   1033.
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   Step 2: Open SCHEMA.XML in your editor.

   The first four lines of code are: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!-- _lcid="1033" _version="11.0.6451" _dal="1"
   --><!-- _LocalBinding
   --> <List xmlns:ows="Microsoft SharePoint" Name="Documents" Title="Shared Documents" Direction="0" Url="Shared Documents" BaseType="1">
   
   Now all the sites you create will come with shared documents version controlled.
   
   But what about when you create a new document library in an existing site.
   
   Well, there is an answer for that too. ,, <TD class="ms-authoringcontrols" nowrap> <input tabindex=1 id=onetidVersioningEnabledYes type="radio" tabindex="1" value="TRUE" <strong>checked</strong> Name="VersioningEnabled" title="Create a version each time you edit a file in this document library:
   Yes"> <LABEL FOR="onetidVersioningEnabledYes">Yes</LABEL> </td> <TD class="ms-authoringcontrols" nowrap> <input tabindex=1 id=onetidVersioningEnabledNo type="radio" tabindex="1" value="FALSE" Name="VersioningEnabled" title="Create a version each time you edit a file in this document library:
   No"> <LABEL FOR="onetidVersioningEnabledNo">No</LABEL></td>
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   Step 3: Add VersioningEnabled="TRUE" between the basetype data and the line close.

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   Step 4: Go to your sps server

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   Step 5: open C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\new.aspx and find the code below: <TD class="ms-authoringcontrols" nowrap> <input tabindex=1 id=onetidVersioningEnabledYes type="radio" tabindex="1" value="TRUE" Name="VersioningEnabled" title="Create a version each time you edit a file in this document library: Yes"> <LABEL FOR="onetidVersioningEnabledYes">Yes</LABEL> </td> <TD class="ms-authoringcontrols" nowrap><input tabindex=1 id=onetidVersioningEnabledNo type="radio" tabindex="1" value="FALSE" <strong>checked </strong> Name="VersioningEnabled" title="Create a version each time you edit a file in this document library: No"> <LABEL FOR="onetidVersioningEnabledNo">No</LABEL> </td>

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   Step 6: Change this code to (note where the word "checked" appears).

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