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The practice files for this book are stored on your hard disk in chapter-specific subfolders.<br />

Each exercise in a chapter includes a paragraph that lists the files needed for that exercise<br />

and explains any preparations needed before you start working through the exercise.<br />

Whenever possible, we start each chapter with a standard SharePoint 2013 team site, which<br />

occasionally must be a top-level team site. If you follow all the exercises in all the chapters,<br />

you may choose to start with a new team site for every chapter.<br />

However, for a few chapters, there are additional settings that are needed for a practice site.<br />

This is where the starter .wsp files will come in handy.<br />

If you have sufficient rights, you can create a new practice site (see the following "Using the<br />

WSP templates" section) from the chapter's starter .wsp file, which is provided in the practice<br />

folder for this chapter. The starter .wsp files contain the lists, libraries, files, and pages<br />

that you will require during the exercises. There are three chapters that require the creation<br />

of a site based on the .wsp file: Chapter 2, Chapter 9, and Chapter 14. Exercises in Chapter 2<br />

use two subsites in addition to the standard team site, and the practice folder for the chapter<br />

contains two .wsp files for the subsites, which are clearly marked.<br />

Using the WSP templates<br />

To create a practice site for a chapter based on a starter .wsp file, perform the following<br />

steps.<br />

IMPORTANT Verify that you have sufficient rights to upload to the site template gallery of a<br />

site collection. If in doubt, see Appendix A, “SharePoint 2013 user permissions and permission<br />

levels.”<br />

1 In the browser, open the top level SharePoint site of the site collection where you<br />

would like to create the practice site. If prompted, type your user name and password,<br />

and click OK.<br />

2 On the top right of the screen, click the Settings button, and then select Site settings.<br />

The Site Settings page of the top level site is displayed.<br />

3 In the Web Designer Galleries section, click Solutions. The Solution Gallery is<br />

displayed.<br />

4 Click the Upload Solution button on the left of the Solutions ribbon. The Add<br />

Document dialog is displayed.<br />

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