Site Templates Not Editable in SharePoint Designer

If a site has been explicitly locked down to SharePoint Designer access, either via the Web application or site collection level SharePoint Designer Settings, or use of the DisableWebDesignFeatures="wdfopensite" parameter in a related site definition’s onet.xml file then attempting to open the site in SharePoint Designer fails, as shown in Figure 8.17.

Figure 8.17 Dialog served when a site has been locked from access to SharePoint Designer.

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For a full description of SharePoint Designer Settings, see Chapter 7.

By default, sites created from Web Database templates, including Assets, Charitable ...

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