A great resources for DevExpertise – SharePoint List Template IDs and Site Template IDs. Tech Training Notes – SharePoint: RegistrationId List Template Type IDs

Whenever I create a new MOSS site this is going to use the Office SharePoint Server Publishing feature I get an “Access Denied” error when I try enable it. So, I am finally posting the solution: stsadm -o activatefeature -name PublishingResources -url <site> *Be sure to include the “http://” in the <site> Hope this helps!

UPDATE:There is a more complete list of WSS Features at Thor Projects WSS v3 Features: 33 Features in WSS v3 AdminLinks AnnouncementsList BasicWebParts ContactsList ContentLightup ContentTypeSettings ctypes CustomList DataSourceLibrary DiscussionsList DocumentLibrary EventsList fields GanttTasksList GridList IssuesList IssueTrackingWorkflow LinksList MobilityRedirect NoCodeWorkflowLibrary PictureLibrary SiteSettings SPSearchFeature SurveysList TasksList TeamCollab UpgradeLinks WebPageLibrary WikiWelcome WorkflowHistoryList WorkflowProcessList XmlFormLibrary MOSS 2007 Features: [...]

WssRemoveFeatureFromSite is a great tool to have in your SharePoint arsenal.  I combined it with some Windows commands to create a batch file that removes multiple features from a site or sitecollection.  This isn’t real complicated stuff, but most useful things aren’t. set site=http://www.example.com/sites/site set scope=site :: Analytics WssRemoveFeatureFromSite -scope %scope% -url %site% -featureid 56dd7fe7-a155-4283-b5e6-6147560601ee [...]

I used a tool by Steven Van de Craen called FaultyFeatureTool to compare the features that were enabled on two different sites. It’s not the original purpose of this tool but it came in very handy. You can also remove the feature using the application or STSADM. STSADM -o deactivatefeature -id <FEATUREID>-url http://localhost -force

When trying to enable the Office SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature we were getting an “Access Denied” error.  The error in the application event log was: Event Type:    Error Event Source:    Office SharePoint Server Event Category:    Publishing Provisioning Event ID:    4965 Date:        5/13/2009 Time:        10:16:31 AM User:        N/A Computer:    SERVERNAME Description: Event log message was: [...]