While demonstrating new and cool SharePoint 2010 features to a customer, I wanted to show how easy it is to switch languages on SharePoint 2010 sites, but I was surprised by the following error message:
So it seems there are OOTB templates which do not support alternate languages (Supports Multilingual UI). I did some PowerShell magic and here is the list of SharePoint site templates and an indicator that shows if template supports Multilingual UI or not.
Name | Title | Supports Multilingual UI |
GLOBAL#0 | Global template | ![]() |
STS#0 | Team Site | ![]() |
STS#1 | Blank Site | ![]() |
STS#2 | Document Workspace | ![]() |
MPS#0 | Basic Meeting Workspace | ![]() |
MPS#1 | Blank Meeting Workspace | ![]() |
MPS#2 | Decision Meeting Workspace | ![]() |
MPS#3 | Social Meeting Workspace | ![]() |
MPS#4 | Multipage Meeting Workspace | ![]() |
CENTRALADMIN#0 | Central Admin Site | ![]() |
WIKI#0 | Wiki Site | ![]() |
BLOG#0 | Blog | ![]() |
SGS#0 | Group Work Site | ![]() |
TENANTADMIN#0 | Tenant Admin Site | ![]() |
ACCSRV#0 | Access Services Site | ![]() |
ACCSRV#1 | Assets Web Database | ![]() |
ACCSRV#3 | Charitable Contributions Web Database | ![]() |
ACCSRV#4 | Contacts Web Database | ![]() |
ACCSRV#6 | Issues Web Database | ![]() |
ACCSRV#5 | Projects Web Database | ![]() |
BDR#0 | Document Center | ![]() |
OFFILE#0 | (obsolete) Records Center | ![]() |
OFFILE#1 | Records Center | ![]() |
OSRV#0 | Shared Services Administration Site | ![]() |
PowerPointBroadcast#0 | PowerPoint Broadcast Site | ![]() |
PPSMASite#0 | PerformancePoint | ![]() |
BICenterSite#0 | Business Intelligence Center | ![]() |
PWA#0 | Project Web App Site | ![]() |
PWS#0 | Microsoft Project Site | ![]() |
SPS#0 | SharePoint Portal Server Site | ![]() |
SPSPERS#0 | SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space | ![]() |
SPSMSITE#0 | Personalization Site | ![]() |
SPSTOC#0 | Contents area Template | ![]() |
SPSTOPIC#0 | Topic area template | ![]() |
SPSNEWS#0 | News Site | ![]() |
CMSPUBLISHING#0 | Publishing Site | ![]() |
BLANKINTERNET#0 | Publishing Site | ![]() |
BLANKINTERNET#1 | Press Releases Site | ![]() |
BLANKINTERNET#2 | Publishing Site with Workflow | ![]() |
SPSNHOME#0 | News Site | ![]() |
SPSSITES#0 | Site Directory | ![]() |
SPSCOMMU#0 | Community area template | ![]() |
SPSREPORTCENTER#0 | Report Center | ![]() |
SPSPORTAL#0 | Collaboration Portal | ![]() |
SRCHCEN#0 | Enterprise Search Center | ![]() |
PROFILES#0 | Profiles | ![]() |
BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0 | Publishing Portal | ![]() |
SPSMSITEHOST#0 | My Site Host | ![]() |
ENTERWIKI#0 | Enterprise Wiki | ![]() |
SRCHCENTERLITE#0 | Basic Search Center | ![]() |
SRCHCENTERLITE#1 | Basic Search Center | ![]() |
SRCHCENTERFAST#0 | FAST Search Center | ![]() |
visprus#0 | Visio Process Repository | ![]() |
SRCHCENTERLITE#1 | Basic Search Center | ![]() |
SRCHCENTERFAST#0 | FAST Search Center | ![]() |
visprus#0 | Visio Process Repository | ![]() |
The list above shows all templates installed with English SharePoint 2010 Enterprise + FAST. In case you want to check your own templates, use the following PowerShell code:
cls if((Get-PSSnapin | Where {$_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"}) -eq $null) { Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell; } #English only templates Get-SPWebTemplate | Where {$_.LCID -eq 1033} | Select Name, Title, SupportsMultilingualUI Write-Host "==========================" #All templates Get-SPWebTemplate | Select Name, Title, SupportsMultilingualUI