Renameweb: Stsadm operation (Windows SharePoint Services)

Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Topic Last Modified: 2008-02-04

Operation name: Renameweb

Description

Changes the URL of a subsite.

Note

In addition to the standard security requirements of Stsadm, you must have been granted the Manage Web Site permission on the subsite you want to rename to perform this operation.

Syntax

stsadm -o renameweb

**   -url <URL name>**

**   -newname <new name>**

Parameters

Parameter name and short name

Value

Required?

Description

url

A valid URL name, such as http://server_name/sites/site_name/subsite_name

Yes

The URL of the subsite you want to rename.

Note

Only subsites can be renamed, not site collection roots.

newname (new)

A valid string name, such as "NewWeb"

Yes

The new subsite name.

Example

The following example uses the following site: https://server_name/sites/site_name/subsite_name.

To rename a URL using the newname parameter, use the following syntax:

stsadm -o renameweb -url https://server_name/sites/site_name/subsite_name -newname NewWeb

The URL of the subsite would become https://server_name/sites/site_name/NewWeb.