You should becoming increasingly familiar with PowerShell and SharePoint 2010 now and you are building so great scripts to help manage your environment.
A few weeks ago I had the requirement to create over 3000 sites with the site names stored in a Excel spreadsheet.
But first we need to understand how to create a site using Powershell. The special command is new-spweb which only has 1 requirement and that is the URL of the site but there are several other parameters that you should use when creating a site with Powershell.
| Parameter | Information |
| -url | Where do you want to create the new site which includes the URL of the new site |
| -template | Add the template number to use the Basic Site or Publishing Site. A full list here SharePoint 2010 Site Templates |
| -name | Display name of the site |
| -AddToTopNav | Do you want the site to display in the top navigation bar? |
| -UseParentTopNav | Do you want the site to display in the parent navigation? |