Saving a Sharepoint site as a template when the "Save as template" option is hidden
Saving a site or subsite as template allows you to save an existing site and use it as a template for new SharePoint sites or subsites with the same structure of your existing site, the site template can be saved with or without the content. Note that some customizations, such a custom workflows, will be present in your template only if you choose to include the content, but the size of your template will increase considerably. Take into account that saving site as template will not save the subsites under your site, if any, in the template. This option is usually available in the site settings page under “Site Actions” section, but this option will be hidden if the Publishing features is turned on, as SharePoint does not support Save Site as Template option with this feature turned on. If the "Save site as template"option is not under Site Settings -> Site Actions, you just need to append _layouts/savetmpl.aspx to your subsites and you will be red...