Per default if you want to create a subsite under a publishing portal you get only one template: 
-          Publsihing Site with Workflow
All others has been disabled for this type of template. 
Here is a short overview which Template has which child Templates, i will expand this view later: 
  
| ChildTemplates | Collaboration Portal | Publishing Portal | 
|
| Team Site | x |  | 
| Blank Site | x |  | 
| Document Workspace | x |  | 
| Wiki Site | x |  | 
| Blog | x |  | 
| Basic Meeting Workspace | x |  | 
| Blank Meeting Workspace | x |  | 
| Decision Meeting Workspace | x |  | 
| Multipage Meeting Workspace | x |  | 
| Document Center | x |  | 
| Records Center | x |  | 
| Site Directory | x |  | 
| Report Center | x |  | 
| Search Center with Tabs | x |  | 
| My Site Host |  |  | 
| Search Center | x |  | 
| Personalization Site | x |  | 
| Publishing Site | x |  | 
| Publishing Site with Workflow | x | x | 
| News Site | x |  | 
If you want to change the template selection, you can do this very easy. Go to your publishing portal Select Actions -> SiteSettings -> Modify all Site Settings 
Under look and Feel there is a option called ‚Page layouts and Site Templates‘. Now you can choose which template will be available for creating a subsite!
  
Cheers
 
		    
            
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Mar 11 2008, 02:12 PM
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Nadine Storandt