SharePoint 2010 Site Templates

http://blog.concurrency.com/sharepoint/sharepoint-2010-site-templates/

https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/devwiki/SP2010Dev/Pages/Site%20Templates%20in%20SharePoint%202010.aspx

Host Header-based Site Collections

Links: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288637.aspx
http://sharepointguys.com/matt/sharepoint-administration/sharepoint-for-web-hosters-host-header-based-site-collections/

Host header site collection VS Path based Site Collections in SharePoint 2010

Ref : Link

Host Header site collection is prompting user name and password

Issue solved by this below link

Link

Ref: link1,

"Error occurred in deployment step ‘Recycle IIS Application Pool’: The local SharePoint server is not available."

Deploying user should be in owner of the Below Database's

1. SharePoint_Config

2. SharePoint_Admin_[GUID]

3. Your current web application that needs to deploy the Web part

 

Ref: http://sensoft2000-sharepoint.blogspot.com/2011/07/error-occurred-in-deployment-step.html