SPWeb.Webs, Site vs SubSite

Question

I am confused between SPSite, SiteCollection, and SPWeb?

So my understanding is this pseudo code:

 http://My_server >>> TOP Level SIte or SPWEbApplication
 http://My_server/My_site >>>> Site Collection or SPSite

Now a site under SPSite that will be referenced through SPWeb. So what are we getting when using SPWeb.Webs?

What is a Subsite?

Test code:

SPWeb mySite = SPContext.Current.Web;
SPWebCollection sites = mySite.Webs;

foreach (SPWeb subSite in sites)
{
    Response.Write(SPEncode.HtmlEncode(subSite.Title) + "<BR>");
}

The official documentation from microsoft is at: [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms473633(v=office.12).aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms473633%28v=office.12%29.aspx) — Darshan J, Jun 19 '13 at 11:11

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 07 '17 at 19:19

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The top level site collection SPSite is a container in which you have your root web SPWeb and subsites SPWebs under SPWebs - it takes a while to get used to the names.

Here's a nice diagram referenced from Microsoft:

Therefore, a subsite will be any site SPWeb under the top level web site in a site collection SPSite.

edited Apr 07 '17 at 19:19

ΩmegaMan

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answered Mar 31 '10 at 00:40

Henry C

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 07 '17 at 19:20

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The top level site is also referred to as the Root Web SPSite.RootWeb.

edited Apr 07 '17 at 19:20

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answered Apr 04 '10 at 08:26

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