Saving a Site Template with activated Publishing Feature is not possible in SharePoint 2013 (menu link missing).
When using the direct browser link (which worked perfect in SharePoint 2010) http://YourSharePointSite/_layouts/15/savetmpl.aspx you get the error The "Save site as template" action is not supported on this site.
Modify the SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled property in your SPWeb object via PowerShell.
# Store your Site in a variable: $SiteToModify = Get-SPWeb http://YourSharePointSite # Display the current value of the property: $SiteToModify.AllProperties["SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled"] # Set the property to true: $SiteToModify.AllProperties["SaveSiteAsTemplateEnabled"] = "true" $SiteToModify.Update()
When now trying the savetmpl.aspx link again, you can save your template: http://YourSharePointSite/_layouts/15/savetmpl.aspx