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While trying to create a page in a subsite, we see the error below sometimes:
Issue: Unable to create new page in SharePoint 2007 subsite.
Error: "Data at the root level is invalid. line 1 position 1"
Resolution:
· Deactivate Office SharePoint Server Publishing feature from the affected subsite - Site features
· Deactivate Office SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature from the top level site - Site Collection features
· Activate Office SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature from the top level site - Site Collection features
· Activate Office SharePoint Server Publishing feature from the affected subsite - Site features
Note: If you find a different solution, please report it as a comment to this post. This will be useful to the SharePoint Community. Be sure to double-verify it: undo your solution and verify that the problem comes back, then redo it and verify that the problem goes away.