I am able to go into site settings - save site as template and can download a .wsp file from the solutions gallery. Is there any way that I can make this available at farm level so I can use it to create new site collections?
I have used farm-scoped web templates in the past but I'm wondering is there an easy way of making the "save site as template" option work. For creating subsites this isn't an issue, however I think for creating site collections a web template may be a better idea.