Exportin site collection templates

Hi,

I need som help to save a site Collection as a template. My problem is that the link to save the site Collection is not there. I have unactivate Sharepoint publishing and SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure in all the subsites in the site Collection and in the site Collection inself.

This site Collection is a Child to another site Collection and I do not if I need to unactivate SharePoint publishing in the parent site Collection too.

Can someone help me with this!!!!

Thanks!!!