Site content types and site columns were absent

hi,
i have seved a sub site as a template which includes 20+ doc libs with 20+ site content ctypes which includes 15+ site columns and then i have used this savedsite template in one site collection and implemented my
custom web parts and upload document fun. successfully.
now i have created another new site collection and forgot to create site content types and site columns as we have seen the site columns in the saved site template already.
now i realized that those site content types and site columns were not there but the strange thing is that i am able to uplaod the documents into those document libraries which are not associated with site content types, without any error.
Can I create the same in my new site collection ? since i have already created many many sub sites based on the saved site templates tested the functionality ,i dont wanna delete the template recreate all the sites again in order
to save the time.
Now pls advice:
1) if site columns / site contents were not existing at the site collection level, will this affect my func. in future?
2) is there any automated way fo creating site columns, site content types, associateing these site content types with doc libs programmatically like power shell/ sp object model API.
3) would like to any programmatic way of creating hundreds of sub sites based on the saved site templates in myw eb application/ site collection.

Hi,
We can create site columns, site content types or sub-sites using SharePoint Server Object Model.
The following articles for your reference:
SharePoint 2010: Create Site Columns and Content Types using C#.Net
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20267.sharepoint-2010-create-site-columns-and-content-types-using-c-net.aspx
How to: Add a Content Type to a SharePoint List
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa543576(v=office.14).aspx
Create Sites Using Custom Site Templates in SharePoint 2010
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/63e78b/create-sites-using-custom-site-templates-in-sharepoint-2010/
How to create sub site with custom site template through PowerShell
http://fangdahai.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-create-sub-site-with-custom-site.html
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