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Can we modify the layout for the modern pages
I have 2 sharepoint online site collections:-
1. Classic team sites
2. communication modern sites.
and on both sites we have the option to add modern pages. but i am not sure if we can change the layout of those modern pages? for example in the classic world we use to modify the page layout for the classic site pages and wiki pages, so are those features available for the modern pages?
Thanks
- No, you cannot modify the layout of modern SPO pages in the same way you could do it with classic pages. What you can do in modern SPO is to create custom Page Layouts (this feature is being rolled out now) from existing pages....what your are doing is just saving your customizations as templates you can reuse to create later new pages https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/page-templates-in-sharepoint-online-faa92408-0c84-4e3d-8460-3c28065e7873
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- Hi John John
Would recommend this article comparing pages in the classic and modern experiences
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/sharepoint-classic-and-modern-experiences-5725c103-505d-4a6e-9350-300d3ec7d73f
About 2/3rds of the way down. Modern page layouts are designed to be flexible.
In addition this compare of classic and modern web parts may be of help
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/classic-and-modern-web-part-experiences-3fdae6c3-8fc1-49ab-8708-8c104b882e64
Hope that answers your questions!
Best, Chris
ChrisHoardMVP wrote:
About 2/3rds of the way down. Modern page layouts are designed to be flexible.thanks for the reply, i am not sure how we can modify the layout for modern pages? i use to edit the enterprisewiki.aspx page, to modify the layout of wiki pages,, but i can not find this capability for modern pages.. not sure what is meant by `Modern page layouts are designed to be flexible.`?
- No, you cannot modify the layout of modern SPO pages in the same way you could do it with classic pages. What you can do in modern SPO is to create custom Page Layouts (this feature is being rolled out now) from existing pages....what your are doing is just saving your customizations as templates you can reuse to create later new pages https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/page-templates-in-sharepoint-online-faa92408-0c84-4e3d-8460-3c28065e7873
