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Communications Site "Promote Page" feature flaw
Hello,
We are currently developing our Intranet using the Modern Communications site template. Overall, we are pleased with the functionality but I have noticed that when a user clicks 'Promote' on a page, there is no way to demote it afterward.
I have been able to create a custom column the calculates the 'promotedstate' property but I am unable to change the value from 2 (promoted) to 0 (not promoted).
Does anyone have any experience or insight? I currently have several pages that were promoted in testing which should not have been promoted and as the Site Collection Administrator I would really love the ability to demote pages if they were promoted in error.
- Quick edit will only work in a “flat” view. Only the default All Pages view of Site Pages is flat, so be sure you are looking at a flat view. Or, in a grouped view that has items grouped by Promoted State, you should be able to select and drag items between groups. That will also “re-set” the Promoted State.
khaleel7585Microsoft
Hello All,
Recently we observed that the moving the pages between the Promoted State grouping view was not working, but were able to find another workaround to fix the same.
Step1 :
Go to Site Pages and library and Change the view to “By Promoted State” which will show the Promoted State Column on the view.
If the view is not available then create one using the steps below once you are on the All Pages view.
select + Add column. Then, from that drop down, select Show/hide columns. You will now see Promoted State Column, select it and then be sure to save the view.
Step2: Left click on the Promoted State Colum and choose Column settings and then Edit.
Step3: On the Edit Column panel, go to Default Value Field and replace 0 with blank value and click Save.
Step4: Repeat Step 2 again and Update the Default Value Field back to the Value 0.
Step5 : Select the Page that you wanted to Un-Promote and go to the properties and Select Edit Item to Change the Promoted State Value to 0 (un-promote).
Outcome : The above page will no longer appear in the News Web part.
- All these were such good tips. Thank you to Sue and Khaleel7585!
Try this: Add the PromotedState column to the All Pages view of your Site Pages library. Then, Group By Promoted State and save the view. You can drag the promoted page back to whichever state you want it to go back to using the feature that "auto-assigns" metadata when you move an item in a Group By view.
This worked for me!I am wondering how it got worked for you. Today I have tried to add PromotedState column to my view which I am not able to find it. Are you sure still this exists?
Yes, I am sure. Be sure you are adding Promoted State from the "modern" view. Then check the Promoted State box and Apply.
- I hope this is something the team fixes soon. I have mentioned this elsewhere but logic dictates there *should be* an undo action or the ability to hide Promote. I find the feature useful but this is a flaw that needs addressing.
We can demote or unpromote news using following list view extension
