Forum Discussion
Search Home Page of Communication Site
Vishal Seth this issue is only about not returning the home page of a site when you stand on that homepage and search. If you're already on the page the issue is not that large - but agree that returning the home page would still be nice.
Mikael Svenson For me the issue is still the same.
If I search from another page of the same site, I cannot find the home page content (in Text WebPart).
But I know that the content is indexed because the same search from the SharePoint home page (_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx) can find the home page.
Mikael Svenson not quite.
Although the home of a site is likely the page that a user kicks off a search for content on that site - thats not the only place from where searching is a problem.
Content on a SharePoint communication site homepage is not searchable from any site or searchbox on SharePoint. Searching for a piece of text on the homepage won't return the site, if the content is on the home.
e.g. Try searching for any content on a communication site homepage like the text headings in a Hero web part; or the text in a quick links webpart - 2 very common parts on a home.
- Just tested and I do get comm sites back. Content is dependent on the actual web part as well, such that it exposes data to be indexed. Got text from said web parts just fine from two tests.
The site was updated in February. Added text on another comm site as well, which got returned 5 minutes after.
