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Copper Contributor

Feb 21, 2022

Taking over our Sharepoint and overwhelmed. Where to start?

So I am taking over our SharePoint site that was setup before me and I have no experience with SharePoint. I've been watching YouTube videos to try and figure it out. I almost want to just start over...

Copper Contributor

Feb 24, 2022

RobElliott Your post was super helpful. Really appreciate you taking the time!

Based on what you said it appears that we have mostly Subsites. But I am still confused on the top Navigation. If you see the attached screenshot we have two navigation drop downs. The One Labeled Team Sites is list of all the Subsites. I'm not really sure what the Resources one is? Those are not in the list of subsites. When I click into COVID-19 Resources for example it give me a url of https://confidential.sharepoint.com/SitePages/COVID-19-Resources.aspx . With SitePages in the URL I did click the Site Pages link in Site Contents and I can find those there along with a ton of pages that were created as New Posts. This is a little confusing.

I guess what I am asking is What is the difference between a SitePage, a Subsite, and Sites(referenced in your Hub and Spoke Suggestion)? Also if we were to go with the recommended Structure of Hub and Spoke can this be done from our current configuration or do we need to start from scratch?

Again Appreciate you spending time to help me!

SusanHanley

MVP

Feb 25, 2022

Navigation and your stie structure are really two different things (or can be) - and that is likely what you are seeing. These articles should help you think about hubs, sites, and pages - and moving from your classic architecture to a modern one. In a modern intranet architecture, you would not have any sub-sites.
Information architecture in SharePoint: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/information-architecture-modern-experience.
Moving from classic to modern: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/publishing-sites-classic-to-modern-experience
Planning hub sites (this article is getting a pretty big update later today - so I recommend waiting a day or two before you click on the link!): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/planning-hub-sites