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Way to convert existing site to modern team site UI?
Is it possible to change the look and feel of a normal (in our case - home)-page in the new UI? I found this url, but actually do not know how to start...
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/pnp_articles/modern-experience-customizations-customize-pages
When creating a new page I do not have the option to create a new UI page.
Found mine have automatically switched. If I click on the cog in top right then hit "Add a Page" new UI one is automatically brought up.
Have done that for the time being on some newer team sites, along with switching the experience for doccument libraries and lists.
Still would love the other bits and pieces that come with modern UI, I remember seeing a powershell script for it a while back that can change it at the site collection level but can't find it anywhere. If anyone has it please do post, would be much appreciated!
And how about the other way around? The 'new' Team sites get automatically created when you create a 'team' group in MS Teams (as ...sharepoint.com/sites/... ) - these already have document library, calendar, etc. Can I simply convert these into a "classic" SharePoint site (as ...sharepoint.com/SitePages/... )??
I belive if you set a classic page (in the SitePages library, create a new Classic Page if necessary) as the homepage in a Group site it will get you essentially that. You'll still get the modern view by default when browsing site contents or an app view but you can also toggle that with the Switch to Classic button.
I'm really sorry - I meant a SharePoint site as in ...sharepoint.com/[site].
Maybe this will explain it better: When you simply go to the URL https://[tenant].sharepoint.com, it directs to https://[tenant].sharepoint.com/SitePages/Home.aspx, which looks like this:
I added a new Subsite named "IT", which I linked across the top when I set it up, as you can see in that screen shot. So when you click on "IT", it goes to https://[tenant].sharepoint.com/IT/SitePages/Home.aspx, which looks very much like the screen shot above.
Now....say I created a Teams group called "ITProjects", which when you click on that from the Teams landing page, it goes to https://[tentant].sharepoint.com/sites/ITProjects, which looks like this:
Can I simply convert that teams site at ...sharepoint.com/sites/ITProjects to a subsite like IT at ...sharepoint.com/ITProjects that I can link across the top just like "IT"??
Or is there no way and I have to just create it from scratch like I did with "IT" and move content over as needed? Which is not a big deal if that is the case...I just figured being able to convert will make things a little easier.
Thanks!
