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Ravi Chandra
Copper Contributor
Jul 07, 2018

Convert Classic root site to Communication site

In our recent intranet projects, we recommend users to go with main Intranet site using communication site template and we expect that to be the root site collection of the tenant.  The issue is ever...
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Marc Vanderstraeten
Brass Contributor

How do you make this redirect work. Can you provide a step-by-step approach?

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Deleted
Sep 04, 2018
Yeah. Tomorrow when I get in. But it’s just a response redirect script web part on the homepage. Just make a 2nd blank page and put the redirect script on it. Then set it as homepage. That way you can always get back to your default.aspx if you have too. Anyway if you need more instruction let me know and I’ll do some screens and the script.
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    Ravi Chandra
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 04, 2018

    Super simple...

     

    On the root site collection add a classic page and add a script editor webpart. Paste the below code. Update the site URL.

    =================================

    <script>
    var wikiInEditMode = document.forms[MSOWebPartPageFormName]._wikiPageMode.value;
    if (wikiInEditMode == "Edit")
    {
    // wiki page is in edit mode
    }
    else
    {
    // wiki page is not in edit mode
    location.href = 'NEW SITE URL';
    }
    </script>

    ===========================================

    Ravi

    • Deleted's avatar
      Deleted
      Sep 04, 2018
      There ya go. Even better way ;).
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      KD10018
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 26, 2019

      Ravi Chandra Where exactly is the code going please? Site Settings > Site contents > New page > Add web part "Code snippet" > paste in code? This is the more apparent place to create a new page; not sure if there is a different place to add maybe a classic page or if this type of page is alright. 

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      dnite
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 05, 2019

      Ravi Chandra 

      Hello,

       

      I have root site  with template publishing and another 50 subsites (below)  with teams template (modern or classic ) . If i want to change only the root site template to communication without affecting the rest of the sub-sites how to proceed ?

      Thank you 

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