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WebNurse
Copper Contributor
Aug 01, 2024

Modify page template: modifications do not reflect in existing pages

In a specific Sharepoint site, i created a page template and set this as the default template.

I started to create several pages based on this template.

then, i decided to a 2 webparts to this template. However, modification made on this template does not show on existing pages that where created with this template.

 

I'm moving our internal KB from Wordpress to Sharepoint.
Now, i'm afraid that, after adding a few 100 pages, management would want to see some changes in the layout. How do you Sharepointgurus tackle this?

 

thanks in advance

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  • Rob_Elliott's avatar
    Rob_Elliott
    Bronze Contributor
    Aug 02, 2024

    WebNurse a template is only used when a page is created. As you've discovered, changes to the template do not update previously-created pages.  They will have to be changed one-by-one. You'll need to educate your management that once the layout has been decided it won't be changed without a great deal of work.

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User.
    Principal Consultant, SharePoint and Power Platform WSP Global (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

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