SharePoint Page Title
I was asked by a customer how to change the title description for a SharePoint page (in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007). Not the title and description that appears within the page, but the title that appears at the top of the browser. See picture below:
The title that you see within the page (in this example it is 'Collaboration Portal') is the title for the site. To change this, you need to configure the site settings. Click on the Site Actions button and select Site Settings Modify All Settings. Within the Site Settings page, under the 'Look and Feel' column, select 'Title, Description and Icon' and you can change the site settings. See picture below:
The title you see at the top of the browser (in this example, it is 'Home' - default setting) is the title for the page. To change this, you need to configure the page settings. Click on the Site Actions button and select Edit Page. With the page in Edit mode, click on Page in the Page Editing Toolbar and choose Page Settings. See picture below:
When you have finished making your changes, click the 'Publish' button in the Page Editing Toolbar. You should now see the new page title at the top of the browser. See picture below: (I have changed 'Home' to 'SharePoint 2007')
p.s. if you are not sure what the Page Editing Toolbar looks like, see picture below: If it is not showing after you have clicked Site Actions Edit Page, click on Site Actions again and select'Display Editing Toolbar'.
Final note: This method works for changing the title for individual pages. If you want to have a standard page title for the entire site (e.g. the name of your intranet appears at the top of the browser on all pages), you either have to change each and every page within the site collection or modify the templates.
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I am not sure how you are doing this, however, when i am in the edit title, name and description, and then i click on Site Actions: i don't see an option to edit page? Could you tell me what i am doing wrong, because i have tried everything possible idea i could think about and still can't figure out why i don't get that option.
Thanks, Ben
Hi
If you are in Edit title, name and description, then you are already in Site Settings - that will change the settings that appears on the page inside the browser (i.e. the title for the site collection, not the individual page). You won't be able to edit that page, it is a core administration template.
To change the Page title of a given page on the site, navigate first to the page you want to modify, then click on Site Actions and select Edit Page. In Edit mode, you then need to click the drop down arrow next to Page in the editing toolbar.
Hope that helps.
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This is great, but the Page Editing toolbar is only available on publishing pages. I have a team site with some basic web part pages, and the solution to that seems to be much more complicated. Why, Microsoft, why?
I'm afraid you're not wrong. The feature is only available in publishing pages. For team sites, it's a DIY fix as per your link.
As to why? Add it to the list. One of the negatives with this release of SharePoint is the number of UI and navigation oddities that can easily confuse and frustrate people. Inevitable when two products are merged but slow to fix in Microsoft's current product development approach.
Life saver! Thanks, Sharon!
Hi Sharon
Thanks for this article. This works for all my sub-sites which previously had home but the root site (of the site collection and web app) has "pages - default" as it's name and the changes make no difference - any ideas?
Jenny Everett
Hi Jenny
What template have you used for the site collection? I've checked the different ones I've got set up and can't find one with 'pages - default' in the browser bar. They all have Home at the root.
Cheers
Sharon.
Hi Sharon
I created it based on the "Publishing portal" template, which is fine until I choose the "Blank web part page" page layout. Which means I get the "pages - default" in the title bar. All of the other page layouts seem fine.
At least I know what it is now - thanks for replying. I might get round to doing a blog post on this when I get a bit further -
Jenny Everett
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/jennyeverett
Jenny : Seems like the Page title display has been forgotten from the "Blank Web Part Page".
Change to another page template and it displays fine.
If the sharepoint site is a Publishing Site, click Site Settings - Edit Page, then on the lefthand side of the screen look for the "Page" javascript dropdown menu and select page settings, modify the Title here.
If you would like to change the "Home" title on all of the other pages (team sites, blank webpart pages) navigate to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\App_GlobalResources\wss.en-US.resx
and change the Home text in the string...
data name="multipages_homelink_text"
value Home value <---- Enter your text
This will change all of the subsites to inherit a title of "Your Text + Subsite Name". Hope this helps.
Do you have a solution for this using WSS 3.0?
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