Scenario/Problem:
You might want to change the page layout that was selected when the
page was created. For example, say that a page was created with the
“body only” layout, and you want to change it to a layout that includes
a web part zone or an image on one side of the text.
Solution:
To change the layout of an existing publishing page, open the page in
your browser and switch to the Page ribbon. There, click on the Edit
button to switch the page into editing mode. This enables you to click
on the Page Layout button in the ribbon.
Note
In some publishing sites, the ribbon is
hidden by default. To get to the ribbon, open the site settings menu
and select Show Ribbon from that menu to expose the Page ribbon.
The Page Layout button then shows the various available page layouts for you to choose from (see Figure 1).
FIGURE 1 Choosing a new page layout for a publishing page.
After you click on the layout that you want,
you can see it change the page. It is important to note that switching
layouts might remove web parts from the page because the web parts are
tied to a specific web part zone, and if the new layout does not have
the same web part zone, the web parts that belonged in that zone will
be removed.
If you are happy with the new
layout, click the Save & Close button in the Page ribbon. (The page
might still need to be published. If you want to revert to the layout that you
had before, open the menu under the Check In button and click Discard
Check Out. This retracts all the modifications you’ve made to the page
since the last time you checked it out, including the page layout
change.
