How to change Blog post layout via Powershell in SharePoint 2013?

Question

This is the option that I want to change via Powershell

Thanks!

Answer 1

Adding to Robert's answer, which is correct for SharePoint online environment , if you have 2013 On Premise environment, you can use the below code:

$web = Get-SPWeb "https://sharepoint/sites/blog"
write-host $web.Properties["ms-blogs-skinid"]
$web.Properties["ms-blogs-skinid"] = 1
$web.Properties.update()

Valid values for ms-blogs-skinid: 0,1,2

Also, in case its SharePoint online and you dont want to use PnP, use it as below:

$SiteUrl = "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/teams/blog"
$context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteUrl)
$context.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($credential.UserName, $credential.Password)
$web = $context.Site.RootWeb
$props =  $web.AllProperties
$web.AllProperties["ms-blogs-skinid"] = "0";  # use 1 or 2 based on your requirement 
$web.Update()
$context.ExecuteQuery()

Answer 2

First install the Dev PnP Powershell tools:

https://github.com/officedev/PnP-PowerShell

Choose the correct MSI for your environment:

• SharePoint 2013 on Premise: SharePointPnPPowerShell2013.msi
• SharePoint 2016 on Premise: SharePointPnPPowerShell2016.msi
• SharePoint 2013 online: SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline.msi

Then use the following Powershell commands (don't forget to fill in the correct values for the two variables in the first two lines of the script):

$SitecollectionUrl = "https://yourhostname/sites/test"
$RelativePathToBlogSite = "/sites/test/blog"

connect-sponline $SitecollectionUrl
$web = get-pnpweb $RelativePathToBlogSite
Set-PnPPropertyBagValue -web $web -key ms-blogs-skinid -Value 1

Values:

• 0 = Basic
• 1 = Boxed
• 2 = Inline