Renaming default.aspx

Question

How do I rename the default.aspx page title if it exists at the root of my site? Right now, it shows 'Home' in the Page Header

https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/newsite/default.aspx

Usually, the pages exist in a library and you can go modify the properties of the page through the browser or SharePoint designer. This site is migrated from SharePoint 2007 and there is no tag in the aspx markup. Where is 'Home' coming from ?

This tag, which is rendering 'Home', is being rendered as DeltaPlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea

<span id="DeltaPlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea"> 

yet, that is nowhere to be found in the default.aspx markup

Answer 1

If you want to modify the "Home" in default.aspx, we can modify the code below in the defualt.aspx page using SharePoint Designer.

<tr class="s4-die">
 <td class="ms-pagebreadcrumb">
   Dennis
 </td>
</tr>

We can also use JavaScript code to rename it.

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
   $(".ms-sitemapdirectional").text("Dennis");
});
</script>