Questions tagged [communication-site]
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update a news post in communication site
I have a communication site where news posts are created. I have a scenario where the author might update the content of an older news post but do not want it to appear on the news webpart as a ...
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Shared Communication Site [closed]
Can one department within an organization set up its own Communication Site and share news items with three separate companies within the organization? (Note: Each of the three companies has its own, ...
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Communications Site - create site page
In my Communication site, in site pages library, I do not have option to create "site page". It shows only option to create Link. Is this because in admin center setting has been made to "Prevent ...
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Communications Site “News Post” option not available
I have a communication site on Tenant B where on "+ New" button on home page doesn't have the usual options to create "News Post" or "News Link". However on the other tenant Tenant A, if I create a ...
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AutoRefresh SharePoint Communication Site
We have created a SharePoint Communication Site.
We want the side to be refreshed automatically every 5 minutes.
Is there a way to do this with a Communication Site?
We have found a solution with ...
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Moder page properties webpart and hypelink field
I have a modern communication site with a custom content type that derives from Site Page.
I added a few columns on the content type: a text field, a managed metadata field and a hyperlink field.
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Communication site vs Team site: different webparts available?
The Team site carries a higher number of web parts compared to the Communication site for example the Planner web part. Is it by design or is there something I need to activate to have the planner web ...
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“Send by email” on modern page - not showing for some users
Original question: While this feature was previously available for our site users it now is missing. There is no gray ribbon or "send by email" button. SHouldn't all visitors be able to send or share ...
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SharePoint Online-Communication Site-Top Nav-How to target audience?
I am trying to setup audience targeting for the top nav such that only the Site Owners would be able to view a specific link.
I am not sure how to go about this?
I have tried looking at Managed ...
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SharePoint Online Communication Site-Not able to remove the white-space on the left
I am using a One-third right column layout and all the webparts appear to be centrally aligned when viewed on an average size monitor. This leaves a noticeable white-space on the left. Is there any ...
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SharePoint Online Communication-Image Gallery-Carousel-Hyperlink
I was wondering whether it is possible to add a hyperlink to each Image in the Image Carousel. So far, I find no place to add a hyperlink. I tried adding an href tag under Caption but it does not work....
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SharePoint Online Communication Site- Image Carousel Does not rotate
I am working on a SharePoint Online Communication Site. I am trying to add an Image Gallery webpart on the page that is set to a "Carousel" layout. All and good so far but when I publish the page, the ...
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SharePoint Online-Communication Site- Script Editor apply changes to all pages
I am using a SPFX Script Editor to make color changes on the Header of the Home Page. Now, when I visit other pages in the SharePoint site like-Site Contents, I don't see the changes applied to the ...
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SharePoint Online-Communication Site-Not able to achieve this color scheme
I am trying to achieve the color scheme described below. The modern "Change the Look" allows one to customize colors but doesn't allow us to add a background Image which the classic "Change the look" ...
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SharePoint Online Communication Site-Code Snippet Web Part
I am trying to use the code snippet webpart on a SharePoint Online Page. In order to test, I have written a single Header Tag Heading but for some reason it doesn't render on the page. It only shows ...
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SharePoint Online Communication Site- Quick Links-3 Layers
I am working on the Quick Links Webpart on the SharePoint Online Communications Page. I am trying to have Quick Links show 3 nested layers. But from whatever I have seen so far it is not possible. So, ...
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Enable communication site at the root of a tenant
Iam trying to enable Communication Site on the root site level, but without any luck...
Step 1 was to follow jimyHang blog, but this approach is not supported anymore, it is not posible anymore...
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Convert/Change the built-in root site collection into a communication hub site
when we start a new office 365 project, we will have a classic team site created for us at the root https://ourcomapnyname.sharepoint.com/. but now we want to follow the flat structure of sites and ...
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Search box missing from header when navigating from team site to communication site
We are building a Sharepoint Online site for a client, and they use a communication site for their start page. On that page the search box is up in the header. They also use team sites, and on those ...
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I am able to create sub-sites inside modern team sites and modern communication sites, why some links mentioned it is not possible
I was reading this link http://digital.withum.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-sharepoint-modern-sites which mentioned the main differences between modern sites and classic sites, and it mentioned the ...
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SharePoint 2019 - Navigation in Communication sites (Audience targeting?)
I would like to know if the "audience" is available in the navigation menu for the communication sites in SharePoint 2019. I have been using office 365 and I cannot find the way to hide some parts of ...
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Different Site Collection Templates
my company wants to make a site where they can share some documents with their clients from different countries. Each country should have their own home page with different pictures (should we use ...
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Branding for SharePoint Online communication sites/Modern experience
We would like to implement customized branding for the top navigation in the communication template based SPO site.
Can you pls share your thoughts and direction on how to implement.
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Communication sites, Asset Library not available?
Is it correct that in Modern Communication sites, the app Asset library is not there even if you turn on the Team Collaboration Lists feature?
I understand Microsoft wants to force you to use Stream ...
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not able to see Content editor web part in communication site
I do have a web part page in my communication site. I did activated the publishing feature of both site collection and site feature. But, I am not able to see content editor web part. Users want to ...
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Enabling left navigation for communication SharePoint site
I created a communication site using blank template. How do i enable left navigation(quick launch)? top menu is fine.
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Sharepoint Modern (communication) page: how to add multiple libraries
I would like to add 2 different libraries to one modern (communication) page.
Is that possible?
In the classic pages you can create your own web parts and add them to pages. So in that case I can ...
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How to make a modern communication site with a main language that is different from the tenant language
We are trying to recreate a custom multilingual experience for a company and we have explored many different ideas.
Please note that the main issue is the site language, not its content (as we can ...
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How do I set up a group blog (i.e. multiple authors) in SharePoint Online?
I'm familiar with individual blogs in SharePoint Online. But I'd like to create a group blog. It would have multiple authors contributing to one blog. I'd prefer an OOTB solution and I'm open to ...
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Can not Activate SharePoint Server Publishing feature in communication site of O365
I just trying to activate SharePoint Server Publishing using Manage site features to be able to use Content editor web part. I found the following Error:
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SharePoint Server Publishing ...
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Is it possible to change the behavior of the search bar on modern communication pages
I created a new Office 365 SharePoint Communication Site. Near the top right corner there is a search bar. Using this search bar redirects me to https://(mysite)/_layouts/15/search.aspx/siteall?q=(...
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Text disappears from Hero webpart on external monitor
When viewing a SharePoint site in Google Chrome, the "title" text of a content block in the Hero webpart gets erased if I drag the Chrome window from the internal laptop display to an external monitor....
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SharePoint Modern Hub Site - unable to Activate SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure
I have a SharePoint Hub site and I have created a sub-site using the Records Center template.
With this being so, I have attempted to Activate "SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure" under Site ...
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SharePoint Online - Modern List View Web Part forms
I have a modern list and I want to surface it on a communication site using the modern list view web part. All is fine until I click one of the items on that list. It redirects me into a full screen ...
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How do I use content editor/script editor web part for SharePoint modern site/communication site
I just want to inject JavaScript in my SharePoint list of communication site. How do i use it
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Change background color of communication site in SharePoint online
How do i change the background color of the communication site that i inserted table in a text web part to be no color(No gray or any other color).
I just tried using Text and table formatting in ...
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SharePoint rights for creating “communication sites”
On the SharePoint pannel admin, we can decide if we autorize users to create sites or not.
The problem with it, its because Its very "all or nothing" we cant freely decide wich group had the right to ...
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How to set managed metadata as global navigation in communication site?
How to set global navigation using managed metadata in communication site SharePoint online and update left navigation using navigation tab.
I am also not able to activate publishing feature in ...
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Convert a SharePoint Online Classic Team site to SharePoint Online Modern Communications Showcase site?
Possible to rename an SPO Team site?
If not, possible to Convert a SharePoint Online Classic Team site to a SharePoint Online Modern Communications Showcase site?
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Why does the new Communication and Team sites Modern UI doesn't show up in SP admin
Why is it that when I create a communication site or team site in Modern UI they are not listed in the SharePoint admin as site collection?
Thanks in advance
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is it possible to add a tasks timeline to a sharepoint communications site
I am trying to add a tasks timeline to a sharepoint communications site, but I can't see how.
is this possible and if so how would I do it?
thanks
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How to checkout any item/file through other users account or system account
I need a solution that every contributor can check out a file. the file needs to be checked out using system account and only Admins can revert this operation and make the file editable again for all.
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Create Modern Sites in SharePoint Online using CSOM
Can we create Modern Team site and Communication sites using CSOM in SharePoint Online ?
I tried to create the modern site for GROUP#0 and SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0 with the below code sample and ...
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Create new page layout on communication “modern” site?
I am trying to figure out a way to apply a new layout to the communication site on SharePoint Online. I do not want to go the route of creating a publishing site.
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Duplicate a Communication Site in Sharepoint Online
Is it just me or is this not possible?
I have tried making my communication site into a template (not possible) and making a copy to a subsite (not possible).
Do you have any suggestions? - ...
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How to apply custom fonts to Communication Sites?
How can we apply custom fonts to Communications Sites (and other of the new emerging site types)?
According to this overview we would have to apply a composed look. But this composed look is bound to ...
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SharePoint Group Site Collections and other type of Site Collections
When I go to my SharePoint onliine and on top left corner select app-launcher and choose SharePoint, I can see several site collections some of them are associated to SharePoint Groups and some of ...
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Hide parts of page in SharePoint Online
I am creating a communication site in SharePoint which has members in it. The problem is that I don't want the members to know who else is in the group since this is a communication site for external ...
