PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Configure SharePoint Designer Settings

Scenario/Problem: You need to modify the overall SharePoint Designer settings for a particular web application on the SharePoint farm.

Solution: Use the Set-SPDesignerSettings cmdlet.

The Set-SPDesignerSettings cmdlet enables you to modify the SharePoint Designer settings for a specific web application. Each setting, listed here, is a Boolean parameter:

• AllowDesigner

• AllowMasterPageEditing

• AllowRevertFromTemplate

• ShowURLStructure

Listing 4.17 shows a sample modification command line.

Listing 4.17. Modifying the SharePoint Designer Settings

Set-SPDesignerSettings -WebApplication "SharePoint - 80"-AllowDesigner:$true -AllowMasterPageEditing:$false-AllowRevertFromTemplate:$false -ShowURLStructure:$true ...