Creating a publishing web part page

SharePoint provides many page layouts that serve as templates when creating content pages. In this recipe, we will use the Blank Web Part page template to create a new content page.

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Follow these steps to create a publishing web part page:

  1. Navigate to the site in your preferred web browser.
  2. Select Site contents from the Settings menu.
  3. Select the Pages library.
  4. Select New Document from the FILES tab in the ribbon as shown in the following screenshot:
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  5. Provide a title, description, and URL for the new page in the Title, Description, and URL fields.
  6. Select the (Welcome Page) Blank Web Part page template as ...

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