Sharepoint 2007 : Open the Site’s Settings Page & Change the Name, Description, Icon, or URL of a Site

Open the Site’s Settings Page

The following section explains how to get to the site setting page. For more information about changing specific settings.

To change settings, access the site’s settings page by opening the Site Actions menu and choosing Site Settings, as shown in Figure 1. In publishing sites, this option is under the Modify All Site Settings submenu of the Site Settings menu.

Figure 1. Opening the site’s setting page.

Different types of sites have more settings than others (see Figures 2 and 3). A root-level site has more settings than a subsite, and publishing sites have additional settings. The settings available on the page will change based on the permissions you have on the site. For example, in a root-level site, the link to the settings for the site collection (see Figure 2) will be displayed only if you have site collection administrator privileges.

Figure 2. The Site Settings page for a subsite that is not a publishing site.

Figure 3. The Site Settings page for a root site that is a publishing site.

Change the Name, Description, Icon, or URL of a Site

Scenario/Problem: Every site has a name or title that is usually displayed in all the pages, usually above the top navigation bar and in the breadcrumbs navigation. The description of a site sometimes appears under the top navigation or in some of the pages, while the icon usually appears next to the title (see Figure 4). Figure 4. The title, icon, and description. You might want to change the title, description, or icon for a site.

Solution: To change those settings, open the site’s settings page, as explained earlier. In the site’s settings page, click the Title, Description, and Icon link under the Look and Feel section of the page.

The Title, Description, and Icon settings page opens, as shown in Figure 5, allowing you to change the settings.

Figure 5. The Title, Description, and Icon link settings page.