Change Content Type then Change Page Layout of an Existing Page
One of our content managers has added about 10 new web pages but has used the wrong page layout. The site that these pages are in has 3 options of page layout that can be used. They are: (WDC Article) One Column-Std (WDC Article) Two Column-Std (WDC News) Public Notices and News As you can see, there are 2 content types within the site. The content manager has used the "(WDC Article) One Column-Std" page layout instead of the "(WDC News) Public Notices and News" page layout. I have tried to edit the page layout via the 'Page Settings and Schedule' area but I only get the "(WDC Article) One Column-Std" and "(WDC Article) Two Column-Std" page layout options - there is no option to select "(WDC News) Public Notices and News". I have tried to change the page content type from WDC Article to WDC News so I will have the "(WDC News) Public Notices and News" page layout option but it keeps reverting back to WDC Article or I get an error. Any ideas of how I can change all pages that use "(WDC Article) One Column-Std" page layout to "(WDC News) Public Notices and News" page layout (the correct layout)? Thanks :)
November 18th, 2010 7:54pm

Though there are ways do achieve this, none of them are worth the time investment just for 10 pages. It would be easiest to simply grab the page markup code from each page, delete the page, recreate it with the proper content type and then past back the markup code. Sometimes brute force is the simplest way. :-) I trust that answers your question... Thanks C http://www.cjvandyk.com/blog
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November 23rd, 2010 8:13am

Thanks Cornelius. I had been thinking that re-creation would be the simplest way and the content manager who made the mistake in the first place, will be tasked to recreate them. It will certainly enforce that they must follow instructions!!! :)
November 28th, 2010 3:32pm

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