Use a variation label in a page layout

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Topic Last Modified: 2008-07-19

Before you perform this procedure, confirm that:

Important

At the minimum, you must be a member of the Site Administrators SharePoint group to complete this procedure.

Use a variation label in a page layout

Use this procedure to use a variation label in a page layout. This allows you to map a page layout to a variation label by specifying a preferred layout.

To use a variation label in a page layout

  1. Starting at the top-level site of a site collection, on the Site Actions menu, point to Site Settings, and then click Modify All Site Settings.

    Note

    If you do not see additional items when you point to Site Settings, click Site Settings.

  2. On the Site Settings page, under Galleries, click Master pages and page layouts.

  3. Point to the page layout you want to map to the variation label, click the drop-down menu, and then click Check Out.

  4. Point to the page layout again, click the drop-down menu, and then click Edit Properties.

  5. In the Variations section, under Available Labels, select a label from the list.

  6. Click Add to move the label to the Labels for Layout box.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Check in the file.

    Note

    Changes to page layouts are subject to the versioning and approval process in effect in the Master Page and Page Layout Gallery.