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In this article, you will learn how to create a custom Page Layout in SharePoint 2013, using SharePoint Designer. Page layouts are page templates that define how a page should look, what page fields and content fields are present, and which elements should be present on the page.
Browse to your publishing site. In the upper-right corner of the page, choose the gear icon, and then choose Design Manager. In Design Manager, in the left navigation pane, choose Edit Page Layouts. Choose Create a page layout. In the Create a Page Layout dialog box, enter a name for your page layout. Select a master page.
How to create a page based on a new layout?
To create a page based on our new layout, go to New Page. If you then go to Page –> Page Layouts you will find our new Page Layout in the list of available Page Layouts. When you switch the page layout, you should now see all the fields that we created earlier in our content type.
How to publish a page in SharePoint 2013?
SharePoint 2013 then generates the ASPX file automatically. To publish your layout, click on the HTML file and then Publish: This will publish both the HTML and ASPX files, now making them available to create a page based on your layout.
Open SharePoint Designer. Open newly created SharePoint site in SharePoint Designer. Create new Content Type by clicking on “Content Type” from left navigation. Click “New Content Type” from top Content Type tab. Give name, description, parent content type, and content type group value. Custom content type got created.
Make sure that “SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure” is active on the site. Save the newly created page layout and publish it. Open the SharePoint site. Go to Site Action -> Site Content -> Page Library. Go to library settings -> Add from existing content type.