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Alternatively, you can import a design package from another SharePoint site collection through Design Manager on the Welcome page, or by choosing Import design package in Site Settings. For more information about Design Manager and the publishing process, see Overview of Design Manager in SharePoint.
In SharePoint you cannot uninstall an imported design package, and you should never attempt to deactivate a design package through the solution gallery. If you do, page layout content types are removed and users may not be able to create subsites.
Why do I need a design manager for SharePoint?
Overview of Design Packages In SharePoint, Design Manager can help web developers and designers build and export the visual design of a SharePoint site collection as a package. This package can easily be distributed to customers, or other designated groups, for installation on their site collections.
How to implement a visual design using design manager?
Implement the design by using Design Manager. Sections of this article provide an introduction to Design Manager and the process of using Design Manager to implement a visual design. When you look at Design Manager, you see a series of links on the left side that represent the high-level tasks that you have to perform.
New Design —A company with limited web design capabilities might contract a vendor agency to refresh their current SharePoint site with a more modern interpretation. The agency can create the site and easily package the contents for importing back into the company SharePoint farm.
To recover from this state, you should perform the following steps where site A= the original site collection, site B = the site collection with the deactivated design package (bad state), and site C = a new, blank site collection that you have created: