This post describes an observation of how the copy of this page option will be missing for certain pages in SharePoint Online and how to get around it.
Modern pages are great in SharePoint Online…they look good, are easy to author and can be shared really easily once published. However, there are some quirks to the user experience when creating and copying pages, in particular the copy of this page option.
The issue
In the old days of SharePoint 2010, you could only copy or move pages through site content and structure – unless you used PowerShell. Well nowadays it’s as simple as a couple of clicks from the ribbon:
- Press + New
- Select copy of this page
Or at least that’s what I thought! The problem occurs with the default homepages within modern SharePoint sites. When you go to try to make a copy of the homepage you will find the option is not available.
Workaround
The way I’ve managed to get around this issue is to make a copy of the homepage in the Site Pages library, then rename it to something more meaningful. To do this:
- Open the Site Pages library
- Select the Home.aspx page
- Press Copy to
- Leave the copy to location as the Site Pages library > press copy here
- Press the three dots next to the copied page > rename
- Give your page a new name > press rename
That’s it, you can now work on a copy of the page in the same way you would using the copy of this page option.
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