Microsoft KB Archive/818029

= Error Message: Unable To Edit the Homepage Layout =

Article ID: 818029

Article Last Modified on 11/8/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SharePoint Team Services

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SYMPTOMS
When you click Customize home page layout, on the Site Settings menu of your SharePoint Team Services (STS) Web site, you may receive the following error message:

Error

Unable to edit the homepage layout

The current homepage is not currently structured to use this feature.

If this problem persists, please contact your administrator.

Troubleshoot issues with Microsoft SharePoint.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you rename, move, or delete the default home page (Default.htm) of your Web site.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, follow these steps.

Part 1: In Microsoft FrontPage

 * 1) In FrontPage, click Open Web on the File menu and open your SharePoint Team Services Web site.
 * 2) Right-click your default home page, and then click Set as Home Page.
 * 3) On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.

Part 2: In Microsoft SQL Server
 Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft SQL Server, and then click Enterprise Manager. Expand Microsoft SQL Servers, expand your SQL Server group name, expand the server name, and then expand Databases. In Tables, right-click the DocMD table, and then click Open Table/Return All Rows. Find the root path of the Web site that ends in a slash mark (/) and make a note of the URLID. Scroll to the last line of the table and add the following new entry:  In the URL column, add the path of the Default.htm file. The root web will have a value of /Default.htm and a subweb has a value of /Subweb/Default.htm. In the Path column, add the exact path of the Default.htm file. The root Web will have a path similar to C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\Default.htm, and a subweb has a path similar to C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot\Subweb\Default.htm.</li></ul>

Note Make a note of the URLID that this new entry is assigned to. The new entry will be auto numbered with the next available row number.</li> In the main table list, right-click the Projects table, and then click Open Table/Return All Rows.</li> Match the tp_webref with the URLID of the &quot;/&quot; or the /subweb from the DocMD.

This makes sure that you are working with the correct row.</li> Move to the end of the row and locate the tp_homepage value.

Change this value to match the new value that you noted when you added a new row to the DocMD table for the /Default.htm page (in step 5).</li> Quit SQL Server.</li> Quit FrontPage.</li></ol>

Part 3: In Your Web Browser

 * 1) Open your SharePoint Team Services Web site in your Web browser.
 * 2) Click Site Settings, and then click Customize home page layout.

The lists on your SharePoint Team Services Web site should now be available. You may have to remove all your lists from the center and right-side lists, and then save the changes to your Web site. After you save the changes, add your lists back in the previous locations, and then resave the changes to your Web site.

If the Home link is missing from the toolbar, you must start FrontPage and open your SharePoint Team Services Web site. To add the Home link, double-click the Navbar and add the Home link to the list of available links.

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about SharePoint Team Services, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;spts

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