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Modifying a Page Layout 447
CLEAN UP Leave the browser open if you are continuing to the next exercise. Close
all SharePoint Designer windows.
Modifying a Page Layout
As with any other component you use to develop your solution, you need to modify
page layouts by adding, removing, and configuring field controls, Web Part zones, and
Web Parts. Field controls, like Web Parts, can have a number of properties. Field controls
that are created from some of the basic column types might not have any properties.
Others, like the Full HTML Content With Formatting And Constraint For Publishing
column type, has nearly 50 properties, as well as its own cascading style sheet. Because
a field control is an ASP.NET control, its properties can be configured by using the Tag
Properties task pane. A developer can also create additional field controls.
Tip You cannot delete a page layout if you have created publishing pages based on that page
layout.
In this exercise, you add and delete field controls for a page layout and configure the
properties of a field control.
SET UP In the browser, open the site you used in the previous exercise if it is not
already open.
1. Click Site Actions, and then click Site Settings.