Working with Templates on SharePoint On-Premises

1. In the browser, navigate the root site > Global Nav List folder and select the + New button to create your global navigation menu.

   

   *Example of the global navigation menu (click the image to see the menu in action)

   
   
   

2. To create the "Home Icon", for title enter Home, for order enter 1, and for parent select (None).

   
   
   
   

3. To create a "Top Level Link", for title enter any text you need, for order enter different number than 1, for parent select (None).

   
   
   
   

4. To create a "Second Level Link", for title enter any text you need, for order enter different number than 1, for parent select one of your top level links.

   
   
   
   

5. To create a "Third Level Link", for title enter any text you need, for order enter different number than 1, for parent select one of your second level links.

   
   

Disabling and Enabling the Global Navigation

To TURN OFF the global navigation:

1. Navigate to:
   
   Your SharePoint Local Disc: Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\STYLES\Themable > "mt-on-prem" folder.

2. Rename the globalnav-ON folder to globalnav-OFF.

To TURN the footer back ON, rename the folder globalnav-OFF back to globalnav-ON.

Important Note*

In order to edit the collapsible footer, you need to be a member of the MasterThemes Assets site collection.
In order to disable the collapsible footer, you need to be an administrator of SharePoint 2019 server.

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Modifying Footer Content

The collapsible footer consists of two files: Footer.aspx and Footer-Notification.aspx. To modify the footer content, you need to edit both files:

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To edit the footer content using SharePoint Designer 2013:

1. Open the MasterThemes Assets site in SharePoint Designer 2013, expand the Site Assets folder.
2. In the Site Assets folder, navigate to MT-Footer > Footer-Edit folder.
3. Open the Footer.aspx and Footer-Notification.aspx files to make edits.

4. Provide changes to each section between <!-- B E G in --> and <!-- E N D -->
   

<!--  B E G in -->
   <div>
      Footer Content
   </div>
<!-- E N D --> 

5. After your changes are complete, save the Footer.aspx and Footer-Notification.aspx files.

Note*
You can use any editor to modify the footer's source code. You can start by opening the Footer.aspx and Footer-Notification.aspx files from the MT-Footer folder located in the extracted YourPackage.zip file, making edits, and uploading them using your browser to the MasterThemes Assets site > Site Assets > MT-Footer > Footer-Edit folder.

Disabling and Enabling the Footer

To TURN OFF the footer:

1. Navigate to:
   
   Your SharePoint Local Disc: Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\STYLES\Themable > "mt-on-prem" folder.

2. Rename the footer-ON folder to footer-OFF.

To TURN the footer back ON, rename the folder footer-OFF back to footer-ON.

After the Modern Page Templates are added to your site (see Installation of Modern Page Templates on SharePoint SharePoint On-Premises 2019), to create a New Page from the selected template:

1. Open the Site Pages library, right-click the template you want to use > select Copy to > select Copy here from the right pane to make a copy of the file.

   

2. Right-click the copied template and rename it as needed.


3. Open the New_Page.aspx by clicking it, and start providing edits.