Site Pages vs Pages Library

Question

Hi
I've noticed that if a Page is created in the Pages Library it cannot be edited in SPD however if a page is created in Site Pages Library it can.
We have used pages library as it offers page layouts but dont like the fact the page cannot be edited in SPD.
We dont require the publishing feature apart from the page layouts aspect, if this can be achieved in site page then this would be a better alternative.
Currently we have added webparts to pages in pages library using ui.
And advice?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you wanted to edit page which is created in the Pages Library in SharePoint Desiger.
When we want to edit the file of the page, we will get the message as below:
It is because that the page we are trying to edit is under the publishing feature. It is a publishing page, and as such, by default, gets it's layout from the layout page and the master page.
The only change we should be doing on such a page is edit it in the browser and add\remove\change web parts in it.
However, there is a way to work around this - detach it from it’s layout page.
We can select the page, on the All Files ribbon, click the Detach from page Layout button and then proceed to edit as normal.
More information:
My SharePoint World: SharePoint + Differrence between pages and site pages
SharePoint Designer 2010: This page cannot be edited in SharePoint Designer
Thanks,
Linda Li                
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