You have a SharePoint Server 2013 server farm that contains one Web application. You
discover that several site owners use Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 to customize the
master pages of their sites. You need to prevent site owners from modifying their master
pages by using SharePoint Designer. What should youdo?
A.
Modify the master page gallery of each site.
B.
Modify the master page settings of each site.
C.
From Central Administration, modify the SharePoint Designer settings.
D.
From Central Administration, modify the content deployment settings.
Explanation:
Here are the big 3:
Detaching pages from their site definition When you do this, intentionally or not, the
page overrides the site definition and therefore wont be recognized the next time the site
definition is updated. This means youll be talkingto your SharePoint administrator the next
time the server is upgraded.
Customize master pages and page layouts While this may improve the look and feel of
your site, theres a risk that youll remove the corporate brand that was intended for all sites
in your organization. Even worse, you could potentially break your site and other sites if you
change or delete a required content region.
Editing files directly in the site URL structure This might be a quick and easy way to
modify any file on your site, but in doing so, you could mistakenly delete a support file or
template file required by SharePoint.
So on one hand, SharePoint Designer 2013 gives you a lot of power and flexibility in how
you change the appearance or functionality of a SharePoint site. But on the other, if its
used incorrectly, it can create issues for you, your site, and of course, your administrator.
The SharePoint Designer Settings page
In SharePoint 2013, you and your administrator willbe happy to learn about the SharePoint
Designer Settings page, which looks like this.
The SharePoint Designer Settings page helps you manage how SharePoint Designer 2013
is used in your organization by giving you control of these settings:
Enable SharePoint Designer: Enables or disables SharePoint Designer for an entire
application or site collection. When checked, SharePoint Designer can open and edit
SharePoint sites. When unchecked, it cannot be usedto open or edit sites.
Enable Detaching Pages from the Site Definition: Enables or disables the ability to
detach pages from the site definition. When checked, SharePoint Designer allows users to
edit pages in Advanced Mode, giving them access to every part of the page and
consequently when they save, the page is detached from its site definition. When
unchecked, SharePoint Designer disables the Advanced Mode, forcing users to edit only
the parts of the page in a Web Part Zone. The page,as a result, is never detached from the
site definition.
Enable Customizing Master Pages and Layout Pages Enables or disables master
pages and page layouts in SharePoint Designer. Whenchecked, SharePoint Designer
displays master pages and page layouts in the Navigation pane. When unchecked, these
pages dont appear in the Navigation pane of SharePoint Designer.
Enable Managing of the Web Site URL Structure Enables or disables the site URL
structure and its contents. When checked, SharePoint Designer displays the All Files
options in the Navigation pane allowing users to view and edit any file on the site. When
unchecked, the All Files option doesnt appear in the Navigation pane
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