Changing SharePoint Site Collection Title

Question

I need to change the title of a site collection in SharePoint (MOSS 2007). I found one post saying it can be done in SharePoint Designer, but I wasn't seeing the specified menus, and haven't been able to find it anywhere else. I'm assuming I can do it programmatically if necessary, but I'd like to think they made it easier than that (silly me).

UPDATE: I actually didn't follow your advice entirely. I simply changed the XML file you located the heading in, and that worked perfectly. Thanks!

Answer 1

When you said changing the "title of a site collection", do you mean the title of the site collection's top-level-site?

If so, non-programmatically, at the the top level site, go: Site Settings > Title, Description, and Icon.

And programmatically, you can new up the SPWeb of the top level site, then set the Title property.

Answer 2

No, I mean the entire collection. The collection name is displayed on each page. By default it says 'Home - ' on each page before the site name. I want to change the 'Home' portion.

Answer 3

OK, I think I know what you mean now. You want to change the title for the html page and not the title of a site. I did a little digging and here's what I found.

The text "Home" comes from this xml file (on my rig):

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\App_GlobalResources\wss.en-US.resx

<data name="multipages_homelink_text">
    <value>Home</value>
</data>

By default, Sharepoint creates the title text by concatenating "Home - " + site's title. So if you want to have totally custom text, do the following:

Open this file for edit:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\SiteTemplates\sts\default.aspx

Next, replace the sharepoint title with your custom text:

Before:

<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderPageTitle" runat="server">
    <SharePoint:EncodedLiteral runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,multipages_homelink_text%>" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode"/> - <SharePoint:ProjectProperty Property="Title" runat="server"/>
</asp:Content>

After:

<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderPageTitle" runat="server">
    Your custom text goes here...
</asp:Content>

Hope this is what you're looking for!!!

Answer 4

In your case, I think the best way is to do it through code. I think barneytron's answer can solve your problem!

Answer 5

@ barneytron Perfect. thats exactly right. thanks