Editing Sharepoint Site Homepage in Sharepoint Developer

Question

I have just edited my publishing site home page in SharePoint Designer. The page originally contains some web parts.

I am a newbie as far as SharePoint branding is concerned. I did the editing in Advance Mode when I realized that I couldn't edit areas outside my Web Part Zones and since I need to do that, I tried it using the advance mode. I edited the page adding some inline CSS styling and even added some additional Web Part Zones. Everything looked good when I previewed so I saved and thought all was okay. But to my surprise, Only my account (System Account) can see the changes I made. Every other user on the domain are still see the original page without any of my recent changes.

I have done the Check-In and Publish circle over and over again but no luck.

Does any one have any idea as to what I might have done wrong here and what I can do to fix the issue.

Answer 1

Follow below steps for publishing:

1. Select “Publish a major version,”. When prompted to approve the master page, click Yes. This automatically invokes a SharePoint master page approval page, where you will find your new master page listed at the top of the page.

2. Click the drop-down menu beside the master page. Select Approve and select the Approved radio button. Click OK. Your master page is now saved and approved in SharePoint.

3. Navigate to your top-level site collection, and click Site Actions -> Site Settings

4. Under Look and Feel, select the Master Pages link. For both the Site and System Master Page settings, select your new master page from the drop-down menu.

Once you click OK, your changes should be available to all users