In this
Mainly, it creates a site collection that is very mobile-friendly and capable to display information in a dynamic way.
Most of the new features are easily configured without any custom coding.
SharePoint Communication Sites provide an
Here we will discuss how to create a communication site in SharePoint Online.
Step 1: Open SharePoint online Admin center and go to the site and select a communication site.
Step 2: When you select communication site, It will ask to enter a site name and other details as per the below image. Once done please click on Finish button to proceed.
Step 3: Once you click on Finish, Your new site will be created and It will be ready to use. It will appear like the below screenshot.
Below are a few features of SharePoint Online communication sites.
News Web part: This is one of the good features in SharePoint where every organization mostly used in their intranet application.
Events: This is the existing feature in SharePoint but it has a mobile-friendly and good User interface as compared to the classic site. Here users can able to add the events and there are many new features that are provided by Microsoft.
People Profile: In this section, users can easily add the SharePoint user to quickly redirect to the profile page.
Youtube: Here we can easily embed the Youtube video in our application.
Chart: Here we can easily add the chart without any custom coding. We can provide the manual value or we can also be connected to the SharePoint list to bind the data which will appear on Chart.
Quick Link: We can manage our important link in this web part.
Image Gallery: This is also an important feature where we can keep our image file and we can manage it in a different style.
Page Templates: You can create a page template at any time in the communication site. Microsoft has already provided three built-in page templates to design your modern page in SharePoint.
Code Snippet: This is also a good feature provided by Microsoft called Code snippet where we can keep our code safe and it will helpful for while creating a blog site.
Hero Webpart: This is also an important feature in communication site. This will provide you full-width tile webpart that comes with multiple layouts. It has excellent mobile compatibility.
Showcase design for communication site
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I hope you found this information valuable in helping you getting started with using Communication Sites in SharePoint Online.
Rajkiran is currently working as a SharePoint Consultant in India . Rajkiran having 7+ years of experience in Microsoft Technologies such as SharePoint 2019/2016/2013/2010, MOSS 2007,WSS 3.0, Migration, Asp.Net, C#.Net, Sql Server, Ajax, jQuery etc.He is C#Corner MVP (2 Times).