SharePoint Page Title

I was asked by a customer how to change the title description for a SharePoint page (in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007). Not the title and description that appears within the page, but the title that appears at the top of the browser. See picture below:

The title that you see within the page (in this example it is 'Collaboration Portal') is the title for the site. To change this, you need to configure the site settings. Click on the Site Actions button and select Site Settings Modify All Settings. Within the Site Settings page, under the 'Look and Feel' column, select 'Title, Description and Icon' and you can change the site settings. See picture below:

The title you see at the top of the browser (in this example, it is 'Home' - default setting) is the title for the page. To change this, you need to configure the page settings. Click on the Site Actions button and select Edit Page. With the page in Edit mode, click on Page in the Page Editing Toolbar and choose Page Settings. See picture below:

When you have finished making your changes, click the 'Publish' button in the Page Editing Toolbar. You should now see the new page title at the top of the browser. See picture below: (I have changed 'Home' to 'SharePoint 2007')

p.s. if you are not sure what the Page Editing Toolbar looks like, see picture below: If it is not showing after you have clicked Site Actions Edit Page, click on Site Actions again and select'Display Editing Toolbar'.

Final note: This method works for changing the title for individual pages. If you want to have a standard page title for the entire site (e.g. the name of your intranet appears at the top of the browser on all pages), you either have to change each and every page within the site collection or modify the templates.

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