Guided walkthrough: Creating an organization site
In this article, we show you elements of an example SharePoint enterprise landing site to inspire you and help you learn how to create similar sites for your own organization. In this example, the site emphasizes news, resources, and personalized content. You'll see which web parts on used in different sections, along with links for more information on each web part.
First, if you haven't already created a Communication site, check out the Create your site section in this article.
Once you have your created your site and know how to edit pages, you can use the steps below to add the elements shown.
Example SharePoint enterprise landing site
| Web part | Description |
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1 Navigation Quickly guide visitors to the information they're looking for with site navigation. Learn how 2 News and events Keep everyone up to date on the latest happenings. Learn how 3 Quick links Format the Quick links web part with icons, images, and descriptions. Learn how 4 Important information Display important documents and files. Learn how 5 Personalization Use web parts designed to dynamically provide personalized information for the user. Learn how |
Create your site
To make a site like the one shown here, you'll create a Communication site. To do this, select Create site from the SharePoint start page (or, if you're going to associate this site with a Hub site, navigate to the hub site and select Create site there so that the communication site is automatically associated with that hub site).
Next, choose Communication site, and then the Topic layout. Fill out your site name, description, and other information, and select Finish. Then you'll get a template with the same type of layout as the example in this article.
For more information, see Create a communication site in SharePoint online.
Manage sections and web parts
Sections make up your page, and are where you place one or more web parts. While editing the page, each section will show controls to edit the layout, move, or delete the sections.
If your page isn't already in edit mode, select Edit on the top right of the page.
The + symbol before or after a section will add a section using one of several layouts.
For more information on working with sections, see Add or remove sections and columns on a page.
To add a web part to a section, select the plus symbol 
, which may appear before or after a web part in a section. For more information on all web parts, see Using web parts on SharePoint pages.
Web parts may be edited, moved, or deleted within sections. The Edit web part icon opens detailed controls unique to each web part type.
Navigation
You can quickly and easily customize the organization and navigation of your SharePoint site.
Select Edit on the top menu to add and arrange links.
Learn more about customizing the navigation on your SharePoint site.
Keep everyone up to date
The Enterprise Landing page uses two different News web parts. One uses the Carousel layout, and the other uses the Top story layout. In the example at the beginning of the article, these layouts are both in the first column of two-column sections on the page. The second column contains an Events web part that you can use to display upcoming events and activities. The second example photo below includes the Countdown timer web part to generate excitement for things like an upcoming event, activity, or launch.
Quick links
You can use buttons, icons, and descriptions to turn simple links into engaging guidance to help visitors find the sites they need.
In the example below, the Quick links web part is in a separate, one-column section.
In this Enterprise landing site example at the beginning of the article, this web part uses the List layout with icons and descriptions added. To get this look, choose Show descriptions when you choose the List layout for the Quick Links web part. Then, use the Edit pencil under each individual link where you can add your own description. Then, use the Edit pencil icon under each individual link to add your own description.
Documents and files
Display a file on the page with the File viewer web part. You can display Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, and 3D model files, and many more types. In the example, two File viewer web parts are shown in two columns. One displays a Word document, and one displays a PowerPoint presentation.
Personalized web parts
Recent sites (left column), Highlighted content (middle column), and News (right column) web parts are in a separate, three-column section. Each can filter content based on the current viewer of the site. These kinds of web parts used in this way can help draw viewers back to the page to see their latest visited sites, content, and news.
For more information on using these web parts, see Use the Sites web part, Use the Highlighted content web part, and Use the News web part on a SharePoint page.
Want more?
Get inspired with more examples in the SharePoint Look Book.
See other guided walkthroughs for creating sites for your organization.