Use the SharePoint Brand Central template

After you add the Human Resources communication site template, it’s time to customize it and make it your own. Customize your site’s look, site navigation, web parts, and content to fit the needs of your organization and employees.

Here’s an overview of ways you can customize the Home page.

1. Inform and engage your employees: Use the Text and Image web parts to provide information on benefits, organization policies, and other useful information.

2. Provide links as a button: Use the Button web part to help imporant links stand out on your site and fit within your page’s design.

3. Provide quick access to resources: Use the Quick Links web part to make it easy for employees to access the resources they need.

4. Showcase important information: Use the Hero web part to highlight important information for your employees.

To get started, select Edit in the upper-right corner of the page to enable edit mode. As you work, select Save as a draft or select Republish to make your changes visible to viewers.

1. Use the Text and Image web parts to provide engaging content.

• Begin by selecting the Text web part and select Edit web part .

• Edit your text directly in the web part.

• Select the Image web part and select Edit web part .

• Select Change and select an image source.

• Once you’ve chosen your image, select Insert.

Learn more about editing the Text and Image web parts.

2. Use the Button web part to help important links stand out on your site

1. Select the Button web part and choose Edit web part .

2. Make changes to the button label, link, and alignment.

Learn more about using the Button web part.

3. Use the Quick links web part to provide easy access to resources.

1. Navigate to the Quick Links web part, select the link, and then select Edit web part .

2. Edit the link, title, icon, and description if needed.

3. To add a link, select + Add links.

See different layouts and learn more about editing the Quick Links web part.

4. Use the Hero web part to highlight important policies, updates, and other useful resources.

1. Begin by selecting the Hero web part and select Edit web part .

2. Then, select the Layer and Tile options that best suit the organization’s needs.

See different layouts and learn more about editing the Hero web part.

Customize the other pages of the site

• Home: Make a robust landing page for visitors. Customize this page by editing the Text, Image, Quick Links, and Hero web parts. News, and Twitter web parts Call to action, .

• Brand strategy: Provide information on brand principles, examples, best practices, and objectives. Customize this page by editing the Text, Quick Links, Hero, and Call to action web parts.

• Marketing expression: Provide access to brand information, files, upcoming marketing events, and contacts. Customize this page by editing the Text, Quick Links, Hero, Image, Events, Document library, and People web parts.

• Help center: Provide employees with information on brand related questions in the form of helpful links, answers to frequently asked questions, and a request for a brand review. Customize this page by editing the Image, Text, Call to action, and Quick Links web parts.

Customize the look and site navigation

Before you share your site with others, put the finishing touches on your site by ensuring users can find the site, navigate through links and pages easily, and quickly access content on the site.

• Edit document libraries by updating the folder names and uploading resources.

• Edit and customize site navigation.

• Change the look of your site by customizing the theme, logo, header layouts, and the look of your site.

• Add or remove pages on this site or the customize the navigation on your SharePoint site to accommodate existing content.

• select to associate this site with a hub site within your organization, or add this site to an existing hub site navigation if needed.