Creating a catalog document library

The cross-site publishing features work ideally with list content. However, it is possible to create catalog libraries. In this recipe, we will add a new pages library to our product catalog site created in the Creating a product catalog authoring site collection recipe. In addition, we will publish the pages library as a catalog library.

The product catalog site template does not provide the pages library template in the list of items that can be added to the site. As such, we will create a document library and turn it into a pages library.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to create a catalog library:

  1. Navigate to the product catalog site in your preferred web browser.
  2. Select Site contents from the Settings menu. ...

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