Set default page layout for web
$webUrl = "https://server/sitecollection/subsite"
write-host ""
write-host "=========================== starting 10.SetDefaultPageLayout.ps1 =============================="
Start-SPAssignment -Global
$web = Get-SPWeb $webUrl
$pweb = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingWeb]::GetPublishingWeb($web)
$defaultPageLayoutFileName="LukasBlogPageLayout.aspx"
$defaultLayout = $pweb.GetAvailablePageLayouts()|Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $defaultPageLayoutFileName} -ea 0
if($defaultLayout -eq $null)
{
Write-Error $defaultPageLayoutFileName " was not found on " $webUrl
}
else
{
$pweb.SetDefaultPageLayout($defaultLayout, $true)
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "'"$defaultLayout.Name"' was set as default for " $webUrl
$pweb.Update()
}
Stop-SPAssignment -Global