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Thank you Zsigmond.  That was my understanding - and how it was in the past.

The issue is that I can't assign a template to each of the page types the way I could in Liferay 6.  The form for creating a new site no longer has a selection for each of the page types, but a check box to set the template pages to public or private.  So because of that it seems impossible to assign a template to both the public and private pages that way we could in the past.

Hi Scott,

In the latest version, and I believe in the version that you use also, it can be set after creating the site. At the Site Settings > Pages. Have you checked that already?

Regards,

Hi Zsigmond, 

That would be great, but it doesn't seem to exist in my verson (7.3 GA7).  Or at least I couldn't find it and I looked pretty carefully.

- Scott

Hi Scott,

Isn't this section there in your portal?

Regards

Interesting.  No, I don't see that option.

Zsigmond, 

Thanks for all of your help.  It lead be to experimenting since I knew what to look for from your screenshot.This difference is that our sites are created as organization pages.  So even though they work like sites in almost every regard, there must be a difference under the hood the prevents them from being assigned site templates.  

We have so many existing sites made from organization pages that it may be difficult to swap for "normal" sites (not sure how to differentiate these).  However, it does give a potential path forward.

I hope you'll indulge one last question.  While researching this issue I can across a statement that public and private pages "go away" in 7.4.  Can you confirm and/or elaborate?

Thanks again,

Hi Scott,

I believe this answers your question: https://learn.liferay.com/dxp/latest/en/site-building/creating-pages/understanding-pages/understanding-pages.html#enabling-private-pages

Regards