Master Page

Question

hi,

What is the master page for Sharepoint sites Home.aspx,

AND

What is the master page for Sharepoint sites default.aspx,

 

Answer 1

Hi Maswood Khan,

 

Both pages are by default use v4.master in SharePoint 2010

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Answer 2

By default, Home.aspx and default.aspx has the same master page (Default Master Page).

 We can set two types of master pages in SharePoint Site.

1) Default Master Page and 2) Custom Master Page.

BY OOB master pages are located under http://sitename/_catlogs/masterpage/

SharePoint 2010 has the v4.master as the Default Master. In SharePoint 2007, the default master page was default.master.

We can find the master page for the site using SharePoint Designer.

Open the file and search for following lines 

<%@ Page language="C#" MasterPageFile="~masterurl/default.master"  // Default Master Page

<%@ Page language="C#" MasterPageFile="~masterurl/custom.master"  //Custom Master Page

SharePoint Designer helps us to set the master page for the site by following the steps.

• Go to master page folder
• Right click the file and use "Set as Default Master Page" to set the default master page for the site.
• Right click the file and use "Set as Custom Master Page" to set the custom master page for the site.

By Programatically, we can get or set masterpage for the site using following snippet,

• SPWeb.MasterUrl
• SPWeb.CustomMasterUrl

 

 

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Answer 3

Hi All,

 

Master pages are a feature of ASP.NET 2.0; they work the same way in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 as they do in ASP.NET 2.0. Using master pages, you can create a single page template and then use that template as the basis for multiple pages, instead of having to build each new page from scratch.Microsoft has made available a package of four sample master page sets that were built using new CSS and Master Page editing tools within Office SharePoint Designer 2007.

These sample master pages:

 ·         Enable you to apply a pre-designed style and layout to SharePoint sites

 ·         Work with the forty new Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

·         Provide a starting point for deeper SharePoint site look and feel customizations

·         Are available for download at no additional cost.

Thanks,