Introduction to Share. Point master pages. Share. Point master pages provide the interface and overall layout of the pages on a Share. Point site. The common elements of a page its header, navigation links, Site Actions menu, and so forth they are placed in the same areas regardless of the page youre viewing. This helps users immediately recognize where they are and helps them easily navigate the site. This continuity of look and feel is accomplished using master pages. Content that changes from one page to another such as when you go from the home page to a task list resides in a content page. When you view a Share. Point page in a web browser, the content page and the master page are merged together to render as a single page. A master page serves as a container for all of the parts of a content page, and it also contains the necessary code to render the Share. Point interface. You change the user interface or the brand of a Share. Point site by customizing the master page. You can customize the out of the box master page or create a new master page from scratch. This article provides an overview of master pages and how to manage, customize, and deploy them in your organization. In this article. What is a master page Master page content placeholders. Benefits of using master pages. Available master pages in Share. Point 2. 01. 0Whats new with master pages in Share. StephenWalther_com/blog/WindowsLiveWriter/ASP.NETMVCSampleApplicationatwww.netMVC_A6B8/ScreenShot.jpg' alt='Asp.Net Master Page Templates Examples' title='Asp.Net Master Page Templates Examples' />Building websites by hand with all htmlcss pages was fine a couple years ago, but these days there are a ton of awesome Content Management System options out there. Home of the Microsoft ASP. NET development community. Download Visual Studio, post to the forums, read ASP. NET blogs and learn about ASP. NET. Interested in learning more about ASP. NET Articles from Around the Web Use MvcContrib Grid to Display a Grid of Data in ASP. NET MVC March 16th. Point 2. 01. 0Restricting access to Share. Point master pages. Customizing master pages. Deploying a customized master page. What is a master pageMaster pages define the common layout and interface for Share. Point pages. The master page displays the persistent elements that you expect to see when you navigate from page to page on a site. These elements can include a company logo, title, navigation menu, search box, and the colors or graphics associated with the business or organization. On a Share. Point site, you might also expect to see a persistent sign in link, the Site Actions menu, and the Ribbon commands. These elements are all stored in a master page. The individual pages on a Share. Point site the home page, a wiki page, a list view are all handled as content pages on the site. When these pages are viewed in a browser, they are combined with the master page to produce a single, continuous web page. The master page displays the persistent elements and layout, while the content pages display the unique, page specific content. Master pages and content pages. In the following illustration, you see the general areas of a page controlled by the master page and those areas controlled by the content page. On a typical Share. Point Team site based on one of the site templates included with Share. Point, you see that the top and left regions come from the master page, while the middle and right regions come from the content page, in this case, the home page. Note  These illustrations provide highly simplified examples of the master page content page relationship. In actuality, there are several regions of a content page, like the title and description regions, that are located in the same areas as the master page content. While the master and content pages are separate, they are merged together at runtime to display as a single web page in the web browser. Both pages are ASP. NET pages, but master pages have a. ASP code and content regions to render both pages on a Share. Point site. To actually see the master page or content page separate from one another, you would need to open them in a supported page editor like Share. Point Designer 2. Top of Page. Master page content placeholders. Master pages and content pages work together using a set of replaceable regions, or content placeholder controls. Each content placeholder which appears as Content. Place. Holder in the page code represents content that can be overridden on the master page. Any page on the site can replace whatever is contained within the content placeholder by supplying a matching content control. Mototrbo Cps. That content control can even be empty, which would remove the element entirely from the rendered page. In the v. 4. master page in Share. Point 2. 01. 0, there are approximately 3. Share. Point site. You can see these controls when you open the master page directly. In Share. Point Designer 2. Manage Content Regions feature to locate each content placeholder control on the page. You can view the control in both code view and the WYSIWYG editor. In the below example, you see the Place. Holder. Site. Name control that is used to display the name of the site. Another content placeholder that is particularly important is Place. Holder. Main because this is what gets replaced by each content page when that page is viewed in a web browser. You can change the layout of content on a Share. Point site by changing the location of the content placeholder controls. You may, for example, choose to add more content to the right side of the page. You could do this by adding it to the right side of the master page. Important  When you customize master pages, avoid deleting content placeholders. Doing so might break some pages and even sites associated with the master page. Its a good practice to simply hide instead of delete these controls. Top of Page. Benefits of using master pages. If youve ever customized a large enterprise site, you know that creating and deploying a professional, functional, and consistent design can be a challenge. You need a way to create a look and feel that reinforces the brand of your organization and at the same time, make it easy to navigate and use by site visitors, including customers, partners, and employees. Getting the design right is the first part of the challenge. Implementing and maintaining the design across an entire organization can be an even bigger challenge for a number of reasons. You need to maintain the brand for different types of sites and pages. At the same time, you need to allow for a full range of interactivity and functionality on the site. And you need to be able to enforce the brand even on newly created sites and pages. Share. Point sites in particular can be challenging because of the range of sites, dynamic content, rich application like functionality, and of course, the ease with which users can add new sites, pages, lists, and even integration with other sites. To help you manage this, you use a Share. Point master page to store the structure, common elements, and design of the site. After you implement the design here, every content page associated with the master page instantly displays the new look and feel. This includes site pages, wiki pages, and administrative pages. Note  There are some pages associated with different master pages, including pages on a Search Center and pages on a publishing enabled site. For these pages, you might implement the same brand or come up with a variation of your brand. When all the content pages display the design from the master page, your sites are easier to use and navigate for end users. Your organization can continue to grow and expand its sites and pages without confusing users and sending them to the wrong location. Note  If you do need multiple master pages in your organization, you can use them by enabling master page editing for certain users at the web application or site collection level and then allowing multiple sets of master pages in your organization. Top of Page. Available master pages in Share. Point 2. 01. 0Share.