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Is there a way to get the root parent site, no matter how many levels deep you are in sub-sites? For example, in this structure:

- MySiteCollection
  - MyRootSite
    - MySubSite
      - MySubSiteOfSubsite
        -AnotherSubSite

So in the above example, I need to get the title property of the MyRootSite web site (not the MySiteCollection title) no matter which sub-site I'm in. I'm thinking server-side code needs to traverse the parent(s) and get the web site one before IsRootWeb becomes true. Is this correct?

Thanks.

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SPSite.RootWeb is the object you're after, in server side code ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.spsite.rootweb.aspx).

SP.Site.get_rootWeb() in client object model code ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee552834.aspx).

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Thanks, James. I'm using this code but it's getting the site collection root, not MyRootSite from above example: using (SPWeb oWebsiteRoot = SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb) { Response.Write("root: " + oWebsiteRoot.Title); }. What am I doing wrong? – Alex C Oct 27 '11 at 6:21
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I think you're confusing the definition of Site Collection and Web sites. Site Collections strictly don't contain content, only Web Sites. A Site collection has only one Root Web Site, at the top level, which is found by SPSite.RootWeb, and it's impossible for a user to navigate any higher in a particular site collection. – James Love Oct 27 '11 at 8:23
Thanks, James. That makes sense. This provided a recursive method to find the parent that I'm looking for: lawo.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/… I fetch the title inside the if (before the using). – Alex C Oct 27 '11 at 8:40

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