IIS doesn't find Style Library -> SiteName -> style.css

Question

I am trying to brand a SP site. It is on a virtual machine on another box.

I setup my custom master file in SPD on a local (non-server) machine. The custom master file points to the custom CSS file like this:

<SharePoint:CssRegistration name="Style Library/SiteName/style.css" After="corev4.css" runat="server"/>

Now I go into All Files and point at the Style Library. I create a SiteName folder. In the folder I create style.css. I check out and then publish the .css file (do I need to do that?)

When I try to run the SP site from the server, I get the typical "file not found" message:

Cannot make a cache safe URL for "1033/styles/Style Library/SiteName/style.css", file not found. Please verify that the file exists under the layouts directory.

When I log on to the server and look in IIS Management, I can't find Style Library anywhere. What's going on?

Answer 1

Unlike traditional ASP.NET web sites, SharePoint stores much of its information in Database and retrieves them from database so there won't be able to map SharePoint Urls to IIS site structure. For more information. To understand how SharePoint modifies the ASP.NET Pipeline to achieve this, check Microsoft SharePoint Foundation as an ASP.NET Application

If you are using Publishing Sites (SharePoint Server), try giving path like

<SharePointWebControls:CssRegistration name="<% $SPUrl:~sitecollection/Style Library/SiteName/style.css %>" runat="server"/>