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I've received a WSP where the contained pages reference the master page as shown in the title. The pages are deployed to a folder under the Site (ie http://app.contoso.com/PagesFolder/welcome.aspx). It throws a FileNotFound error saying /PagesFolder/site/_catalogs/masterpage/m.master does not exist.

Where is the problem? Is that as expected or is there something I need to configure to make the token work?

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With which property do the page reference the master page? – James Love Jan 4 at 21:09

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Check the MasterPageFile property is being set correctly and you could set any master page from gallery e.g. MasterPageFile="~site/_catalogs/masterpage/v4.master".

example usage in a Page layout:

<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WikiEditPage" MasterPageFile="~site/_catalogs/masterpage/v4.master" meta:webpartpageexpansion="full" meta:progid=”SharePoint.WebPartPage.Document" %>

Update:

There are different ways you can refer the master page in your page layouts:

  • This is a relative or absolute path to a master page. Relative locations are based on the page instance's location - i.e. "../_catalogs/masterpage/custom.master" will find custom.master in the current SPWeb's master page gallery, which may or may not be the top-level site's master page gallery.
  • Site-Relative Master Page ~site/_catalogs/masterpage/custom.master.
  • Site Collection-Relative Master Page ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/custom.master.
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Here's the Page Directive: <%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~site/_catalogs/masterpage/CustomDefault.aspx" Inherits="MyApp.Welcome" Title="Welcome" %> – Sam Larko Jan 7 at 15:28
Your pages are created under a sub-folder "PagesFolder" and the MasterPageFile directive looks for the master page in the following path: "/PagesFolder/site/_catalogs/masterpage/CustomDefault.master" which definitely is not a valid path. Could you please also make sure that CustomDefault.master is present in the master pages gallery? – Falak Mahmood Jan 7 at 22:36
I have updated my post with different techniques to refer master page. – Falak Mahmood Jan 7 at 22:44

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