Where do i provide link to signout.aspx in master page

Question

My sharepoint site doesn't show the logout button. I guess i need to provide link to the signout.aspx page on the master page. If I am using v4.master, then where do i provide link to signout.aspx in the master page

Answer 1

In the v4.master page this is added to the master via the user control:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="wssuc" TagName="Welcome" src="~/_controltemplates/Welcome.ascx" %>
...
<wssuc:Welcome id="IdWelcome" runat="server" EnableViewState="false">
</wssuc:Welcome>

Which renders like:

The "Sign Out" button itself is defined in the .ascx as:

<SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="ID_Logout"
             Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_logout%>"
             Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_logoutdescription%>"
             MenuGroupId="200"
             Sequence="300"
             UseShortId="true"
             />

So you can add the standard Welcome control, add this link to the standard Site Actions drop down with the snippet directly above, or create a custom Welcome.ascx.

Hope this helps.