Custom Master Page are master pages customized to fit a specific implementation of a SharePoint solution.

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Creating pages dynamically through code?

First thing is first, I'm doing this in Sharepoint 2013. I'm not exactly sure what the best approach is to be, so I'm explaining my problem and hopefully people can throw around some terms or ideas ...
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Adding user control to 2013 master page causes a 404 error

I have a problem when adding a user control to my SharePoint 2013 master page: my site shows a 404 error. At this point I have a brand new, empty user control (i.e. created in VS2012 but nothing ...
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SharePoint 2013 Migration - Home Page Style Unusable

I have a WSS 3.0 environment that we are migrating to SP2013 and the upgrade went as planned (and somewhat expected). We have a few sites that were apparently customized when it was WSS 2.0 and I am ...
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Apply master page based on custom site template

Is it possible to programmatically set the master page for a site based on the custom template used to create said site? I created some custom templates with custom page layout and webparts, they are ...
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Anatomy of a SharePoint 2010 Master Page? Resource for this?

I am interested in finding out detailed information about all the elements within the SharePoint master page v4 to start, in order to learn how to create my own while still retaining key ...
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Multiple custom master pages crosstalk

I have a master page 'Master1' that is used on my main site collection. I have a second master page 'Master1_min' that is used on only one sub-site in the site collection. 'Master1_min' is set as ...
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Achieving consistent branding for all SharePoint 2013 sites

I see that a lot of the discussions and documentation tend to be focused on branding solutions for publishing sites and understandably so. We have a lot of other types of sites too (e.g. communities, ...
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Exception error when getting master page in powershell

I wanted to see which site collections in our 2010 environment are not following the rules and are deactivating the Master Page in the settings. I have some powershell code that works just fine, ...
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SharePoint 2010 AspMenu - Use OnClick instead of OnMouseOver?

Is it possible to have the SharePoint AspMenu control to show its flyouts (sub items) based on the user clicking the item, rather than based on the mouseover (or hover)?
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How to implement a custom masterpage in my custom web template?

I am using sharepoint 2010 and VS2010. I have implemented this tutorial for creating a custom web template, and it works: ...
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Will it come in Master Page or Page Layout? (doing integration for the first time)

I am going to integrate the following home and about page for the first time using SharePoint designer. As far as I know there are 3 types of pages. Master page Page layout that comes under master ...
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Understanding master page (where is the main content area?)

Let's say I make a copy of minimal starter master page which is available on internet. What is the main content area in that master page where I can write something my own text? I mean there are many ...
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SP2013 How to do vertical flyout menu in top navigation

I have a problem to get the vertical flyouts to work in SP2013, I try to do it the SP2010 way to change the DynamicDisplayLevel but no luck.. Need help on this to achieve the same functionally as we ...
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Setting ContentEditorWebPart ContentLink property to absolute path

To avoid adding some static HTML to my custom masterpage, and allow the end-user to easily change it by just changing an HTML file instead of the masterpage, I'm trying to embed a static ...
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SharePoint 2010 Deployment will not update Master pages because SPFile.CustomizedPageStatus is 'None'

We have the following scenario and are hoping someone can help: Original 2007 Publishing Site content database upgraded to 2010 Page templates in use have never been Ghosted because they were ...
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Site Permissions With Custom Navigation

I recently edited my organization's intranet site by creating a JavaScript file which utilizes jQuery v.8 and jQuery UI. My custom JS creates an unordered list with site navigation that has drop ...
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Add call to static method in master page

I have an branding solution with custom master page. I have also utilities assembly, which is deployed into GAC. I have a button in my master page and I'd like to bind it's navigate URL to result of ...
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What is the Ideal Approach for Creating a Custom Home Page?

I need to create a custom home page for our SharePoint 2010 site. The rest of the site will use a separate template for all of the sub-pages. Should I create a dedicated master page for the home page ...
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How to customize master page with fixed width (SharePoint 2010)?

My previous question was closed. I want to have a master page with fixed width. I tried to set the margins for the master page as follows, /*css*/ body { margin-left:50px; margin-right:50px; } ...
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Sharepoint site using corev4 AND custom CSS File?

I'm using a custom Masterpage which references a custom CSS File in the header like so: <Sharepoint:CssRegistration Name="CUSTOM/Custom.css" runat="server"/> My custom CSS file is simply a ...
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Publishing in Sharepoint 2010

My question is concerning publishing a SharePoint master page. The SharePoint documents that I work on are under source control and therefore have to be "checked out". Whenever I "check in" a ...
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What is __spText1 and __spText2 used for?

Hello I am new to SharePoint and I wanted to make a custom master page. I've stumbled on __spText1 and __spText2 and I was wondering if I can remove them? If not, what do they do / represent? Thank ...
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I keep getting “Revert to template” whenever I set a custom masterpage for one particular page

I made 2 master pages. One named "reg_page.master" for all the regular pages, still containing the Quick Launch, and another one named "home_page.master" for the homepage only. The homepage has an ...
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Can I force subsites to use the Master Page of a custom theme?

First off, this issue is with a Custom Theme & Master Page in Sharepoint 2007. Is there a way to force subsites to re-pull the Master Page from the Custom Theme within the 12 Hive? Due to lack of ...
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Duplicate ContentPlaceHolder error for non-admins, but not admins

I have a custom master page for a staff directory. It was a modification of the minimal.master that I've named search.master. I thought everything was fine, until one of the normal users told me they ...
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customizing MasterPage and removing Placeholder

I would like to remove PlaceHolderPageDescription. But I get error something like PlaceHolderPageDescription couldn't be found. Why sometimes you cann't remove a placeholder from a MasterPage? is it ...
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Use different masterpage for pages library

How do I go about applying a custom masterpage just to "front end" pages? i.e. I want all of the administration parts of the SharePoint site to follow default look and feel (viewlsts.aspx, managing ...
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Any ideas why the Inherit is not available on a SPWeb?

Any ideas why the Inherit is not available on a SPWeb?
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Webpart in page layout setup

I have this in my custom pagelayout: <ZoneTemplate> <PublishingWebControls:ContentByQueryWebPart runat="server" DataSourceID="" HelpMode="Modeless" ChromeType="TitleOnly" ...
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Import excel spreadsheet with photos

I am trying to import an excel spreadsheet with photos, It import without problems, except that it removes the photos. What am I doing wrong?
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Content Query Webpart outputs HTML

I have inserted a CQWP on a site and set it to print a description, but it prints out HTML code. disable-output-escaping is set to yes. That doesn't help. Also when I try to edit it to make it ...
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Use a webpart throughtout the site

Is it possible to use a webpart, f.x. a list of news on all sites, f.x. in a right column? The webpart will only be created once and then "copied" to all other sub-/sites.?
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quick launch items missing

For some reason the Quick Launch Items has gone missing from my custom masterpage and I am not sure hwo to get them back... The code for my Quick Launch: <Sharepoint:SPNavigationManager ...
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Use welcomepage from parent on subsites

How can I use a custom welcomepage (Home.aspx) on every subsite I create? When I select the Welcomepage in Site Settings I get an Welcome page invalid error.
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Allow subsites to inherit master page

I have a custom master page called custom.master which I have tweaked to enable a drop down 'Mega Menu' placed underneath the titlebar. I have gotten it working in my site (which is not the root site, ...
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How to retrieve Sharepoint list data in master page

I have Created Custom Master Page. and i want to access SharePoint List Data in this Master Page using JavaScript. I write the following script to access data but it gives error that ...
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right sided webparts in a div

Is it possible to place the rightsided webparts inside a div with id right? Like this (pipe is a div column): | left nav | left webpart | right webpart | I want to have a div floating to place ...
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Use secondary masterpage as default

I am trying sharepoint in a small developing environment. I have a master frontpage that use a specific layout defined in a custom masterpage (master-front.master). It look like this | left box | ...
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remove Page Title

I try to remove page title with addin the "Visible="false"". <SharePoint:AjaxDelta id="DeltaPlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server" Visible="false"> <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ...
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How to Repair a Broken v4.master Without Direct Access to the Server?

I've zonked my v4.master page by putting a bad link in a ScriptLink tag. All my pages, including the Settings pages, produce only "Cannot make a cache safe URL for..." error messages. I can fix the ...
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Vertical Scrolling in Sharepoint

Im having problems with scrolling in sharepoint site. I am fairly new to Sharepoint and have taken over the UX responsibilities for a site. The problem that Im having is that the scrollbar does not ...
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Custom Master page is not available under Site Master Page Settings

I have created a Custom Master Page in VS2010 and deploy Project to SharePoint. First I activated site Collection feature "SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure" and then i also activated site ...
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How can I get the ID/Name of the selected DocumentLibrary using JavaScript in MasterPage?

I want to get the ID/Name of the DocumentLibrary when I Click/Select on any library from List of libraries from the Left Panel of MasterPage. Can I call the function from MasterPage or where ? How ? ...
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401 Unauthorized caused by custom master page

just customized a master page for the new SP 2013 Foundation. Deployment, activation etc. works fine (i deploy it using a .wsp built with VS2012) but every time im trying to access my sp-page with the ...
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How to dynamically change master page's master page?

I have designed a module that change master page dinamically based on user log-in privileges. I followed this tutorial : ...
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Add left and right margins or padding to custom v4.master (s4-bodyContainer)?

How do I add margins/padding to the left and right of the master page while still retaining the scroll-bar on the right? I don't want a fixed-width page - just scaling width, with left and right ...
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SharePoint 2013 - Graphic Design Deliverables

I'm working on writing an RFP that will require a design firm to graphically redesign our website. This website is running SharePoint 2013. I'll leave out the majority of the detail to keep this ...
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SHarepoint 2010 - popup an image for 5 second after i open my site

How i can popup an image that display for 5 second as slogan/announcement after opening my sharepoint site welcome page As Example: http://www.lebanese-forces.com regards, Hass
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How to route To different MasterPages in sharepoint?

I 'm trying to create a HttpModule that allows to route to different MasterPage preInt event. I' not an Expert about MasterPages. I'm trying to nderstand about MasterPages Token. I knows there ...
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How to enable anonymous access for the custom master page in SP2010

I created one site with forms based authentication and anonymous access. That is working fine. Now i want to replace the master page with the custom master page. I just copied the nightandday.master ...

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