Custom Master Page are master pages customized to fit a specific implementation of a SharePoint solution.
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IM Presence Icons not appearing in SOME master pages - IE9
I have updated my master pages to use some HTML5 and CSS3 elements. I therefore changed the to use HTML5, and altered the X-UA-COMPATIBLE to work in "IE=9;IE=Edge;" mode (instead of IE8). I did not ...
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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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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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Search box disappears on search result page when using a customer masterpage
I have created a custom master page. I display the search box on the page using the following code:
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolderSearchArea" runat="server">
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Sharepoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl
I have this in my master page.
<Sharepoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl runat="server" Permissions="CreateSSCSite">
<SharePoint:CssLink runat="server" Version="4"/>
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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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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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Does anyone have 960 Grid Template to be used on sharepoint 2010 site?
I am working on design of portal in sharepoint 2010. I need to implement 960 grid system there.It will be very helpfull if anybody have template or related link to it.
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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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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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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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Custom master pages used in multiple SharePoint 2010 sites
My company has just stated using SharePoint 2010 and I have been tasked with adding some custom functionality to the master pages - essntially we just want a global top navigation bar that contains ...
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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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Display navigation from another site collection
How can we display the top link navigation from another site collection at MySite?
We now have a custom master page with some custom code but it only shows the current site menu.
We want it to show ...
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How to include .js file from location different than “_layouts” folder to sharepoint master page?
I would like to include js file from different location that it's now. Currently in master page code it looks as below:
<SharePoint:ScriptLink ID="ScriptLink1" language="javascript" ...
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How to center TopNavigation - Master Pages
I am working on a project and one of my tasks is to create custom master page. I have a master page in place already - Thanks to me!
One question: How do I center align Top Navigation?
Many thanks,
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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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Custom Masterpage - Background image from library
I was hoping someone may be able to guide me in the right direction. I want the header in a custom master page to have a background image that can be changed by an 'owner' in a user friendly manner.
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How do I display the Site Name on my master page?
I am using the starter master pages from Codeplex, and I want to have the current SiteName on each page. What is the best way to do that dynamically?
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Apply my custom branding to MYSites also?
I have a custom branding (masterpage that I created for my main web site) with company logo and navigation that I have used for all my site collections. I have also modified it to work with my search ...
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Customizing SmallSearchInputBox default text
I am trying to customize the text displayed in the search box of my SharePoint site. The default is "Search this site...".
I found a number of articles which explain how to do it (by overriding the ...
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Custom Master Page Referencing Controls in Code Behind
I have built a custom SharePoint 2010 master page where I have dropped a standard asp.net DropDownList control. I also have wired up a code behind file where I want to manipulate that control from.
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tool for finding out which Custom master page being used
I am trying to find a tool, that tells me which Custom master page is being used by a web/site, I tried google it but couldn't find anything relative.
Cheers
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Hard Coded Navigation in Master Page - Active link not changing
Prior to my arrival it was decided that all navigation would be hard coded into the Master Page. I wish I could find a solid reason why, but for the time being it escapes me. Due to time constraints, ...
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Do I need to enable the publishing features to change a Team Site's master page?
When building a SharePoint 2010 site, we have a root Publishing site that has been branded up using a custom Master Page.
We'd now like to add some Team Sites below the publishing site, and have our ...
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Pagelayout using different version of masterpage
I have made 3 custom pagelayouts, 2 of them just inherit the correct version of the masterpage whilst the last one uses the same masterpage, but an older version of it.
It contains the exact same ...
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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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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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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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HTML-Element appears in dialog-windows though s4-notdlg is set
I have a customized sharepoint masterpage. The basic structure is the starter master pages from codeplex.
So i did my customizing and unfortunately some of the elements appear in the dialog windows ...
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Updating an uncustomized master page deployed as a wsp solution
I deployed an uncustomized master page as a SP 2010 Server farm solution using these instructions http://plekky.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=11
Now I need to update the master page. I edited it ...
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Force use of the default content of a master page asp:ContentPlaceholder
I have a ContentPlaceholder in my custom master that has default content. I want to always use this default content. However there are some pages in the 14 hive that have an asp:Content that ...
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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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Are there any webpage that provide free master pages for download?
Are there websites that have master pages template for designers to download and modify?
I notice that there are 2 type of master page templates as follows:
[1] template that require to be installed ...
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The attribute 'autoeventwireup' is not allowed in this page in sharepoint
I had two FARMS. QA and PROD. Both are identical. 2 WFE / 2 APPSERVERS / 1 SQL BACKEND.
When (in QA) I browse an .aspx page it returns this error:
The attribute 'autoeventwireup' is not allowed ...
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What is the best way to create a splash page in SP 2010 that contains just a picture and a list of languages
Do I need to create a new master page? what should be included in this master page regarding that I don't what a menu, footer, logo, and nothing but my picture and a list of languages and flags. I'm ...
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anchor tag in SharePoint master page
Hi can someone help me in putting up a anchor tag in SherePoint custom publishing master page. Actually I want to open a site page on click on this anchor tag, this site page will be in the top level ...
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Looking for a tutorial on creating SharePoint masterpages as solutions in Visual Studio
I am looking to build some SharePoint masterpages for 2010 and deploy them as WSP solutions to my various SharePoint environments. Are there any good tutorials out there on building a VS solution for ...
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How to make Internet facing SharePoint website to cater different geographical locations?
I have a SharePoint Foundation hosting account. I want to provide SharePoint to private teams through an Internet facing site. There needs to be a selector page at the root domain where users can ...
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s4-nosetwidth messes up dialogbox
since im doing a branding for my SP enterprise server which uses a fixed and centered layout i need to use the s4-nosetwidth class to adjust my width..
as you can see in the screenshot below this ...
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Deployment of masterpage goes wrong if .wsp is used
i have a custom master page layout. The problem is that it works great if i install it with the Web-interface or with SPD.. Unfortunately everytime i try to deploy it using VS either direct deployment ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Multi-level top navigation menu on the application/_layouts pages
I created custom master page, and I created feature for top navigation menu. My custom master page works fine, but not on the application/_layouts pages; viewlsts.aspx, settings.aspx, etc.. I only see ...
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The attribute 'autoeventwireup' is not allowed in this page
I have created a custom list with a custom newform. Using all OOTB SharePoint masterpages it works great. I now roll it to our test farm and it errors with a custom masterpage. The error is
The ...
