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I put a CssRegistration tag in my v4.master master page in SP 2010. I expected that subsites would inherit, but newly created subsites do not inherit from this master page. How can I force them to inherit from my newly created master page?
Second, I finally figured out (I think - haven't tested yet) that SharePoint Server Publishing Feature being activated lets you set the Alternate CSS. I was getting annoyed that I could not find it anywhere. Please confirm.
Correct, only when you have Publishing features enabled the following happens:
If you need to inherit the two and you have Team sites (non-publishing sites) I recommend writing simple event handler that sets the master page and CSS stylesheet of a subsite after it has been created (WebProvisioned). Example here.
Please note that you will not probably be able to inherit the parent's master/CSS, but you are setting those to be the same as the parent site has at that time. This means that when you change the master/CSS of the parent this change will not be reflected automatically to the subsites.
Workaround is to modify the actual master/CSS and not change it to some other file OR re-activate the feature that loops through all subsites and resets the master/CSS to be the same as parent site.
