I'm wanting to edit the master page that is used for the Site Settings pages in a SharePoint site. I've changed the main master page but it doesn't alter the Site Settings page. What page do I need to edit?
As Magus said that it uses Application.Master, It is not a best / recommended practice to edit any of the SharePoint page directly, Refer to this article for how to achieve what you want.
It's using the application.master Master page.
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I'm setting up a SharePoint 365 intranet site for my company and we want to use our own designs. However, my own Master Page and Page Layout are not being seen either in new or existing pages.
In Design Manager I've uploaded my own HTML for a Master Page and created a new Page Layout. Both look fine in preview and report no errors.
I've published both the Master Page and Page Layout. In Publish and Apply Design, I've selected my newly published master page as both Site Master Page and System Master Page.
However, although my new master page is appearing on system pages, there is no sign of it on the intranet site pages.
Perhaps I am missing a step somewhere? I've been studying the Microsoft docs under Building sites for SharePoint, including Apply a master page to a site in SharePoint but cannot see anything amiss.
As far as I know the master page and page layout will work with the publishing feature and Application pages. So when you visit the pages under the Site Pages they do not get the master page and page layout.
Pages under the Site Pages library are wiki pages and hence do not get the Master page and page layout applied.
It seems it is not currently possible to apply a custom master page to 'modern' pages.
The most recent documentation I've found is:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/modern-experience-customizations-customize-pages
These customizations are currently not supported for "modern" pages:
... Custom master pages (more extensive branding will be supported later using alternative options)...
I have designed a custom master page in Sharepoint online if I select my custom master page in system master page section(Site Settings->Site Master Page Settings->Specify a system master page), the master page will be applied to all the SharePoint inbuilt pages. But I want to apply custom master page only to VersionDiff.aspx. Is there any way that, I can apply custom master page only for VersionDiff.aspx in SharePoint online. I want to write some custom coding on this page. Can anyone please help me on this?
What you can do is you can open that page in SharePoint Designer and see if you can edit the Custom Master Page url from there? If not, then you may need to put some logic in a page itself to change the custom master page programatically.
I am not sure how to do that at this moment though
There was a Sharepoint 2007 site that was maintained without touching the code. People had their masterpage set by using links in the UI, SiteActions>>(under Look & Feel)MasterPage selecting default.master.
Now, they need some changes in the masterpage.
When I opened the site in Sharepoint designer 2007, the masterpage was referenced as MasterPageFile="~masterurl/default.master".
I want to open this master page which they refer to ~masterurl/default.master.
I have checked every .master inside the _catalogs folder but nothing is fruitful.
My task is to identify the masterpage they have used & to modify it.
Help me loacte the master page ~masterurl/default.master
Have you tried editing the master pages in the Master Page Gallery? Go to Site Settings -> [Galleries] Master pages.
MasterPageFile="~masterurl/default.master" is a dynamic token and it set to "/_catalogs/masterpage/default.master" by default.
Check msdn for more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms476046(office.12).aspx
you can open the master page from the master page gallery. But don't just edit it, save it with a new name and edit it afterwards. You can assign the master page to your pages later.
see:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/create-or-edit-a-master-page-HA010157775.aspx
IS it is possible to change the default page layouts that can with MOSS. If so where are they stored to change?
This article by Heather Solomon (a SharePoint MVP) will give you some useful hints on how to create "layouts" or, to be more precise, master pages and how to deploy them: http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/servermstpageforsitecollect_feature.aspx
Open the page using SharePoint Designer. You'll have access to the Master Page and you'll be able to modify the layout/CSS.
This may be a simple question, but I am having a problem with it.
I have multiple publishing SharePoint sites & sub-sites with a customized master page. I now have a sub-site based off the Blog site template. The custom master page is not being applied to it. I checked to make sure the site's master page setting it pointing to the custom master page.
Do Blog Site Templates handle master pages differently? If so, how do I brand these blog pages? Do I have to handle them individually?
Thanks in advance!
Yes the blog sites use a different masterpage. You will have to go into the blog site using SharePoint designer and create a custom master page in the gallery.
I heartily recommend using the CKS:EBE if you'll be using blogs on SharePoint. It has a multitude of improvements over the out of the box blog template including theming, trackbacks, spam protection and many others. Give it a shot!