Approaches to Creating Master Pages and Page Layouts in SharePoint Server 2007
Contents
- Introduction to Creating Master Pages and Page Layouts in Publishing Sites
- Understanding Customized and Uncustomized Files in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Two Approaches to SharePoint Project Implementations
- Creating Master Pages for SharePoint Publishing Sites
- Creating Page Layouts for SharePoint Publishing Sites
- Summarizing Pros and Cons of the Customization and Development Approaches
- Conclusion
- Additional Resources
Every Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 publishing site—also known as a Web content management (WCM) site—consists of one of more master pages (.master files) and page layouts (.aspx files). Each type of file serves a specific purpose. The master pages, also used in traditional Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 collaboration sites, contain the overall appearance (“look and feel”) and branding of a site. They contain elements such as cascading style sheet references, common navigation components, search controls, and the typical header and footer seen on all sites. Page layouts are used to define the specific rendering of content pages, or where content is found on the page. Just as in Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 sites, page layouts are merged with master pages at run time to generate the complete page.