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2016 publisher master page plus#

I've also seen problems updating page layouts which were associated with content types created through the UI rather than by a feature. This won't work since the file was originally provisioned by the PublishingResources feature, not your custom feature.

2016 publisher master page update#

This makes sense but gets in the way if you want to update a common file like itemStyle.xsl (used by the Content Query web part) using a feature. So a real example would be ' #Welcome Page #0x010100C568DB52D9D0A14D9B2FDCC96666E9F2007948130EC3DB064584E219954237AF390064DEA0F50FC8C147B0B6EA0636C4A7D4 #'.Īnother interesting facet of deploying files to SharePoint in this way, is that it's not possible (AFAIK) to update a file deployed from feature 'A' by a separate feature 'B'. The value for this property should be in form ' #. This means any custom columns you have added will not be available. Note that if this value is omitted, by default your layout will be associated with the basic 'Page' content type from the publishing feature. This means the layout will automatically have this binding and will be ready for use.

'PublishingAssociatedContentType' - this is where we specify which content type the layout should be associated with.

'PublishingPreviewImage' - path to URL accessible image file to be displayed when this layout is selected in the listbox when creating a page.

Use the value '$Resources:cmscore,contenttype_pagelayout_name ' to specify SharePoint's internal string which represents the page layout option.

'ContentType' - specifies whether the file is a page layout or master page.

'Type' - should be 'GhostableInLibrary' for files which exist in a document library such as the Pages, Style Library or Master Page Gallery libraries which exist in a SharePoint publishing site.įor the page layouts, things are slightly more complex.

'IgnoreIfAlreadyExists' - should be true if we want to overwrite an existing file of this name, false if not.

At the file level, attributes for the master pages are fairly simple:. At the module level (collection of files to deploy to a particular location in SharePoint), we specify the URL and whether the files should only be deployed to the root web or to all webs in the site collection. Let's talk through the values used in the example below. An example of an elements manifest file to deploy 2 master pages and 3 page layouts is shown at the end of this post.

create the feature.xml and element manifest file for the feature.

The best solution is to copy the contents of the final file into notepad, and save the file to the filesystem with the same name. Unfortunately, SPD will actually screw up hyperlinks and some control references when you do this - in particular references to user controls using the '~/_controltemplates/' path.

save each file to the filesystem (as opposed to the Master Page Gallery) ready to be added to a feature.

develop master pages/layouts using SharePoint Designer (SPD).

I'll also cover web part deployment in a forthcoming post. Now that we have content types and all the supporting artifacts deployed, we can focus on deploying the things that make a real difference to how our site works - master pages and page layouts. Last time we looked at deploying content types as a feature.

2016 publisher master page how to#

Click through the options on the menu such as “Weight” to make a thicker border or “Dashes” to have a dotted line style page border.This is the fourth article in my series of how to create common SharePoint site artifacts as features. Hover the pointer over the color options and note that this applies a very thin border to the picture. Click a border to add it to the page or click into the gray Publisher workspace to cancel.Ĭlick the “Shape Outline” down arrow in the middle of the ribbon. As your pointer hovers over a border style, the Publisher workspace reflects it on the text box. Hover the pointer over the different border styles. Click the 'More' button below the scrollbar in the Shape Styles section to open the menu of border options. You can adjust the text box size and position by clicking and dragging the corners.Ĭlick the “Drawing Tools” tab at the top of the screen.

2016 publisher master page plus#

When the cursor changes to a plus sign, draw a box to serve as the guideline for the page’s border, using the existing blue margin border - which doesn’t print on your page - as a guideline. Click the “Draw Text Box” button on the ribbon below.