Developing a Custom Master Page in SharePoint

My third article in a 6 part series on Master Pages and SharePoint has been published to www.sharepointmagazine.net. You can view the article here: http://sharepointmagazine.net/technical/customisation/developing-a-custom-master-page-master-pages-and-sharepoint-part-3-of-6 .

This article is the third part of a larger series of articles:

1.       Introduction to Master Pages.
2.       Examining the out of the box Master Pages in SharePoint.
3.       Developing a custom Master Page for SharePoint.
4.       Options to deploy a Master Page for a production ready system.
5.       Customizing the Application.master Page.
6.       Incorporating a Master Page into a SharePoint site definition

 

This article discusses how to develop a custom master page using SharePoint Designer. We examine how to use SharePoint designer to make master page changes and also discuss some of the pros and cons of this technique.

 

I will keep this blog up to date when the rest of the series is published.