Master Page Cheat Sheet

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DesignModeConsole

This is the 'edit' bar that is displayed during "edit this page". This is not required for the page to render, but page editing is impossible without it!

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="WSSDesignConsole" runat="server">
<wssuc:DesignModeConsole id="IdDesignModeConsole" runat="server"/>
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

onetidProjectPropertyTitle

Inserts the Site Title as a link

<SharePoint:SPLinkButton runat="server" NavigateUrl="~site/" id="onetidProjectPropertyTitle">
<SharePoint:ProjectProperty Property="Title" runat="server" />
</SharePoint:SPLinkButton>

PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead

A Content Place Holder for placing additional header information. For example, you can use this section to reference custom style sheets.

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead" runat="server"/>

PlaceHolderBodyAreaClass

A content place holder for adding additional body styles to the page. This shouldn't be used for adding any content, just style definitions.

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderBodyAreaClass" runat="server"/>

Yes

PlaceHolderBodyLeftBorder

Border element for the main page body (between the quick launch and body).

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderBodyLeftBorder" runat="server">

PlaceHolderBodyRightMargin

Right border of main body content area

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderBodyRightMargin" runat="server">
<div class="ms-pagemargin"><IMG SRC="/_layouts/images/blank.gif" width=10 height=1 alt=""></div>
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

PlaceHolderCalendarNavigator

Area that shows a date picker for navigating in a calendar when a calendar is visible on the page. In default.master, this section appears above the Quick Launch.

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderCalendarNavigator" runat="server" />

PlaceHolderGlobalNavigation

This is the content placeholder that contains the Global Breadcrumb, and (if you want) all the top right corner elements. It is essentially the entire top banner of the Default.Master.

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderGlobalNavigation" runat="server">
<%-- YOUR TOP BAR HERE --%>
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder

PlaceHolderGlobalNavigationSiteMap

Place Holder to show the Global Site Map (Global Bread Crumb)

     <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderGlobalNavigationSiteMap" runat="server">
    <asp:SiteMapPath SiteMapProvider="SPSiteMapProvider" id="GlobalNavigationSiteMap" RenderCurrentNodeAsLink="true" SkipLinkText="" NodeStyle-CssClass="ms-sitemapdirectional" runat="server"/>
     </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

Yes

PlaceHolderHorizontalNav

Top menu for the page

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderHorizontalNav" runat="server">
<%-- YOUR MENU HERE --%>
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

Yes

PlaceHolderMiniConsole

Content Place Holder that holds the "Mini Console" management section

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderMiniConsole" runat="server"/>

Yes

PlaceHolderSearchArea

Place holder for search box

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderSearchArea" runat="server">
<SharePoint:DelegateControl runat="server" ControlId="SmallSearchInputBox"/>
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

Yes

SiteActionMenu

Display the Site Actions Menu (if permissions allow)

<PublishingSiteAction:SiteActionMenu runat="server"/>

Yes

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Zach Rosenfield

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