Comments on: Application master page files in SharePoint 2010

By: Manoj Bhatt

Manoj Bhatt — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:58:15 +0000

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By: MDL

MDL — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:33:37 +0000

The Search Settings page (enhancedSearch.aspx) has the following master Url: MasterPageFile=”~/_layouts/application.master”

Do we still need the HttpHandlr like in SP 2007 ?

By: Shyam

Shyam — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:18:34 +0000

I Created a Custom Layouts Page “osssearchresultsNew.aspx” just replica of “osssearchresults.aspx”. Now i Created a custom MasterPage “search.master” for my Custom Layouts page(osssearchresultsNew.aspx). Then what will be my DynamicMasterPageFile and how to map to my custom master Page(search.master)

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:37:12 +0000

Hi,

Just starting to work with Application Pages. I have not used sharepoint 2007 so I am not sure how application pages navigation behaved previously.

What I am trying to find out it is if there is a way to modify the Breadcrumbs in the master page.

Currently when I access ApplicationPage1.aspx my breadcrumbs will display:

SharepointSiteName -> ApplicationPage1

if I link within my ApplicationPage1.aspx to my ApplicationPage2.aspx my breadcrumbs will display:

SharepointSiteName -> ApplicationPage2

I would like it to display:
SharepointSiteName -> ApplicationPage1 -> ApplicationPage2

so that I can navigate back.

By: ggalipeau

ggalipeau — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:15:52 +0000

Hi David,
~masterurl/default.master is what they call a dynamic token in SharePoint. It is not a physical path. SharePoint actually does a string replacement at runtime to replace default.master with layoutsv3.master. The reason they do this is so you can change the masterpage in the UI (assuming you are running SharePoint Server and not just SharePoint Foundation). It’s a very nice thing to be able to switch master pages in the UI under Site Settings – Master Pages.
For more information on dynamic tokens, check out a magazine article I wrote for SharePoint 2007. It is the same concept in 2010. http://sharepointmagazine.net/technical/development/examining-the-out-of-the-box-master-pages-in-sharepoint

By: David

David — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:52:34 +0000

After a SharePoint upgrade, what is the best way to deal with the module no longer working?

i.e. my settings.aspx pages (admin pages) have DynamicMasterPageFile=”~masterurl/default.master” within them however they are actually using layoutsv3.master

Why is this happening? thx