How to develop web sites in SharePoint Designer

Mike Johnson

2008-04-16 06:30:36 UTC

Post by Anders
I'm about to build a web site in SharePoint Designer. I was wondering how I
should atack such a project, I mean, which way is to prefer, build the hole
sitre from scratch, or begin from the default installation (default.master)?
I thought from start that to develop the default installation site would be
much easier, however, when I want to edit the .aspx files it seems dificult
to find the correct one, since there are millions of them. Is it correct that
the link between the .master and .aspx is done with the ContentPlaceHolderId,
or is there an easier way to localize the .aspx file that correspond to a
ContentPlaceHolder?
Therefore, the advatage of creating the web site from scratch would be that
you have full control of all such links?
Someone knows anything about this? Please answer me!
/Anders

I would start with the Microsoft minimal master page, and go from there:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa660698.aspx

It would be a real pain to start with one of the default master pages,
unless the changes you need to make are very minor.

You are correct regarding the relationship between the master file and
the page layouts.

HTH,

-Mike