OOTB Left Navigation error in Page Layout SharePoint 2013

Question

I created a SharePoint 2013 master page through Design Manager in Sharepoint 2013 and created a page layout like we do trough sharepoint designer as in sharepoint 2010 steps are below
SharePoint Designer--->Page Layouts---->New Page Layout
now i want to insert left navigation in the page layout ,i tried to insert the following snippet in the page layout 
<div data-name="QuickLaunch">
                                    <!--CS: Start Vertical Navigation Snippet-->
                                    <!--SPM:<%@Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint,
Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"%>-->
                                    <!--SPM:<%@Register Tagprefix="PublishingNavigation" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation"
Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"%>-->
                                    <div id="sideNavBox" class="ms-dialogHidden ms-forceWrap ms-noList">
                                        <!--MS:<SharePoint:AjaxDelta ID="DeltaPlaceHolderLeftNavBar" BlockElement="true" CssClass="ms-core-navigation"
runat="server">-->
                                            <!--MS:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolderLeftNavBar" runat="server">-->
                                                <!--MS:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolderLeftNavBarTop" runat="server">-->
                                                <!--ME:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
                                                <!--MS:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolderQuickLaunchTop" runat="server">-->
                                                <!--ME:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
                                                <!--MS:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolderLeftNavBarDataSource" runat="server">-->
                                                <!--ME:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
                                                <!--MS:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolderCalendarNavigator" runat="server">-->
                                                <!--ME:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
                                                <!--MS:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolderLeftActions" runat="server">-->
                                                <!--ME:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
                                                <!--MS:<SharePoint:SPNavigationManager ID="QuickLaunchNavigationManager"
runat="server" QuickLaunchControlId="v4QuickLaunchMenu" ContainedControl="QuickLaunch" EnableViewState="false">-->
                                                    <!--MS:<SharePoint:DelegateControl runat="server" ControlId="QuickLaunchDataSource">-->
                                                        <!--MS:<Template_Controls>-->
                                                            <!--MS:<PublishingNavigation:PortalSiteMapDataSource
runat="server" ID="SiteMapDS" SiteMapProvider="CurrentNavigation" EnableViewState="false" StartFromCurrentNode="true" ShowStartingNode="false" TrimNonCurrentTypes="Heading">-->
                                                            <!--ME:</PublishingNavigation:PortalSiteMapDataSource>-->
                                                        <!--ME:</Template_Controls>-->
                                                    <!--ME:</SharePoint:DelegateControl>-->
                                                    <!--MS:<SharePoint:AspMenu ID="V4QuickLaunchMenu" runat="server"
EnableViewState="false" DataSourceId="QuickLaunchSiteMap" UseSimpleRendering="true" Orientation="Vertical" StaticDisplayLevels="3" AdjustForShowStartingNode="true" MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="0"
SkipLinkText="">-->
                                                    <!--ME:</SharePoint:AspMenu>-->
                                                <!--ME:</SharePoint:SPNavigationManager>-->
                                                <!--MS:<SharePoint:SPNavigationManager ID="TreeViewNavigationManagerV4" runat="server"
ContainedControl="TreeView" CssClass="ms-tv-box">-->
                                                    <!--MS:<SharePoint:SPLinkButton runat="server" NavigateUrl="~site/{0}/viewlsts.aspx"
ID="idNavLinkSiteHierarchyV4" Text="&#60;%$Resources:wss,treeview_header%&#62;" accesskey="&#60;%$Resources:wss,quiklnch_allcontent_AK%&#62;" CssClass="ms-tv-header">-->
                                                    <!--ME:</SharePoint:SPLinkButton>-->
                                                    <!--MS:<SharePoint:DelegateControl runat="server" ControlId="TreeViewAndDataSource">-->
                                                        <!--MS:<Template_Controls>-->
                                                            <!--MS:<SharePoint:SPHierarchyDataSourceControl
runat="server" ID="TreeViewDataSourceV4" RootContextObject="Web" IncludeDiscussionFolders="true">-->
                                                            <!--ME:</SharePoint:SPHierarchyDataSourceControl>-->
                                                            <!--MS:<SharePoint:SPRememberScroll runat="server"
ID="TreeViewRememberScrollV4" onscroll="javascript:_spRecordScrollPositions(this);" style="overflow: auto;">-->
                                                                <!--MS:<SharePoint:SPTreeView
ID="WebTreeViewV4" runat="server" ShowLines="false" DataSourceId="TreeViewDataSourceV4" ExpandDepth="0" SelectedNodeStyle-CssClass="ms-tv-selected" NodeStyle-CssClass="ms-tv-item" SkipLinkText=""
NodeIndent="12" ExpandImageUrl="/{0}/images/tvclosed.png" ExpandImageUrlRtl="/{0}/images/tvclosedrtl.png" CollapseImageUrl="/{0}/images/tvopen.png" CollapseImageUrlRtl="/{0}/images/tvopenrtl.png" NoExpandImageUrl="/{0}/images/tvblank.gif">-->
                                                                <!--ME:</SharePoint:SPTreeView>-->
                                                            <!--ME:</SharePoint:SPRememberScroll>-->
                                                        <!--ME:</Template_Controls>-->
                                                    <!--ME:</SharePoint:DelegateControl>-->
                                                <!--ME:</SharePoint:SPNavigationManager>-->
                                                <!--MS:<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolderQuickLaunchBottom" runat="server">-->
                                                    <hr />
                                                    <!--MS:<SharePoint:ClusteredSPLinkButton ID="idNavLinkViewAllV4"
runat="server" Permissions="ViewFormPages" NavigateUrl="~site/{0}/viewlsts.aspx" Text="&#60;%$Resources:wss,quiklnch_allcontent_short%&#62;" accesskey="&#60;%$Resources:wss,quiklnch_allcontent_AK%&#62;"
CssClass="ms-core-listMenu-item">-->
                                                    <!--ME:</SharePoint:ClusteredSPLinkButton>-->
                                                <!--ME:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
                                            <!--ME:</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>-->
                                        <!--ME:</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>-->
                                    </div>
                                    <!--CE: End Vertical Navigation Snippet-->
                                </div>
but i get the following error when i create page through this page layout
"Content Place holders are only allowed in master page"
Can anyone tell me how do i insert left navigation in page layout which is created through sharepoint designer (.aspx file) but master page is created through design manager

Answer 1

Hi  ,
As the error says, you need to  add Content Place holders to Mater Page not the Page Layout.
For  inserting  left navigation, you can add Vertical Navigation SharePoint component to the master page using Snippets  manager:
1.
Open the site then click design manager link from right top corner "Settings".
2.
Click “Edit Master Pages” link.
3.Click your custom mater page. It will open preview page.
4.
Once open the preview page then click Snippets menu from top right side. It will open “Snippet Gallery” in new tab page.
5.
Click the Vertical Navigation menu item in “DESIGN “tab.
6.
In this page we can easy to configure component properties.
After customization must click the update button then only the changes are reflected in the component snippet.
7.
Once click the update button the HTML code automatically generated in the “HTML snippet” box and click “Copy to Clipboard” button.
8.
Open the mapped network drive then open the Mater Page HTML file and paste HTML snippet where you want the navigation to show.
Reference:
http://www.sharepointpals.com/post/Add-snippets-in-Page-layout-using-design-manager
Best Regards,
Eric
Eric Tao
TechNet Community Support