Creating Master page for publishing site

Question

Hi,
I am trying to create a master page for publishing site. I have downloaded the "StarterBranding - V1.3" from codeplex, and used the "Starter Publishing". Currently it is not showing logo, search box, top navigation, breadcrumbs.
I have an existing master page which has lot of tags, and I am not sure what they represent. The below code is after the script manager tag in the body section:
<SharePoint:AjaxDelta id="DeltaDelegateControls" runat="server">
<SharePoint:DelegateControl ID="DelegateControl2" runat="server" ControlId="GlobalNavigation" />
<SharePoint:DelegateControl ID="DelegateControl3" ControlId="GlobalSiteLink3" Scope="Farm" runat="server" Visible="false" />
</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>
<div id="TurnOnAccessibility" style="display:none" class="s4-notdlg noindex">
<a id="linkTurnOnAcc" href="#" class="ms-accessible ms-acc-button" onclick="SetIsAccessibilityFeatureEnabled(true);UpdateAccessibilityUI();document.getElementById('linkTurnOffAcc').focus();return false;">
<SharePoint:EncodedLiteral ID="EncodedLiteral1" runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,master_turnonaccessibility%>" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode"/></a>
</div>
<div id="TurnOffAccessibility" style="display:none" class="s4-notdlg noindex">
<a id="linkTurnOffAcc" href="#" class="ms-accessible ms-acc-button" onclick="SetIsAccessibilityFeatureEnabled(false);UpdateAccessibilityUI();document.getElementById('linkTurnOnAcc').focus();return false;">
<SharePoint:EncodedLiteral ID="EncodedLiteral2" runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,master_turnoffaccessibility%>" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode"/></a>
</div>
<div class="s4-notdlg s4-skipribbonshortcut noindex">
<a id="A1" href="javascript:;" onclick="document.getElementById('startNavigation').focus();" class="ms-accessible ms-acc-button" accesskey="<%$Resources:wss,skipribbon_accesskey%>" runat="server">
<SharePoint:EncodedLiteral ID="EncodedLiteral3" runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,skipRibbonCommandsLink%>" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode"/></a>
</div>
<div class="s4-notdlg noindex">
<a id="A2" href="javascript:;" onclick="document.getElementById('mainContent').focus();" class="ms-accessible ms-acc-button" runat="server">
<SharePoint:EncodedLiteral ID="EncodedLiteral4" runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,mainContentLink%>" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode"/></a>
</div>
<div id="TurnOffAnimation" style="display:none;" class="s4-notdlg noindex">
<a id="linkTurnOffAnimation" href="#" class="ms-accessible ms-acc-button" onclick="ToggleAnimationStatus();return false;">
<SharePoint:EncodedLiteral ID="EncodedLiteral5" runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,master_disableanimation%>" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode"/></a>
</div>
<div id="TurnOnAnimation" style="display:none;" class="s4-notdlg noindex">
<a id="linkTurnOnAnimation" href="#" class="ms-accessible ms-acc-button" onclick="ToggleAnimationStatus();return false;">
<SharePoint:EncodedLiteral ID="EncodedLiteral6" runat="server" text="<%$Resources:wss,master_enableanimation%>" EncodeMethod="HtmlEncode"/></a>
</div>
<a id="HiddenAnchor" href="javascript:;" style="display:none;"></a>
<div id="suiteBar" class="ms-dialogHidden noindex">
<div id="suiteBarLeft">
<div class="ms-table ms-fullWidth">
<div class="ms-tableRow">
<div class="ms-tableCell ms-verticalAlignMiddle">
<SharePoint:DelegateControl id="ID_SuiteBarBrandingDelegate" ControlId="SuiteBarBrandingDelegate" runat="server"/>
</div>
<SharePoint:AjaxDelta runat="server" id="DeltaSuiteLinks" BlockElement="true" CssClass="ms-core-deltaSuiteLinks">
<div id="suiteLinksBox">
<SharePoint:DelegateControl id="ID_SuiteLinksDelegate" ControlId="SuiteLinksDelegate" runat="server" />
</div>
</SharePoint:AjaxDelta>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="suiteBarRight">
<SharePoint:AjaxDelta runat="server" id="DeltaSuiteBarRight" CssClass="ms-core-deltaSuiteBarRight" BlockElement="true">
<div id="welcomeMenuBox">
<wssuc:Welcome id="IdWelcome" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" />
</div>
Are the above tags required in Master page? what is the use of it? I have more tags and will add after knowing the use of it in future threads.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to know about the each tags useful in master page.
In SharePoint 2013 master page, there are some common tags like body tag, head tag and meta tag and some style CSS div tags. For the useful of these tags, I suggest you can refer the articles below:
Understanding HTML master pages in SharePoint 2013
In your custom master page, it will have some custom css tags depend on the display style but it is no required for master pages, if you want to know about what tags is required in master page, you can compare the custom master page with the  OOTB master
page.
More information:
Create a minimal master page in SharePoint 2013
Thanks
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