Deployed Custom Master Page Not Visible in Designer

My team has created a custom master page and has packaged and deployed it as a feature. The custom master page file correctly appears in the master pages gallery via the Web UI, but it's not showing up in the Master Pages folder when the site is opened
in Designer. What are we missing?

Hi,
when the master page was deployed by a sandbox solution please make sure that the master page is checked in and approved. SharePoint doesn't check in and approve files that was deployed by a sandbox solution. Also make sure that the correct content type
is assigned. because otherwise you won't see it too.
To set the content type of the master page on deployment correct you just need to simply add the following inside the <file>
<Property Name="ContentType" Value="$Resources:cmscore,contenttype_masterpage_name;" />
If the master page is a farm you should also add the content type but it will be checked in automatically. I hope you are on root level of your site collection because the master page will not deployed to the sub sites.
In SharePoint Designer you also have two different approaches to find the master page.
Approach 1:
Use the Master Page Entry on the navigation pane left. The Master Page will only show up if content type ins correctly set.
Approach 2:
Go to "All Files" -> _catalogs -> masterpage
By using approach two you will see the same amount of files that you can review in SharePoint. You will also find the article pages in there.
Hope this helps
Kind regards
Stefan
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n8design
Microsoft Community Contributor 2011
MCTS - SharePoint / WSS Configuration and Development

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My custom layout has a header, footer, main pan and two side columns. Most of the default master templates come with the LEFT column already embedded and populated with several placeholder
to serve dynamic content (PlaceHolderLeftNavBarTop, PlaceHolderQuickLaunchTop, PlaceHolderLeftNavBarDataSource, PlaceHolderLeftActions, so on).
My challenge is that I have the RIGHT side column as well, for which I don’t think the default placeholder exists. I need to add a small Calendar box and Recent Documents parts to it, so they
display across the entire site governed by this master page.
The issue is –
even after activating Publishing features (enabled SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure under Site Collection Level, and SharePoint Server Publishing under the Site
Level), there is no Snippet feature (usually available under the generic Publishing Site); this customization of the Team Site allows using Designer and apply custom templates, themes, so on, just like you would under the Publishing collection, but not the
Snippet utility I could use as the solution to embed the web parts on the master page.
Recreating the entire site under Publishing Collection is not an option due to the directions I was given, I am to use this existing one, and need to see if
there is a workaround to either activate the Snippet feature or use another solution to display the web parts inside of the column in the Master page.
If the only solution is to use Web Part Zone, what are the steps to add it AND populate it with the abovementioned apps?
Can anyone suggest how to create a workaround and add this feature? The environment is role-based so both elements need to be dynamically rendered based on the user’s role and activities.
I am more of a front end designer than developer, so if any custom coding and set up required, please kindly provide some basic steps, if possible?..
I greatly appreciate any help and suggestions!
Thank You!
Jeff
Jeff V.

Updating your Master Page to also include a right rail should be sraight forward enough with a new div or divs in your master page and then the proper styles to make room for this column as well as position the column.
I have not seen why you cannot find the snippet gallery link when previewing a HTML Master Page in the browser. Have you tried loading the snippet gallery by its url? As an example, for my tenant on SPO, I can load the Snippet Gallery for the olso.master
with the following url:
https://pixelmill.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/ComponentConfigureControls.aspx?ComponentName=TopNavigationNoFlyoutWithStartNode&Url=%2F_catalogs%2Fmasterpage%2Foslo.master
Change the domain to match yours as well as update the "Url" querystring var to point to your master page. See if that loads the snippet gallery.
Eric Overfield - PixelMill -
ericoverfield.com -
@EricOverfield

Having issues with custom master pages and device channels

I'm working in Sharepoint 2013 and am attempting to create a custom master page that is to be used by mobile devices. I have created an html file and a custom css file that includes snippets from the design manager. The file appears to preview fine in a
browser from Microsoft Web Expression. I have loaded the html file into sharepoint via design manager, so the master file is there as well. The css files are in the style library for the site collection and I have created a device channel including user agent
strings for iphones going back to the iPhone 4 and operating systems going back to iOS 6. I have obviously assigned my custom "mobile" master for that device channel and I have turned off mobile browsing. However when I open the site on my phone
it shows the normal full desktop view and not my custom master. I will include my html code, my css and a screenshot of my device channel below. Please help!
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>


<!DOCTYPE html[]>
<html xmlns:mso="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:msdt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882">
<head>
<link href="https://otterbein.sharepoint.com/sites/Committees/Style Library/mobile_corev15.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=10" />




<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft SharePoint" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0" />









<link href="https://otterbein.sharepoint.com/sites/Committees/Style Library/mobile_corev15.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />










<link href="https://otterbein.sharepoint.com/_vti_bin/spsdisco.aspx" rel="alternate" type="text/xml" />















<link href="https://otterbein.sharepoint.com/sites/Committees/Style Library/mobile_corev15.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body style="width: 330; margin-right: 0px">
<div id="ms-designer-ribbon" style="width:312px">

<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;">


</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;">


</a>
</div>


</div>



<div id="s4-workspace" style="left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 329">
<div id="s4-bodyContainer" style="width: 328">
<table style="width: 312px">
<tr>
<td style="width: 312px; background: #666666; text-align:center">
<div class="js-callout-menuAction" style="background:rgb(102, 102, 102); color:white; width:295px; padding:8px; height:64px; overflow:hidden;">In true previews of your site, the SharePoint ribbon will be here.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 312px; background: #CB1920; text-align:center">
<img alt="Otterbein Logo" src="https://otterbein.sharepoint.com/sites/Committees/Style%20Library/otterbein-logo_towers_white_mobile.png" style="padding:5px"><br>
<div data-name="SiteTitle" style="width: 295px; color:white; padding-bottom:5px; text-indent:5px" class="ms-chkmark-container-centerer">
<span style="font-size:xx-large">Committees</span>
</div>
<div WebPartID="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" HasPers="true" id="WebPart" width="250px" class="ms-WPBody noindex " OnlyForMePart="true" allowDelete="false" style="padding-top:15px; padding-bottom:15px"><div componentid="ctl00_ctl03_csr" id="ctl00_ctl03_csr"><div id="SearchBox" name="Control"><div class="ms-srch-sb ms-srch-sb-border" id="ctl00_ctl03_csr_sboxdiv">
<input type="text" value="Search..." maxlength="2048" accessKey="S" title="Search..." id="ctl00_ctl03_csr_sbox" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" onkeypress="EnsureScriptFunc('Search.ClientControls.js', 'Srch.U', function() {if (Srch.U.isEnterKey(String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode))) {$find('ctl00_ctl03_csr').search($get('ctl00_ctl03_csr_sbox').value);return Srch.U.cancelEvent(event);}})" onkeydown="EnsureScriptFunc('Search.ClientControls.js', 'Srch.U', function() {var ctl = $find('ctl00_ctl03_csr');ctl.activateDefaultQuerySuggestionBehavior();})" onfocus="EnsureScriptFunc('Search.ClientControls.js', 'Srch.U', function() {var ctl = $find('ctl00_ctl03_csr');ctl.hidePrompt();ctl.setBorder(true);})" onblur="EnsureScriptFunc('Search.ClientControls.js', 'Srch.U', function() {var ctl = $find('ctl00_ctl03_csr'); if (ctl){ ctl.showPrompt(); ctl.setBorder(false);}})" class="ms-textSmall ms-srch-sb-prompt ms-helperText" style="width: 250px; height: 18px" /><a title="Search" class="ms-srch-sb-searchLink" id="ctl00_ctl03_csr_SearchLink" onclick="EnsureScriptFunc('Search.ClientControls.js', 'Srch.U', function() {$find('ctl00_ctl03_csr').search($get('ctl00_ctl03_csr_sbox').value);})" href="javascript: {}"><img src="/sites/Committees/_catalogs/theme/Themed/EF0ED6F1/searchresultui-61174269.themedpng?ctag=55" class="ms-srch-sb-searchImg" id="searchImg" alt="Search" /></a></div></div></div><noscript><div id="ctl00_ctl03_noscript">It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again.</div></noscript><div id="ctl00_ctl03" style="color:White;border-color:White;border-width:0px;border-style:Solid;text-align:center;"></div><div class="ms-clear"></div></div>
<div data-name="TopNavigationNoFlyoutWithStartNode"><span style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="font:messagebox;color:buttontext;background-color:buttonface;border: solid 1px;border-top-color:buttonhighlight;border-left-color:buttonhighlight;border-bottom-color:buttonshadow;border-right-color:buttonshadow">
<tr>
<td nowrap="nowrap">
<span style="font-weight:bold">PortalSiteMapDataSource</span> - topSiteMap</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</span><a name="startNavigation"></a>
<div id="zz7_TopNavigationMenu" class=" noindex ms-core-listMenu-verticalBox">
<ul id="zz9_RootAspMenu" class="root ms-core-listMenu-root static">
<li class="static">
<a class="static menu-item ms-core-listMenu-item ms-displayInline ms-navedit-linkNode" href="/sites/Committees/SitePages/Home.aspx" accesskey="1">
<span class="additional-background ms-navedit-flyoutArrow">
<span class="menu-item-text">Committees</span></span></a></li>
<li class="static ms-verticalAlignTop ms-listMenu-editLink ms-navedit-editArea">
<span class="ms-navedit-editSpan" id="zz7_TopNavigationMenu_NavMenu_Edit">
<a id="zz7_TopNavigationMenu_NavMenu_EditLinks" class="ms-navedit-editLinksText" href="#" onclick="g_QuickLaunchMenu = null; EnsureScriptParams('quicklaunch.js', 'QuickLaunchInitEditMode', 'zz7_TopNavigationMenu', 1, 0, 1, '\u002fSITES\u002fCOMMITTEES'); cancelDefault(event); return false;" title="Edit Links">
<span class="ms-displayInlineBlock">
<span class="ms-navedit-editLinksIconWrapper ms-verticalAlignMiddle">
<img class="ms-navedit-editLinksIcon" src="/sites/Committees/_catalogs/theme/Themed/EF0ED6F1/spcommon-B35BB0A9.themedpng?ctag=55" alt="Edit Links" /></span><span class="ms-metadata ms-verticalAlignMiddle">Edit Links</span></span></a><span id="zz7_TopNavigationMenu_NavMenu_Loading" class="ms-navedit-menuLoading ms-hide"><a id="zz7_TopNavigationMenu_NavMenu_GearsLink" href="#" onclick="HideGears(); return false;" title="This animation indicates the operation is in progress. Click to remove this animated image."><img id="zz7_TopNavigationMenu_NavMenu_GearsImage" src="/_layouts/15/images/loadingcirclests16.gif?rev=38" alt="This animation indicates the operation is in progress. Click to remove this animated image." /></a></span><div id="zz7_TopNavigationMenu_NavMenu_ErrorMsg" class="ms-navedit-errorMsg">
</div>
</span></li>
</ul>
</div>

</div>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 312px">
<div class="DefaultContentBlock" style="border:medium black solid; background:yellow; color:black;">
This area will be filled in by content you create in your page layouts.
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 312px; background:#CCCCCC"><div class="ms-webpart-chrome ms-webpart-chrome-fullWidth "><div WebPartID="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" HasPers="true" id="WebPart" width="312px" class="ms-WPBody noindex " OnlyForMePart="true" allowDelete="false" style=""><div class="ms-rtestate-field"></div></div></div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
User agent strings for mobile Channel
Apple-iPhone3C1/1001.403
Apple-iPhone3C3/1001.403
Apple-iPhone4C1/1001.403
Apple-iPhone5C1/1001.405
Apple-iPhone5C2/1001.405
Apple-iPhone2C1/1001.523

Hi,
The issue is likely not your HTML Master Page but your user agent string. Try a user agent string of just "iphone". To test your master page, you could also set the user agent to "MSIE", which should cause this master page to load for
any version of IE. This will help you debug the master page as well in your normal browser.
Eric Overfield - PixelMill -
ericoverfield.com -
@EricOverfield

How to set custom master page for sharepoint application page ?

Hello,
I need to apply custom master page for the custom application page I created for login purpose.
Can anyone please let me know how to apply master page for custom application page ?
Note : I need to set custom master page for application page at web application level.
thanks,
Dipti Chhatrapati

Hi Dipti,
You can use the same reference as ASP.NET
Example
"<%@ Page Language="C#" masterpagefile="../_catalogs/masterpage/minimal.master" title="teste" inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPartPage, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" meta:webpartpageexpansion="full"
meta:progid="SharePoint.WebPartPage.Document" %>"
You can use SharePoint Designer 2010
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=16573 to make the reference from you aspx page to you custom masterpage.
When you are editing a aspx page you can go to ribbon "Style" and attach the custom Masterpage.
André Lage Microsoft SharePoint, CRM Consultant
Blog:http://aaclage.blogspot.com
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