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stri ng xaste rur-ljat h (ApplyMa sterUrl ? Cu stomMa ster PageUr l : the Master Page for content pages created in the Pages library of MOSS publishing sites: pub1i c stat i c vetd Confi surecustom aste rUrl( M bool A l yCustom ast erUrll ( pp M II dete rmine M erU l property setting ast r MasterUrlPath string Custom M (ApplyCustom aste rUrl ? Custom te rPag eU rl Mas net eultM er PageU r1) : ast II update M erU l propert y for all site s ast r nerau tt xes terreceurt ); /I update Maste rUrl property for all sites f er- each (SP\rIeb site i n Sscontext. t urrenr.Stte. xttsebs) stte .xeste rurt - Maste rUrlPat h; si te.Update{) ; } } Note that the Masterl. rl property atlccts all site pages that have been created with a MasterPageFile property setting of - rnasterurlvdefault.masret 'lhis includes the standard dcfault.aspx page template that provides the home page for many SharePoint site templates including Team Site and Blanksite. It also includes the form pages such as Alllterns.aspx and Ncwlrcm.aspx that are used by standard WSS lists types. Pagelayouts in a MOSS publishing site willnot be affected when you update the MasterUrl property. 'lhis includes all the content pages within the Pages libraryofa MOSS publishing site. Instead, these content pages arc designed to usc a dynamic token for the Mastel'agef'ile attribute, which foll ows the form of - rnastcrurlvcustom.rnaster. This token is dttfcrcnt from the - mastcrurhcustom.mastcr token because it is switched out using the CustomxtasterUr! property instead of the MasterUrl property. 'Ihcrefore, the Brandivlanager class provides a second method named Conllgurt:CustomMasterUrl that can be used to switch out to-each (SPWeb site i n SPCo ntexLCurrenLSite.AlHlebsJ { sit e.Custom asterUr 1 - Cu stom ast erUr1P ath : M M si ta.Updatet ) : ) } In addition to swapping out Master Pages, the l.itwareltranding solution also integrates a custom CSS file named styles.css. 'lhe Lit wareBranding solution uses a strategy of deploying the CSS file named styles.css in a directorynested inside the LAYO UTSdirectory so that it can be deployed a Single time on the file system of each front-end web server. "lhe value of deployment within the LAYO UTSdirector yis that a file such as style.css can be deployed once on the \V server'sfil e system and yet stillhe accessible from eh any site within the current farm using a standard URI. that is returned by the CustomCssUrl property: public static string CustomCssUr1 I get { 33/STY L Li t wa reBrandi ngl st.yl es. css" : ES/ return "1_1ayoutsl ID ) } Qr) VISIJ3 IStud lo .net Dot lmage 6.0 is now available. New features include Runtime Royalty- Free OCR, PDF annotations, ISIS support, CAD/CAM and WPF viewing, AJJ:V< web image viewing with no plug-ins, and more -Take document and photographic imaging to the .NExT step, Visit Atatasoft.com for web demos and a free trial. Atalasoft, Your .NET Imag ing Partner Call us toll free at 866 -568-0129 www.atalasoft.com July 2008 45 msdnmagazinecom http://www.atalasoft.com http://www.atalasoft.com http://msdnmagazine.com

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MSDN Magazine - July 2008

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