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Through SharePoint designer. Now if you want to apply this masterpage to all sub sites in the site collection , make sure below things are done: Feature “SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure” should be activated for the site collection.
How to create a custom master page layout?
To create a new master page or page layout, first we go to Site Settings under the site that we want to apply our customized pages. In Site Settings, look for Master pages and page layouts under Web Designer Galleries as shown in the picture: In the master page gallery, we can see a full list of existing page layouts and master pages.
Where is masterpage always deployed at site collection scope?
MasterPage is always deployed at site collection scope. If you want to set your masterpage as default masterpage below are the common methods: Write code in a feature receiver. Through Powershell commands Through UI (SharePoint Publishing Infrastructure and SharePoint Publishing feature needs to be activated to do this.)
How to apply a master page to a website?
To apply master page, go to Site Settings again and look for Master page under Look and Feel. Here we can choose if our site wants to inherit master page used by its parent site or to use a specific a master page. Choose your customized master page from the dropdown choices and click OK to apply.
SharePoint Server supports two types of site collections: host-named site collections and path-based site collections. In a path-based site collection, all the subsites in the site collection will share a root or parent URL (DNS name).
How to apply masterpage to all sub sites?
Through Powershell commands Through UI (SharePoint Publishing Infrastructure and SharePoint Publishing feature needs to be activated to do this.) Through SharePoint designer. Now if you want to apply this masterpage to all sub sites in the site collection , make sure below things are done:
If we want to edit this master page design, go to SharePoint designer and edit HTML file. Hence, the corresponding master page gets updated automatically and published as a major version. To set this master page to our portal pages, go to Site Action -> Site Settings. Click master page under Look and Feel.
How to set your masterpage as default masterpage?
If you want to set your masterpage as default masterpage below are the common methods: Write code in a feature receiver. Through Powershell commands Through UI (SharePoint Publishing Infrastructure and SharePoint Publishing feature needs to be activated to do this.) Through SharePoint designer.