Comments on: Minimal SharePoint Master Page

By: Just Bill

Just Bill — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I definately use Frontpage still for non-SharePoint html editing and find the SharePoint designer great for what it was really targetted to… SharePoint layouts.

FP 2003 installs nicely next to Office 2007.

Expression has a place and I am just now starting to get a grip on it and am liking what I see.

I think the world still needs a great html editor and for The Foundation, we will stick with FP.

By: fook-M$

fook-M$ — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I dont know how anyone can be expected to fumble about sharepoint designer 2007 and the mess that is master pages themes and code.

A terrible aparent replacement for frontpage. Some of my clients have asked about migrating from frontpage. They dont know if they should be upgrading to expression web or sharepoint designer.

I say Forget about Microsoft Products

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for this ! It's just what I was looking for.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I must be missing something here, I can design active server site master pages in VS2005 no problem at all, but in Sharepoint no deal. Why I can't use VS to create Sharepoint masterpages is beyond me. Maybe I am wrong but it seems to me MS must have a department that does nothing but come up with ways to "piss off" developers.

By: Adrian Curley

Adrian Curley — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

when I attempt via SharePoint Designer to open a simple page (originally created via a browser in our sharepoint site). This page was created using the default BlankWebPartPage.aspx

The SP Designer asks me if I want to check out this default BlankWebPartPage.aspx? Why? I do not want to mess with this default files.
Just the file that inherits it that I created!!!! any ideas?

If I say yes open BlankWebPartPage.aspx; then it says "server access denied" error but goes ahead and opens this template BlankWebPartPage.aspx????

BUT does not open the file I asked it to open.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This didnt work for me at all. It returns a master page error