One master page for all sites

Hello, Is it possible to have one master page for all sites in a web application? That way, all I need to do is to make changes in one master page and every page, no matter which sub site it is, will have the same layout. The problem I am having is that (it could be by design) each site seems to have its own master page and only way I can have all site to have the same look and feel is by making changes in all master pages. Thanks...a


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John Stover
8/15/2007 10:28 AM PST



Hello Ace, It is unclear whether you are using WSS or MOSS? If using MOSS, you can inherit from the top level master page. If you are using WSS, the out of the box functionality is that all sites utilize their own master page. You can, however, create a site template that uses the master page you wish and create all subsequent WSS sites from your template(s). Hope this helps, John Stover Click to show or hide original message or reply text.
> Hello, > Is it possible to have one master page for all sites in a web > application? > That way, all I need to do is to make changes in one master page and > every > page, no matter which sub site it is, will have the same layout. > The problem I am having is that (it could be by design) each site > seems to have its own master page and only way I can have all site to > have the same look and feel is by making changes in all master pages. > > Thanks...a >


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8/15/2007 10:34 AM PST



Thanks for the reply. I did not know that it works differently with WSS and MOSS. Yes, this specific case was with WSS v3 for proofing but it will eventually be done in MOSS. So it sounds like I can use one master page for all sites with MOSS 2007. As with WSS v3, yes, that's what I did.... after making changes, save it as a site template and create sub sites with the site template. But I was concerned about future change requests and that's why I brought the question to this group. The bottom line is MOSS offers the concept of one master page for all sites but with WSS, there is one master page per site, correct? a "John Stover" wrote: Click to show or hide original message or reply text.
> Hello Ace, > > It is unclear whether you are using WSS or MOSS? If using MOSS, you can > inherit from the top level master page. If you are using WSS, the out of > the box functionality is that all sites utilize their own master page. You > can, however, create a site template that uses the master page you wish and > create all subsequent WSS sites from your template(s). > > Hope this helps, > John Stover > > > Hello, > > Is it possible to have one master page for all sites in a web > > application? > > That way, all I need to do is to make changes in one master page and > > every > > page, no matter which sub site it is, will have the same layout. > > The problem I am having is that (it could be by design) each site > > seems to have its own master page and only way I can have all site to > > have the same look and feel is by making changes in all master pages. > > > > Thanks...a > > > > >


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John Stover
8/15/2007 10:58 AM PST

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Hello Ace, Correct. MOSS offers the ability to use one master page for top level and all subsites. WSS does not. John Stover Click to show or hide original message or reply text