Creating a Master Page for Use with MCMS

We will now add a master page to our MCMS web application and add the necessary elements for it to be usable with MCMS.

1. 1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click your website and click Add New Item...

2. 2. In the Add New Item dialog, select the Master Page template within the Visual Studio Installed Templates section.

3. 3. Enter TropicalGreen.master in the Name textbox, and click Add.

4. 4. The master page is created and opened in the Visual Studio Source View.

   Note

   In order to make use of MCMS controls such as the RobotMetaTag control within the master page, a Register directive is required.

5. 5. Enter the following directly underneath the existing Page directive in the master page:

   <%@ Register Assembly="Microsoft.ContentManagement.WebControls, Version=5.0.1200.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" Namespace="Microsoft.ContentManagement.WebControls" TagPrefix="cms" %>
   

   • Adding this Register directive in the master page allows us to use...