what is a master page?

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nikkifirsttime

This is my first time designing a website, and I would like to know what is a
master page?
 
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David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

A master page is where you place objects that appear on all pages. It is by
design for a print publication and not a web publication. While some have
reported to have used a master page in their web publication, I recommend
against it's use in a web publication. There have been issues from customers
that have been traced back to that and in my own testing I have found issues
with the way a web publication will write links from a master page objects.
I recommend that you use the option to copy all objects on a page when you
insert a new page in order to carry objects across all pages. Or to just
group them and copy/paste them across.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com
 
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Tristan Davey

I agree,
Don't use a master page for a website. I have a website with it on and I
regularly have to fix up bad links and failed links etc.

David Bartosik said:
A master page is where you place objects that appear on all pages. It is by
design for a print publication and not a web publication. While some have
reported to have used a master page in their web publication, I recommend
against it's use in a web publication. There have been issues from customers
that have been traced back to that and in my own testing I have found issues
with the way a web publication will write links from a master page objects.
I recommend that you use the option to copy all objects on a page when you
insert a new page in order to carry objects across all pages. Or to just
group them and copy/paste them across.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

nikkifirsttime said:
This is my first time designing a website, and I would like to know what
is a
master page?
 

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