Hello,
Recently I got a requirement to add the default site description
in the custom master page. But the default placeholder which providing this
functionality didn’t work in this case.
Generally the site description can be set @ Site ActionsàSite SettingsàTitle
Description and Icon under Look and Feel Section, like this
The
site description looks like below with the default master page
(v4.master here) on the home/welcome page.
If
you look in to the design of the default master page, the site description will
be served by the placeholder called “PlaceHolderPageDescription”
.
But in the custom master if
you place this div to show the site description , this will not work.
The workaround to this is, add a
project property to the custom master where you need to show up the site
description, like this
<SharePoint:ProjectProperty
Property="Description" runat="server"/>
In this way you can use these properties in
your custom implementations to get the default SharePoint data. Some other
properties I am listing here..
Site Owner Name: <SharePoint:ProjectProperty Property="SiteOwnerName" runat="server"/>
Site Url: <SharePoint:ProjectProperty Property="SiteUrl" runat="server"/>
Thanks,
