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How to Modify a Master Page File

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, System Center 2012 - Service Manager

You can edit some web elements of the Self-Service Portal using Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010. You can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to modify SharePoint master pages and style sheets. However, customization is limited in this example to formatting. In any of the following example modifications, you can choose customizations that better fit your organization.

Note


You should have SharePoint Designer 2010 installed before you use the following procedure. However, you can download SharePoint Designer 2010 from the Microsoft Download Center if you do not already have it installed.

To modify a master page file

  1. Start a browser, and connect to the Self-Service Portal home page, for example, http://<WebServerName>:82/SMPortal.

  2. In the upper left corner, click Site Actions, and then select Edit in SharePoint Designer.

  3. In the navigation pane, select Master Pages, and then in the Master Pages list, select SMPortalPage.master.

  4. In the Customization area, click Edit file to open it in the Advanced Editor.

  5. Select the title in the design window, and then in the Tag Properties pane, under Appearance, expand Font.

  6. Click the box to the right of Name, and then select Times New Roman.

  7. In the lower-left portion of SharePoint Designer 2010, click Split to show both the preview pane and the XHTML view of the master file.

  8. Click the Layout menu tab, and then click Manage Layers.

  9. In the Layers list, select s4-workspace. The XHTML view appears and selects the corresponding code.

  10. At the top of the selected code, right click the code <div id=”s4-worksapce”>, and then click Follow Code Hyperlink to open the CSS file that is associated with the master file.

  11. In the CSS file, look for the section labeled Body{ near the top of the XHTML code, and then under height:100%, insert a new line and type background-color:#006600.

  12. Save the CSS and SMPortalPage.master files that you have updated, and then close SharePoint Designer 2010.

  13. Refresh your view of the Self-Service Portal to view the changes that you have made.

See Also

Managing the System Center 2012 - Service Manager Self-Service Portal