http://blogs.msdn.com/markarend/archive/tags/Master+Pages/default.aspxTags: Master PagesenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/markarend/archive/2008/01/24/master-page-stsadm-commands.aspxFri, 25 Jan 2008 06:56:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7232962markarend1http://blogs.msdn.com/markarend/comments/7232962.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/markarend/commentrss.aspx?PostID=7232962<P>Have you ever wanted to use stsadm to view or manipulate a site's master page?&nbsp; Unfortunately there are no default commands to do so.&nbsp; But stsadm is easy--and fun, some might even argue--to extend.</P> <P>I wrote a sample project that you can use to perform the following functions:</P> <LI>stsadm -o <B>ShowMasterPage</B> -url &lt;site url&gt; <LI>stsadm -o <B>SetMasterPage</B> -url &lt;site url&gt; -masterpageurl [&lt;page url&gt; | Parent] <P>This can come in very handy for troubleshooting and fixing problems with some master page deployments.&nbsp; The code is on MSDN's new "Code Gallery" which is very much like CodePlex, but designed for the smaller, quicker samples that don't need to be full-blown collaborative projects.&nbsp; I thought I'd try it out.</P></LI> <P><EM>Download: </EM><A title=http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/masterpagecommands href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/masterpagecommands" mce_href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/masterpagecommands">http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/masterpagecommands</A>.</P> <LI> <P>Related links:</P> <UL> <LI>TechNet has the best reference of the out-of-box <A href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e5134b97-b629-4fc0-8733-f2a49126daee1033.mspx?mfr=true" mce_href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e5134b97-b629-4fc0-8733-f2a49126daee1033.mspx?mfr=true">Stsadm operations and properties</A>. <LI>MSDN has the official discussion of <A href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417382.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417382.aspx">how to extend stsadm</A>. <LI>Gary Lapointe has created, as of this writing, <A href="http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html" mce_href="http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html">88 stsadm extensions</A>!</LI></UL> <P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P></LI><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7232962" width="1" height="1">SharePointSTSADMMaster Pages