Give me details completly to which Onet.xml we should change.

It does not work .... no change in mysite ... what so ever .... I follwed exact steps, but did not work.

I have the same problem mysite no change, also i reviewed the code and don´t understand why de CustomMasterUrl is differente from  C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\GLOBAL

where copied myCustom.master

Hi :

Do you know how can I delete Web Parts by default in My site, So that I could not see this web part in the Add Web Part List when edit a Web Part Page?

Thank for your help

Since you talk about _catalogs/masterpage, I assume you do step 1.2 with SP Designer. If so, you get a new masterpage in the database. How are you going to copy that one to a filesystem folder (step 1.4), since it doesn't even exist on the filesystem yet?

You talk about myMaster.master, in step 2.3 you suddenly refer to custom.master. Which is it?

Hi,

I did follow all abov step. but i am able to see the changes

Hey yeon,

thank you for your wonderful advice how to apply a master page do the Mysite.

Unfortunately I ran into some trouble following your description. Mostly it didn't work because I didn' read the instructions carefully.

But at some places it is also a bit misleading, so to avoid others to have the same trouble as I had here what I've learned:

Step 1:

Everything clear so far:

I placed a copy of the "default.master" Page from the _catalogs/masterpage under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\GLOBAL\myMaster.master

Step 2:

In this step I made follwing mistake:

I changed 'MasterPageFile="~masterurl/default.master"’ to ‘MasterPageFile="~masterurl/myMaster.master"' instead of the recommended ‘MasterPageFile="~masterurl/custom.master"'

As I said, reading the instructions carefully is important ;-)

Step 3:

This one caused me the most trouble as your description is inconsitet with the onet.xml in Step 4:

First of all, for everybody who is wondering which onet.xml has to be modified, use the one under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\SiteTemplates\SPSPERS\XML\

Second:

Change

<Configuration ID="0" Name="Default">

to

<Configuration ID="0" Name="Default" CustomMasterUrl="_catalogs/masterpage/myMaster.master">

Third:

Still in <Configuration ID="0" ...> got to the subsection  <Modules>

and add <Module Name="CustomMasterPage"/> right after <Module Name="Default"/>

(you forgot this in your sample onet.xml)

Fourth:

At the end of onet.xml add

<Module Name="CustomMasterPage" List="116" Url="_catalogs/masterpage" RootWebOnly="FALSE" SetupPath="global">

     <File Url="MyMaster.master" Type="GhostableInLibrary" IgnoreIfAlreadyExists="TRUE" />

</Module>

in the modules section.

It is very important that you use the attribut 'SetupPath="global"'

( you forgot this on in Step 3)

Then run iisreset an all new sites which are created use the new masterpage

To delete existing MySites user following command in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN

directory on the server:

stsadm -o deletesite -url spswebname/.../username

So here for everybody my working onet.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>        

<Project Revision="3">

   <NavBars>

...

   </NavBars>

   <ListTemplates>

   </ListTemplates>

   <DocumentTemplates>

...

   </DocumentTemplates>

<Configurations>

   <Configuration ID="-1" Name="NewWeb"/>

   <Configuration ID="0" Name="Default" CustomMasterUrl="_catalogs/masterpage/rundsmysite.master">

       <Lists>

...

       </Lists>

       <SiteFeatures>

...

       </SiteFeatures>

       <WebFeatures>

...

       </WebFeatures>

       <Modules>

           <Module Name="Default"/>

   <Module Name="CustomMasterPage"/>

       </Modules>

   </Configuration>

   <Configuration ID="1" Name="Blank">

       <ExecuteUrl Url="_layouts/[%=System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.LCID%]/settings.aspx" />

   </Configuration>            

</Configurations>

<Modules>

    <Module Name="Default" Url="" Path="">

        <File Url="blog.xsl"></File>

        <File Url="default.aspx" Type="Ghostable">

...

        </File>

   </Module>

<Module Name="CustomMasterPage" List="116" Url="_catalogs/masterpage" RootWebOnly="FALSE" SetupPath="global">

     <File Url="rundsmysite.master" Type="GhostableInLibrary" IgnoreIfAlreadyExists="TRUE" />

   </Module>

 </Modules>

</Project>

Hello,

I am getting an error after I implemented your solution for this  "myMaster.master". The error is like this:  

"ERROR:

Cannot complete this action.

Please try again. "

I tried both version (Matt's and yeon's) and non of them worked.

Any suggestions on how to change the default.master so that any my site user will have this default.master on his site?

Please help.

Thanks

Ok I have successfully remove this error (i forgot on one </Module>). But still this code doesn't work. New users still don't have the right master page. I know that because when I look in the master page there aren't this two tags that i want to be included in every users my site page.

Please help how to do this.

Thanks

i already followed all the instructions but i got this error "File not found".

anyone can help me...

thanks

This site describes the MS supported way of customizing MySites: blogs.msdn.com/.../customizing-moss-2007-my-sites-within-the-enterprise.aspx

Matt's directions are good for customizing other site definitions besides MySites.

Ricky,  

Your error pertains to the masterpage not being found. Either its not in the correct folder on the file system(12 hives), or in the correct masterpage gallery.

Hi,

I'm getting the error "File not found".

Please Help ......

Thanks,

Hi,

Now am getting error :

Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: Failed to instantiate file "mysite.master" from module "CustomMasterPage": Source path "mysite.master" not found. --->

Please help.......

Is this for SPS 2003 and MOSS 2007 or only for SPS 2003???

This is probably the problem if u try this on MOSS 2007...

It's MOSS2007 Fincorp. This worked a treat  for me thanks, really useful.

This is a wonderful example  of a public facing exposed website built in Sharepoint. It's for Sheffield LEP (BSF SHeffield)

www.sheffieldbsfschools.com

Did not work. I followed another approach, by creating a feature with Staplee & Stapler along with EventReceiver this worked like a charm.

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¬Hi Mike ...Yes a really net design - nicely done !www.sheffieldbsfschools.com

Hi,

I am creating a Community Site in MOSS 2007 with customization and also want to use existing My Site(basically “My Pofile”) feature for each user’s profile like ORKUT fashion(which maintains GROUPS, FRIEND’s List, SCRAPBOOK, MESSAGES etc.). Can i use “My Site” feature of this purpose??

Can you please help me in this context??

Thank you,

Saurabh

E-mail: saurabhsinghmca@gmail.com