We have several different MVC2 projects on the go and I would like to be able to share a single master page between them.
Is there an easy way to do this without recreating the same master page in each project?
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A:
You could add the master page as a link if the projects sharing the master page are in the same solution. Add->Existing item->browse to the master page file and select "Add as Link".
Steve Danner
2010-08-03 19:19:22
Actually, this worked when I just added the file (not added as a link) though obviously in that case a copy of the file was created. However, when I then went back and added the file as a link, the Master Page file was not found.
Jason
2010-08-03 20:07:14
You may need to update the pages that inherit from it to have a relative url rather than the ~/ notation that it points to it by default.
Steve Danner
2010-08-03 20:38:16