SharePoint Blog Template Master Page Branding

Question

This may be a simple question, but I am having a problem with it.

I have multiple publishing SharePoint sites & sub-sites with a customized master page. I now have a sub-site based off the Blog site template. The custom master page is not being applied to it. I checked to make sure the site's master page setting it pointing to the custom master page.

Do Blog Site Templates handle master pages differently? If so, how do I brand these blog pages? Do I have to handle them individually?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Yes the blog sites use a different masterpage. You will have to go into the blog site using SharePoint designer and create a custom master page in the gallery.

I heartily recommend using the CKS:EBE if you'll be using blogs on SharePoint. It has a multitude of improvements over the out of the box blog template including theming, trackbacks, spam protection and many others. Give it a shot!