SharePoint page layout cannot find SPWebPartManager

Question

Hi,

I have a Feature with a Page Layout containing Webpartzones, however when I try to activate the Feature, SharePoint gives an error saying the URL is invalid. Apparently the layout is not able to access SPWebPartManager placed in default.master. When I put SPWebPartManager in the layout, it works fine. I tried using a custom Master page, still it gives this error. What could be wrong here?

Answer 1

Try changing the references you use for the master page. I don't have your code but I remember having to work with ../../_catalogs/ or ../_catalogs/ and possibly even /_catalogs/ as it all depends upon the location of your page.