Professional SharePoint® 2010 Branding and User Interface Design

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CHAPTER 9 PAGE LAYOUTS

11. Delete the <a href> and then add a Web Part zone. SharePoint Designer needs to be in

Design view or Split view for adding Web Part zones, so switch to the Split view by click-

ing Split at the bottom of the main window. Then, from the ribbon, click Insert ➪ Web Part

Zone. You can switch back to Code view when you are done.

Notice that adding a Web Part zone not only adds a

<WebPartPages:WebPartZone> control

where your cursor was placed, but also adds a

<WebPartPages:SPProxyWebPartManager>

control to the top of the

PlaceHolderMain. The SPProxyWebPartManager only needs to be

added to the page once to handle multiple Web Part zones. If you want, you can change the

title of

<WebPartPages:WebPartZone> from “Zone 1” to something more meaningful like

“Right Zone.” For editing purposes, this can be helpful if you need to add more than one

Web Part zone to a page layout. You can also change the default ID that is applied to the

Web Part zone. This ID is generated automatically to be uniquely different from any other

IDs in the page layout. IDs cannot start with numbers, and they must not contain spaces or

special characters. Also, if you change the ID, be sure you don’t accidently replicate another

ID that is already on the page.

This completes the changes to

PlaceHolderMain. Now turn your attention to the

PlaceHolderPageTitle content placeholder. In t