Changing the site master pages

Master pages are a feature of the ASP.NET web application framework that SharePoint leverages to provide a consistent look and feel for all pages within a SharePoint site. These can be used to provide various styling and branding configurations. SharePoint Server 2013 ships with two master pages that can be applied to SharePoint 2013 sites: seattle and oslo. The seattle master page is the default used when creating new SharePoint sites.

Each SharePoint site uses two configured master pages: the site master page and the system master page. The site master page is used when displaying content pages, libraries, lists, and so on, whereas the system master page is used when displaying settings and administrative pages. ...

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