Important links for Master Page in SharePoint 2010

http://chrisstahl.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/branding-the-quick-launch-in-sharepoint-2010-part-i/

http://chrisstahl.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/branding-the-quick-launch-in-sharepoint-2010-part-
ii/

https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/Brand-SharePoint-Quicklaunch-Menu-
links-Backgrounds.aspx

https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/SharePoint-Learn-to-Brand-from-the-
Start.aspx

Master Pages in SharePoint 2010

The master pages SharePoint 2010 utilizes are features from ASP.NET 2.0. They provide the
ability to lay out the framework of a rendered page separate from the page containing the
content. While master page customizations were an essential feature in the previous version
of SharePoint as well, there have been many notable and important changes from 2007 to
2010.

Types of SharePoint 2010 Master Pages :

This section was largely derived from Quick Overview of Master Pages in SharePoint 2010
by Corey Roth

v4.master
Default team site master page. Provides ribbon bar and other UI changes.
Characteristics
Site actions are updated for 2010 and appear on left.
Ribbon bar is available

default.master
Sites upgraded from SharePoint 2007 use this unless they are changed to use a v4 version.
Characteristics
Site actions on right side and are same as SharePoint 2007 version
No ribbon bar.

minimal.master
Master page contains almost nothing. It is used by the Search Center and Office Web
Applications. This master should not be confused with minimal master pages from 2007
which were trimmed down custom master pages developed by users. The minimal.master
is now an out-of-the box master page. These trimmed-down custom master pages are
commonly referred to as Starter Master Pages in SharePoint 2010.

Characteristics of minimal.master
No navigation included

Starter Master Pages
Commonly referred to as “minimal master pages” in SharePoint 2007, these quick start
pages are created by developers to better enhance their ability to quickly create and
customize a functional master.

Sources for Starter Master Pages
Starter Master Pages for SharePoint 2010 by Randy Drisgrill

simple.master
This master is used by login and error pages. To customize these pages, a replacement
page must be created and stored in the _layouts directory on the server.

Pages using simple.master
Login.aspx
SignOut.aspx
Error.aspx
ReqAcc.aspx
Confirmation.aspx
WebDeleted.aspx
AccessDenied.aspx

Other Master Pages
Other miscellaneous master pages are generally not manipulated when branding a site.

These include:
application.master·
applicationv4.master·
dialog.master·
layouts.master·
layoutsv3.master·
pickerdialog.master·
rtedialog.master·
simple.master·
simplev4.master·
mwsdefault.master·
mwsdefaultv4.master·
admin.master·
popup.master

creating Slide Show Using Java Script and CEWP

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<div 

// Set slideShowSpeed (milliseconds)
var slideShowSpeed = 3000

// Duration of crossfade (seconds)
var crossFadeDuration = 3

// Specify the image files
var Pic = new Array() // don't touch this
// to add more images, just continue
// the pattern, adding to the array below

Pic[0] = '/asrtech/images/smbox1.jpg'
Pic[1] = '/asrtech/images/smbox2.jpg'
Pic[2] = '/asrtech/images/smbox3.jpg'
Pic[3] = '/asrtech/images/smbox4.jpg'


// =======================================
// do not edit anything below this line
// =======================================

var t
var j = 0
var p = Pic.length

var preLoad = new Array()
for (i = 0; i < p; i++){
   preLoad[i] = new Image()
   preLoad[i].src = Pic[i]
}

function runSlideShow(){
   if (document.all){
      document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=2)"
      document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)"
      document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Apply()     
   }
   document.images.SlideShow.src = preLoad[j].src
   document.images.SlideShow.click = "http://www.google.com"
   if (document.all){
      document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Play()
   }
   j = j + 1
   if (j > (p-1)) j=0
   t = setTimeout('runSlideShow()', slideShowSpeed)
}

_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("runSlideShow");

</script>&#160;<!-- the Slide Show --><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="300" height="300" id="VU"><img name="SlideShow" width="300" height="300" src="/Style%20Library/images/pic1.jpg" click="http://www.google.com" alt="" style="filter: blendtrans(duration=crossfadeduration)"/></td></tr></tbody></table>

Default Site Content Types in SharePoint 2010

Content Type Name	Description	Group
Rich Media Asset	Upload an asset	Digital Asset Content Types
Image	Upload an image	Digital Asset Content Types
Video	Upload a video file	Digital Asset Content Types
Audio	Upload an audio file	Digital Asset Content Types
Common Indicator Columns	BizAppsCTypes	_Hidden
Fixed Value based Status Indicator	Create a new Status Indicator using manually entered information	Business Intelligence
SharePoint List based Status Indicator	Create a new Status Indicator using data from SharePoint Lists	Business Intelligence
Excel based Status Indicator	Create a new Status Indicator using data from Excel Services	Business Intelligence
SQL Server Analysis Services based Status Indicator	Create a new Status Indicator using data from SQL Server  Analysis Services	Business Intelligence
Report	BizAppsCTypes	Business Intelligence
Web Part Page with Status List	Create a page that displays Status Indicators and Excel workbooks	Business Intelligence
System	ctypes	_Hidden
Item	Create a new list item.	List Content Types
Document	Create a new document	Document Content Types
Form	Fill out this form	Document Content Types
Office Data Connection File	ctypes	_Hidden
Universal Data Connection File	Provide a standard place for applications,such as Microsoft Info Path, to store data connection information	_Hidden
Picture	Upload an image or a photograph	Document Content Types
Unknown Document Type	Allows users to upload documents of any content type to a library. Unknown documents will be treated as their original content type in client applications	Special Content Types
Master Page	Create a new master page	Document Content Types
Wiki Page	Create a new wiki page	Document Content Types
User Workflow Document	Items for use in user defined workflows	_Hidden
Event	Create a new meeting, deadline or other event	List Content Types
Issue	Track an issue or problem	List Content Types
Announcement	Create a new news item, status or other short piece of information	List Content Types
Link	Create a new link to a Web page or other resource	List Content Types
Contact	Store information about a business or personal contact	List Content Types
Message	Create a new message	List Content Types
Discussion	Create a new discussion topic	Folder Content Types
Task	Track a work item that you or your team needs to complete	List Content Types
Workflow Task	A work item created by a workflow that you or your team  needs to complete	_Hidden
Administrative Task	An administrative work item that an administrator needs to complete	_Hidden
Workflow History	The history of a workflow	_Hidden
Post	Create a new blog post	List Content Types
Comment	Create a new blog comment	List Content Types
Folder	Create a new folder	Folder Content Types
RootOfList	ctypes	_Hidden
Person	ctypes	_Hidden
SharePointGroup	ctypes	_Hidden
DomainGroup	ctypes	_Hidden
Basic Page	Create a new basic page	Document Content Types
Web Part Page	Create a new Web Part page	Document Content Types
Link to a Document	Create a link to a document in a different location	Document Content Types
East Asia Contact	Store information about a business or personal contact	List Content Types
Dublin Core Columns	The Dublin Core metadata element set	Document Content Types
Health Analyzer Rule Definition	Create a New Health Analyzer Rule	_Hidden
Health Analyzer Report	A report from the health analyzer	_Hidden
Summary Task	Group and describe related tasks that you or your team needs to complete	Folder Content Types
Document Collection Folder	Create a new Document Collection Folder	_Hidden
Schedule	Create new appointment	List Content Types
Reservations	Reserve resource	List Content Types
Schedule and Reservations	Create a new appointment and reserve a resource	List Content Types
Circulation	Add a new Circulation	Group Work Content Types
Official Notice	Add a new Official Notice	Group Work Content Types
Phone Call Memo	Add a new Phone Call Memo	Group Work Content Types
Resource	Add a new resource	Group Work Content Types
Resource Group	Add a new resource group	Group Work Content Types
Holiday	Add a new holiday	Group Work Content Types
Timecard	Add a new time card data	Group Work Content Types
What's New Notification	Add a new What's New notification	Group Work Content Types
Users	Add new users to this list	Group Work Content Types
New Word	Add a New Word to this list	Group Work Content Types
List View Style	Create a new List View Style	Document Content Types
Rule	Create a rule that moves content submitted to this site to the correct library or folder.	Content Organizer Content Types
Document Set	Create a document set when you want to manage multiple documents as a single work product	Document Set Content Types
E-mail Submission	This content type has columns that correspond to common properties that are sent when email is submitted to the content organizer.	Content Organizer Content Types
Help Topic	Create a new help topic	Help Content Types
Help Media File	Add a new media file	Help Content Types
Help Category	Create a new category of help topics and links	Help Content Types
Help Collection	Create a new help collection	Help Content Types
InfoPath Form Template	A Microsoft InfoPath Form Template	_Hidden
WorkflowTaskIP_Name	WorkflowTaskIP_Description	_Hidden
PerformancePoint Data Source	Add a new Data Source to the document library using the Dashboard Designer	PerformancePoint
PerformancePoint Monitoring Document Type	PerformancePoint Monitoring Document	_Hidden
PerformancePoint Base	PerformancePoint Base Content Type	_Hidden
PerformancePoint Dashboard	Add a new Dashboard to the list using the Dashboard Designer	PerformancePoint
PerformancePoint Filter	Add a new Filter to the list using the Dashboard Designer	PerformancePoint
PerformancePoint Indicator	Add a new Indicator to the list using the Dashboard Designer	PerformancePoint
PerformancePoint KPI	Add a new KPI to the list using the Dashboard Designer	PerformancePoint
PerformancePoint Report	Add a new Report to the list using the Dashboard Designer	PerformancePoint
PerformancePoint Scorecard	Add a new Scorecard to the list using the Dashboard Designer	PerformancePoint
System Page	System Page is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature, and it cannot be modified. To add columns to the Pages library, update the Page content type template	_Hidden
Page	Page is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature. The column templates from Page will be added to all Pages libraries created by the Publishing feature.	Publishing Content Types
System Master Page	System Master Page is a system content type template created by   the Publishing Resources feature, and it cannot be modified. To add columns to master pages in the page layouts gallery and master page gallery, update the Master Page content type template	_Hidden
Publishing Master Page	Master Page is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature. All master pages will have the column templates from Master Page added.	Publishing Content Types
System Page Layout	System Page Layout is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature, and it cannot be modified. To add columns to page layouts in the page layouts gallery and master page gallery, update the Page Layout content type template	_Hidden
Page Layout	Page Layout is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature. All page layouts will have the column templates from Page Layout added	Publishing Content Types
Page Output Cache	Page Output Cache is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature to define cache profiles	_Hidden
Welcome Page	Welcome Page is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature. It is the associated content type template for the default page layout used to create welcome pages in sites that have the Publishing    feature enabled	Page Layout Content Types
Article Page	Article Page is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature. It is the associated content type template for the  default page layouts used to create article pages in sites that have the Publishing    feature enabled	Page Layout Content Types
Reusable Text		_Hidden
Reusable HTML		_Hidden
Redirect Page	Redirect Page is a system content type template created by the Publishing Resources feature. It is the associated content type template for  the redirect page layout	Page Layout Content Types
Published Link	Create a New Published Link	_Hidden
Report Builder Report	Create a new Report Builder report	Report Server Content Types
Report Data Source	Create a new report data source	Report Server Content Types
Report Builder Model	Create a new Report Builder model	Report Server Content Types
Publishing Approval Workflow Task (en-US)	A work item created by an workflow that you or your team needs to complete	_Hidden
Approval Workflow Task (en-US)	A work item created by an workflow that you or your team needs to complete	_Hidden
Collect Feedback Workflow Task (en-US)	A work item created by an workflow that you or your team needs to complete	_Hidden
Signatures Workflow Task Deprecated	Deprecated	_Hidden
Collect Signatures Workflow Task (en-US)	A work item created by an workflow that you or your team needs to complete	_Hidden
Translation Document	List Templates	_Hidden
Published Link	Create a New Published Link	_Hidden