Custom Master Page In SharePoint-2013

Today We are Going to creating a custom Master Page for SharePoint 2013 using Visual Studio 2012. The Process is similar as was done in SharePoint 2010. Steps are following to create my custom Master Page:

Step-1 Take a copy of your SharePoint-2013 master pages like Seattle.master and Oslo.master from the directory "15\TEMPLATE\GLOBAL". Paste this master page in a folder and rename the file like (i.e Custommaster.master)

Step-2 Add a new Module(name like CustomMasterPage) and delete sample.txt file that was created automatically by adding module.

Step-3 Add Custommaster.master file to the Module and change some Parameters like Url="_catalogs/masterpage", " List=116" in <Module>, Type="GhostableInLibrary" in Elements.xml File. Any Change which you want in master page do it in Custommaster.master page.

Step-4 Change the name of Feature to something more Useful.

Step-5 Build and Deploy Project.

Step-6 Activate Feature in your Site Collection and set this master page as a default Master Page.

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