SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

Creating a master page with editing controls only available to editors

In this recipe, we will create a custom master page that is branded for a public-facing SharePoint site. In addition, this master page will only show the page editing controls to those with contribute access to the SharePoint site.

To see the results of this recipe, you will need to be able to access the SharePoint site both anonymously and logged in.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to create a master page with editing controls only available to editors:

1. Open SharePoint Designer.
2. Select Open Site. Enter the complete URL to the SharePoint site and select Open.
3. Add a PublicMasterPage.css stylesheet file to the resources folder located at_catalogs/masterpage/resources.
4. From the