How to List MasterPage Under Look and Feel MasterPage section in Sharepoint

Question

I have created a mastepage like SiteMaster.master. But i can not see it under Look Feel --> MasterPage section.

So what should i do?

Answer 1

You have to activate the feature Publishing Infrastructure in Settings Site Collection and activate the feature SharePoint Server Publishing Site Actions.

Once you've done this, you see the options you need.

However, it's not under Look and Feel, but under the Galleries section.

Answer 2

First, you need to activate SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature and SharePoint Server Publishing feature.

To Activate SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature

• Go to site settings
• Under the Site Collection Administration
• Open Site collection features
• Scroll down and activate SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature

To Activate SharePoint Server Publishing feature

• Got to site settings

• Under the Site Actions

• Open Manage site features

• Scroll down and activate SharePoint Server Publishing feature

Once that is done,

• Go to site settings
• Under the Look and Feel
• Select Master Page

Answer 3

You need to make sure that the deployment process, either via UI or farm/sandbox solution approaches the page is marked as a "publishing master page" content type.
In the UI, you should be able to select
In the Visual Studio 2010 approach, ensure that feature description file specifies the content type similar to this

<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
  <Module Name="MasterPageGallery" Url="_catalogs/masterpage" >
    <File Url="MyCustomLayout.master" Type="GhostableInLibrary" >
       <Property Name="UIVersion" Value="4" />
       <Property Name="ContentTypeId" Value="0x010105" />
    </File>
  </Module>
 </Elements>