Programatically changing the page layout of default.aspx page MOSS2010

In this post we will change the page layout of default.aspx page MOSS2010 using object modelling.
Below is the code snippet::

        /// <summary>
        /// Method to Change PageLayout For DefalutPage
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="publishingWeb"></param>
        /// <param name="currentWeb"></param>
        public void ChangePageLayoutForDefalutPage(PublishingWeb publishingWeb, string customPageLayout)
        {

            PublishingPage publishingPage = publishingWeb.GetPublishingPage(publishingWeb.Url + "/Pages/default.aspx");

            if (publishingPage != null)
            {
                List<PageLayout> layouts = new List<PageLayout>(publishingWeb.GetAvailablePageLayouts());
                PageLayout newPageLayout = layouts.Find(
                                delegate(PageLayout l)
                                {
                                    return l.Name.Equals(customPageLayout, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
                                });
                if (newPageLayout != null)
                {
                    if (publishingPage.ListItem.File.CheckOutType == SPFile.SPCheckOutType.None)
                    {
                        publishingPage.CheckOut();
                    }
                    publishingPage.Layout = newPageLayout;
                    publishingPage.Update();
                    publishingPage.CheckIn("Checked In");
                    publishingPage.ListItem.File.Publish("page published");
                    publishingPage.ListItem.File.Approve("page approved");
                    publishingWeb.Update();

                }

            }


        }

Call the method as below
ChangePageLayoutForDefalutPage(mypublishingwebObj,"myPagelayout.aspx");


Hope this helps..

Programatically applying master page of a sharepoint site MOSS2010

In this post we will see how to Programatically set the master page of a sharepoint site.
And also make sure its subsites inherits the root site master page.
Below is the code snippet::

/// <summary>
        /// method to add master page
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="CurrentWeb"></param>
        public void AddMasterPage(SPWeb CurrentWeb,string customMasterPage)
        {
            try
            {

                CurrentWeb.MasterUrl = CurrentWeb.Site.RootWeb.ServerRelativeUrl + "_catalogs/masterpage/v4.master";

                CurrentWeb.CustomMasterUrl = CurrentWeb.Site.RootWeb.ServerRelativeUrl + "_catalogs/masterpage/" + customMasterPage;

                CurrentWeb.Update();

//To change master page of all subsites
                foreach (SPWeb subweb in CurrentWeb.GetSubwebsForCurrentUser())
                {

                    ChangeMasterPage(subweb, CurrentWeb.MasterUrl, CurrentWeb.CustomMasterUrl);

                }

                CurrentWeb.Update();

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

            }
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// method to change master page
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Web"></param>
        /// <param name="pstrMasterURL"></param>
        /// <param name="pstrCustomURL"></param>
        private void ChangeMasterPage(SPWeb subWeb, string pstrMasterURL, string pstrCustomURL)
        {
            try
            {
                subWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
                subWeb.MasterUrl = pstrMasterURL;

                subWeb.CustomMasterUrl = pstrCustomURL;

                subWeb.Update();
                subWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
                subWeb.Dispose();

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

            }


        }

Call the method as below
AddMasterPage(myweb,"mymasterpage.master");


Hope this helps...
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Javascript/jquery count li elements inside ul

Below is the script with which you can get the count of li present in ul..

Html::

<ul id="myulid">

  <li>List Item1</li>

  <li>List Item2</li>

  <li>List Item3</li>

  <li>List Item4</li>

  <li>List Item5</li>

</ul>

Java Script:: 

<script type="text/javascript">

var myul = document.getElementById('myulid');

var liCount= myul.getElementsByTagName('li').length;

alert(liCount);

</script>

Hope this helps...