SharePoint By Gaurav Goyal

You can log your applications errors in separate text file. Use this code public static void WriteException(string msg)         {             try             {                 SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()                 {                     string LogFile = SPUtility.GetVersionedGenericSetupPath("LOGS",15) + "\\SPErrorLog-" + DateTime.Today.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy") + ".txt";                     StringBuilder sMessage = new StringBuilder();                     msg = msg.Replace("<b>", "");                     msg = msg.Replace("</b>", "");                   ...

You can log error with all details you want. Here is the example. You need to just pass the exception object & it will return you the whole error details which will be very helpful.   public static string GetErrorInfo(Exception ex)         {             StringBuilder errorRows = new StringBuilder();             StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace(ex, true);             StackFrame stackFrame = stackTrace.GetFrame(stackTrace.FrameCount - 1);             MethodBase methodBase = null;             try             {                 methodBase = stackFrame.GetMethod();             }             catch { }             errorRows.AppendLine("<b>S...

If you are going to created & deploy the custom master page then you should activate the following publishing features : Display Name PublishingSite Title SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure Scope Site ID f6924d36-2fa8-4f0b-b16d-06b7250180fa Description Provides centralized libraries, content types, master pages and page layouts and enables page scheduling and other publishing functionality for a site collection. Display Name PublishingResources Title Publishing Resources Scope Site ID aebc918d-b20f-4a11-a1db-9ed84d79c87e Description Enable Publishing for site collection. Display Name Publishing Title Publishing Scope Web ID 22a9ef51-737b-4ff2-9346-694633fe4416 Description Enable Publishing in a web. Display Name PublishingLayouts Title Page Layouts and Master Pages Pack Scope Site ID d3f51be2-38a8-4e44-ba84-940d35be1566 Description Publishing Lay...

Go to  Original Post   Reproduction Steps: 1) Browse to: https://contoso.com/site/myteam 2) site Actions 3) View All Site Content 4) Pages 5) Library Tools > Documents 6) New Document 7) Page 8) Get an error message saying: An unexpected error has occurred. Troubleshoot issues with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation. Correlation ID: 5a3ab0c7-9b95-4c20-a5a7-04637fe0a120 Date and Time: 2013/12/04 04:19:04 PM When you pull the ULS logs you see: Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.InvalidPublishingWebException: The site is not valid. The ‘Pages’ document library is missing. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingWeb.GetPublishingListWithCleanup(PublishingListType list, Boolean throwExceptionOnInvalidWeb) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.CodeBehind.BasePageSettingsPage.get_PageListRoot() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.CodeBehind.BasePageSettingsPage.SetParentUrlLabel() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.CodeBehind.BasePageSettingsPage.LoadValues()...

Go to the SharePoint Server where you have SharePoint 2013 is installed & follow the steps: Go to Run and type "regedit" Navigate towards HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Right click on 15.0 and click Export. Save the exported file Now go to your machine where SharePoint is not installed and follow these steps: Now open Registry on your machine Import the 15 directory which was exported from SharePoint server Open Powershell Run this command Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\web server extensions\15.0\" -Name "Location" -Value "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\" Now open visual studio 2013 & create new solution for SharePoint 2013 , You won't get any error message.