Sharepoint default.master propagation?

Question

We have a large collection of MOSS 2007 sites that need a chunk of javascript added to them. I edited, checked in, published, and approved this change to default.master and the change is reflected on the root site, but none of the subsites.

I'm a little nervous to use the "Reset all subsites to inherit this Site Master Page setting" in site settings since there are so many subsites, but I'm not sure if I have any other option? All of the subsites only show default.master in their master page gallery, but it's not the version I just modified.

Thanks!

Answer 1

In order to get a piece of JavaScript to every page the use of the AdditionalPageHead Delegate control is better than modifying the default.master as it'll also work with modified masterpages (as long as they obey the rules of including the "AdditionalPageHead" delegate)

See my blog post on how to Turn Default Upload Overwrite Off in WSS 3.0 for an example of using the AdditionalPageHead Delegate