SharePoint Master page permissions

Question

Manipulating Master Page on SharePoint Top Site.

I have Full Control and Design permissions and I am a Site Owner on the Top Site in our site collection, but I am unable to see or change anything on the sites Master Page. I think the problem may lie with the fact that I don't have access to half of the subsites under the main site. Can anyone help point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

Have you made sure that you are in as a Site Collection administrator to rule out a permission issue?

Answer 2

Try enabling the Publishing feature at the Site Collection level and the root site level. That should activate the Master page gallery in the Site Settings menu.