We're creating a minimal publishing site definition (according to ACs instructions in Pro SP 2007 WCM Development) as a starting point for our site.
However, after deploying the solution and creating a page, we got an error. It seems like some strange markup was added to our page layout aspx page during deployment. After the last asp:content control, the following was added to the aspx page in sharepoint.
<html xmlns:mso="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:msdt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882"><head>
<META name="WebPartPageExpansion" content="full">
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
<mso:PublishingPreviewImage msdt:dt="string">/sites/TestMinimal/_catalogs/masterpage/Preview Images/PublishingMinimal/MinimalPreview.png, /sites/TestMinimal/_catalogs/masterpage/Preview Images/PublishingMinimal/MinimalPreview.png</mso:PublishingPreviewImage>
<mso:ContentType msdt:dt="string">Page Layout</mso:ContentType>
<mso:MasterPageDescription msdt:dt="string">The welcome with splash contains an image field on left, a rich text field and Web Part zones arranged in a header, and 2 columns. The left navigation pane is hidden.</mso:MasterPageDescription>
<mso:PublishingAssociatedContentType msdt:dt="string">;#$Resources:contenttype_Welcomepage_name;#0x010100C568DB52D9D0A14D9B2FDCC96666E9F2007948130EC3DB064584E219954237AF390064DEA0F50FC8C147B0B6EA0636C4A7D4;#</mso:PublishingAssociatedContentType>
</mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->
<title>Welcome splash page</title></head>
However, when looking at the template in the file system, the code is not present. After opening the page in SPD and removing it, the page template works fine.
Have anyone come across this issue before? Any ideas on what might be going on?