ASP.NET Master pages

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ASP.NETMaster pages

• Creating a consistent page layout

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Master pages and content pages
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Master pages

• Master pages define the general layout of the
  pages in a web site
• Header, including company logo?
• Menu
• Footer
• Master pages leaves one (or more) content pages
  placeholders (holes) to be filled you by the
  content pages

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Content pages

• Content pages fill you the holes in the master
  page
• Content pages declare which master page they want
  to use, if any
• The web server combines the master page content
  page to form some HTML CSS to send back to the
  client
• Visual Studio can help you link content pages to
  a master page

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Further readings

• Spaanjaars Beginning ASP.NET 4 in C and VB, Wrox
  2010
• Chapter 6 Creating Consistent Looking Web Sites,
  page 197-207
• Shepherd Microsoft ASP.NET 4 Step by Step,
  Microsoft Presss 2010
• Chapter 7 A Consistent Look and Feel, page
  143-155
• Evjen Professional ASP.NET 4 in C and VB, Wrox
  2010
• Chapter 5 Working with Master Pages, page 187-216
• MSDN Master Pages
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wtxbf3hh.a
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