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Master pages
Master pages in ASP.NET allow for creating a consistent layout across multiple pages in a website. A master page defines common elements like headers, footers, and navigation that are included on all content pages. Content pages are bound to a master page and fill in placeholder areas defined in the master page with unique content. This allows for a single master page to control layout and styling while content pages focus only on their specific content.
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Master pages
- 1. Ch6:creating consistent lookingweb sites
- 2. Master pages Masterpage defines a combination of fixed content and content place holder to hold the web page(.aspx)
- 3. Master Page AnASP.NET file with a .master file extension. A master page contains a layout that includes text, HTML, and server controls. Instead of an “@ Page” directive, it contains an “@ Master” directive. The master page contains all top-level HTML elements for a page, including <html>, <head>, and <form>. A master page typically includes the page structure (usually an HTML table), company name and logo, and site navigation. To enable pages to insert content, a master page contains one or more ContentPlaceHolder controls. A master page inherits from the MasterPage class.
- 4. Content Page Acontent page defines the ContentPlaceHolder controls in a master page, essentially filling in the blanks. A content page is a standard .aspx file and is bound to the master page using the MasterPageFile attribute in the “@ Page” directive. Master pages provide templates that you can use to create consistent Web pages throughout an application.
- 5. continued To usemaster pages, first create a master page and add layout tables and other common elements. Then add ContentPlaceHolder controls to the master page. To create the content pages, add standard Web forms, select the master page check box when creating the page, select the master page, and then add content to the page.
- 6. Master pages Toreference public properties in a master page, add the “@ MasterType” declaration to the content page and reference the property using Master.Property_Name. To reference controls in a master page, call Master.FindControl from the content page.
- 8. Master pages ASP.NETmaster pages allow you to create a consistent layout for the pages in your application. A single master page defines the look and feel and standard behavior that you want for all of the pages (or a group of pages) in your application. You can then create individual content pages that contain the content you want to display. When users request the content pages, they merge with the master page to produce output that combines the layout of the master page with the content from the content page.
- 9. How master pageworks A master page is an ASP.NET file with the extension .master (for example, MySite.master) with a predefined layout that can include static text, HTML elements, and server controls. The master page is identified by a special @ Master directive that replaces the @ Page directive that is used for ordinary .aspx pages. The directive looks like the following. <%@ Master Language="C#" CodeFile="MasterPage.master.cs" Inherits="MasterPage" %>
- 10. Content page Youdefine the content for the master page's placeholder controls by creating individual content pages, which are ASP.NET pages (.aspx files and, optionally, code-behind files) that are bound to a specific master page. The binding is established in the content page's @ Page directive by including a MasterPageFile attribute that points to the master page to be used. For example, a content page might have the following @ Page directive, which binds it to the Master1.master page. <%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPages/Master1.master" Title="Content Page"%>
- 11. Replaceable content placeholdercontrol These placeholder controls define regions where replaceable content will appear. <%@ Master Language="C#" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server" > <title>Master page title</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <table> <tr> <td><asp:contentplaceholder id="Main" runat="server" /></td> <td><asp:contentplaceholder id="Footer" runat="server" /></td> </tr> </table> </form> </body> </html>
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- 13. Advantages of masterpages They allow you to centralize the common functionality of your pages so that you can make updates in just one place. They make it easy to create one set of controls and code and apply the results to a set of pages. For example, you can use controls on the master page to create a menu that applies to all pages. They give you fine-grained control over the layout of the final page by allowing you to control how the placeholder controls are rendered. They provide an object model that allows you to customize the master page from individual content pages.
- 14. Run time behaviourof the master page At run time, master pages are handled in the following sequence: 1.Users request a page by typing the URL of the content page. 2.When the page is fetched, the @ Page directive is read. If the directive references a master page, the master page is read as well. If this is the first time the pages have been requested, both pages are compiled. 3.The master page with the updated content is merged into the control tree of the content page. 4.The content of individual Content controls is merged into the corresponding ContentPlaceHolder control in the master page. 5.The resulting merged page is rendered to the browser
- 15. Run time behaviourof the master page
- 16. Themes and skinfiles Themes are a feature similar to style sheets as they help to supply a standard look and feel to web controls. You can use CSS style sheets to supply styles to HTML elements but if you wanted to use a set of predefined styling attributes to your web controls then you should use a Theme.
Editor's Notes
- #3 With most web sites, only part of the page changes when you go from one page to another. The parts that don’t change usually include common regions like the header, a menu, and the footer. To create web pages with a consistent layout you need a way to define these relatively static regions in a single template file.
- #10 Master pages defines a combination of fixed content and contentPlace holders which are filled by individual web pages.
- #17 Themes are contained in a special ASP.NET folder called App_Themes and each Theme you want to add in your web application should reside in a separate folder under this App_Themes folder. Let’s say you want to create a Theme called Dallas for the visitors that are coming from Dallas then you can create a DallasTheme folder under App_Themes folder to represent this Theme. In this folder you need to create a skin file. A skin file a file in which you describe the visual styles that are used by pages that will use this Theme. The name if the skin file is not important but the extension should be .skin. In the skin file you just need to add the exact definitions of the web controls with all the visual attributes you want. You need to add the runat=”server” attribute but beware of adding the ID attribute because that will cause an error. For example I have a skin file with the following contents <asp:TextBox runat="server" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="11px" Width="200px" BorderStyle="Solid" BorderColor="#cc6666" BackColor="#ffcccc" /> And this file is placed in the App_Themes/DallasTheme folder. Remember that the theme is identified by the theme folder name in this case DallasTheme. After you’ve placed the skin file you need to set a web page to use this Theme. You can enable a Theme for the entire page by setting the Theme attribute of the page equal to the name of the Theme. In this case it would be Now at every place where a Textbox web control is used, it will be rendered with the styles defined in the skin file. If you want to disable the Theme for a specific control you can set its EnableTheming property to false and it won’t get the styles from the skin file and instead you can add your own b specifying attributes. You can also define more than one style for a web control in the skin file by adding the SkinID attribute to the web control definition in the skin file and in the web page that is utilizing the Theme you can set the control’s SkinID equal to the one you want to use from the skin file.