ASP.NET web Application

[jino]

Hi There,

I am developing a ASP.NET web application which will be part of a website which already exists. I have to create new pages that look similar to the existing pages and the central part of the page will have the web forms.

Can anyone give me ideas and directions on how to get this started?

I am thinking of having a master page that will have all the menu and navigation contents in place and subclassing that page for other pages. Is this a good idea?

Please give me some directions in this regard.

Thanks

Jino

 

[ca8msm]

I am thinking of having a master page that will have all the menu and navigation contents in place and subclassing that page for other pages. Is this a good idea?

That's pretty much what is recommended. Another alternative would be to not use master pages and just create user controls for the menu and navigation sections and just add them to each page.


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[jino]

Hi,

Thanks for the tip. I do understand the need for a master page. But I am not sure how to develop this. I have to use the HTML code from the existing pages and in the middle of the page, i need to display my webb forms.

Can you refer me to any web tutorials where I can find such information?

Jino

 

[ca8msm]

Assuming that the "HTML code from the existing pages" really is just HTML then it should make it very easy. Have a look at this MSDN article on Master Pages:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/aspnet-masterpages.asp

Also, 4Guys have an article on them:

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/010505-1.aspx

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[jino]

Hi Again,

Thanks for the links. But I dont have the Master Page options in my version of VS.NET. I guess I have to create user controls like header and footer to give my pages a consistent look.

Jino

 

[ca8msm]

Master Pages were introduced in version 2.0 of the framework. I assumed that's what you were using as you mentioned a Master Page in your original question.

An alternative, would then be to use Page Inheritance and include those User Controls in the class that each page inherits from.


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