Master Page Last modified: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
In Web site development with ASP.NET, the master page is a feature that enables you to define common structure and interface markup elements for your Web site, including headers, footers, style definitions, or navigation bars. The master page can be shared by any of the pages in your Web site, called the Content Page, and removes need to duplicate code for shared elements within your Web site. See ASP.NET See also "Customizing and Managing Your Site's Appearance" on Webreference.com.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about Master Page . Also check out the following links! ASP.Net Tutorials: Creating a Layout Using Master Pages  Just as Themes and Skins allow you to factor out style definitions from your page code and maintain them in a common file, Master Pages do the same for page layout. Customizing and Managing Your Site's Appearance  When a page that uses a master page (i.e., a content page) is requested, ASP.NET merges the content page and master page together (assuming of course that both have already been compiled). Developer.com  Contains resources, tools, articles, discussion areas, and events of interest to Internet/intranet developers. Directories include: ActiveX, Java, JavaBeans, JavaScript, Microsoft and .NET, open source and VRML. Microsoft's ASP.NET Page News, downloads, articles and other ASP.NET resources.	Object-Oriented Programming Web Development .NET Active Server Pages ASP.NET Client Application Services compile Content Page ContentPlaceHolder control Expression Builders footer header JIT machine code Media server control object-oriented programming Pre-compilation Tool Web services Web site Give Us Your Feedback Shopping Master Page Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Craft Supplies 2378 Store Offers Office Supplies 74 Store Offers Cartridges and Toners 4 Store Offers Software 46 Store Offers