Master Pages and Site Navigation

Summary

This Drill lets you reuse common code within pages using master pages. Sitemap navigation, sitemap aware controls, and custom provider techniques are also covered.

Audience

This Drill is for developers who want to be able to implement master pages in an ASP.NET 2.0 application and use its navigation web server controls.

What you'll learn

You will be able to implement master pages that allow you to define an overall look for every page of your application using just one file. You will also be able to easily create web page navigation structures using the new site navigation controls and features available with ASP.NET 2.0.

What you need to know

We assume that you’re already familiar with the concepts of programming and you’ve some experience with Visual Studio 2005. For this particular Drill, you’ll also need to be comfortable with Visual C# or Visual Basic syntax and HTML. Although not essential, experience in object-oriented development and server page technology would also be useful.