Visual Studio Magazine - Create Master Pages in ASP.NET 2.0

ASPX • Build Your First Master Page

Listing 1. VS.NET 2005 creates this default master page file. You can implement a consistent look and feel by defining objects and styles outside of the ContentPlaceHolder that will show up in any content page that inherits this master page.

<%@ Master Language="VB" 
   CompileWith="BasicMasterPage.master.vb" 
   AutoEventWireup="false" 
   ClassName="BasicMasterPage_master" %>

<!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>Example Master/Content Page</title>
</head>
<body>
   <form id="form1" runat="server">
   <div>
      <asp:contentplaceholder 
         id="BasicContentPlaceHolder" 
         runat="server">
      </asp:contentplaceholder>
   </div>
   </form>
</body>
</html>