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Listing 5.5 - Site.master

Illustrates how to nest multiple master pages.

Listing 5.5 - Site.master (C#)
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<%@ 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 id="Head1" runat="server">
    <style type="text/css">
        html
        {
            background-color:DarkGreen;
            font:14px Georgia,Serif;
        }
        .content
        {
            width:700px;
            margin:auto;
            border-style:solid;
            background-color:white;
            padding:10px;
        }
        .tabstrip
        {
            padding:3px;
            border-top:solid 1px black;
            border-bottom:solid 1px black;
        }
        .tabstrip a
        {
            font:14px Arial;
            color:DarkGreen;
            text-decoration:none;
        }
        .column
        {
            float:left;
            padding:10px;
            border-right:solid 1px black;
        }
        .rightColumn
        {
            float:left;
            padding:10px;
        }
        .clear
        {
            clear:both;
        }
    </style>
    <title>Site Master</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
    <div class="content">
        <asp:Image
            id="imgLogo"
            ImageUrl="Images/SiteLogo.gif"
            AlternateText="Website Logo"
            Runat="server" />
            
        <div class="tabstrip">
        <asp:HyperLink
            id="lnkProducts"
            Text="Products"
            NavigateUrl="~/Products.aspx"
            Runat="server" />
        &nbsp;
        <asp:HyperLink
            id="lnkServices"
            Text="Services"
            NavigateUrl="~/Services.aspx"
            Runat="server" />
        </div>    
        <asp:contentplaceholder id="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">
        </asp:contentplaceholder>
        <br class="clear" />
        copyright &copy; 2007 by the Company
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

The following nested master page uses the Site.master master page.

Listing 5.6 - SectionProducts.master (C#)
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<%@ Master Language="C#" MasterPageFile="Site.master" %>

<asp:Content
    id="Content1"
    ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1"
    Runat="server">
    <div class="column">
        <asp:ContentPlaceHolder
            id="ContentPlaceHolder1"
            Runat="server" />
    </div>
    <div class="column">
        <asp:ContentPlaceHolder
            id="ContentPlaceHolder2"
            Runat="server" />
    </div>
    <div class="rightColumn">
        <asp:ContentPlaceHolder
            id="ContentPlaceHolder3"
            Runat="server" />
    </div>
</asp:Content>

The following nested master page also uses the Site.master master page.

Listing 5.7 - SectionServices.master (C#)
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<%@ Master Language="C#" MasterPageFile="Site.master" %>

<asp:Content
    id="Content1"
    ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1"
    Runat="server">
    <div class="column">
        <asp:ContentPlaceHolder
            id="ContentPlaceHolder1"
            Runat="server" />
    </div>
    <div class="rightColumn">
        <asp:ContentPlaceHolder
            id="ContentPlaceHolder2"
            Runat="server" />
    </div>
</asp:Content>

The following page uses the SectionProducts.master nested master page.

Listing 5.8 - Products.aspx (C#)
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<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="SectionProducts.master" %>

<asp:Content 
    ID="Content1" 
    ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" 
    Runat="Server">
    Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content 
    ID="Content2" 
    ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder2" 
    Runat="Server">
    Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content 
    ID="Content3" 
    ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder3" 
    Runat="Server">
    Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
    <br />Products, Products, Products
</asp:Content>

The following page uses the SectionServices.master nested master page.

Listing 5.9 - Services.aspx (C#)
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<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="SectionServices.master" Title="Untitled Page" %>

<asp:Content 
    ID="Content1" 
    ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" 
    Runat="Server">
    Services, Services, Services
    <br />Services, Services, Services
    <br />Services, Services, Services
    <br />Services, Services, Services
    <br />Services, Services, Services
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content 
    ID="Content2" 
    ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder2" 
    Runat="Server">
    Services, Services, Services, Services, Services
    <br />Services, Services, Services, Services, Services
    <br />Services, Services, Services, Services, Services
    <br />Services, Services, Services, Services, Services
    <br />Services, Services, Services, Services, Services
</asp:Content>