Managing Master and Layout Pages

ASP.NET 2.0 introduced master pages, which define the look, feel, and standard behavior of Web site pages. They are designed with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 applications. Non-publishing pages that use master pages are referred to as content pages or Web part pages. This combination of a master page and content page, along with CSSs, separates the coding functionality of developers working with Visual Studio and the design functions of Web page designers with SharePoint Designer 2007 from the content page creation by users in the browser. Users can also add Web parts to the Web part zones provided by the content page design to increase the functionality of the pages.

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