How to Use Master Pages (Conclusion) - How to add content to a page
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Figure 3-7 shows how a content page appears in Design view. As you can see, the master page is displayed, but it is dimmed, and you can’t edit any of the master page elements from this view. However, you can click in the Content control, and then edit the content of the page by adding text or dragging controls from the Toolbox. Later, when you switch to Source view, any elements that you’ve added will appear between the Content element’s start and end tags.
If you work with a master page that has more than one content placeholder, there will be a separate Content control for each placeholder. Then, you can edit the contents for each of those controls.
A content page in Design View (figure 3-7)
Description
- When you display a content page in Design view, the elements from the master page are dimly displayed so you can see how they will affect the final appearance of the page.
- To add the content for a page, click the content placeholder. Then, you can type text or use the toolbox to drag controls into the content area of the page. Any text or other elements you add will be placed between the start and end tags of the Content element in the aspx file.
Note
- If you can’t edit the contents of the placeholder, click the Smart Tag icon in the upper-right corner of the placeholder and choose Create Custom Content from the menu that appears. This is sometimes necessary, probably due to a bug in Visual Studio.
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