Introduction to MasterPages in ASP.

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ASP.NET master pages allow you to create a consistent layout for the pages in your application. A single master page defines the look and feel and standard behavior that you want for all of the pages (or a group of pages in your application. !ou can then create individual content pages that contain the content you want to display. "hen users re#uest the content pages$ they merge with the master page to produce output that combines the layout of the master page with the content from the content page. Example Masterpage.master
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Content Page(Default.aspx)
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