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1 Designing & Developing Web- Based Solutions in ASP.NET Week 2 Themes & Master Pages
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Today’s Agenda Homework Review Lecture: CSS - Themes Master Pages Lab Master Page layout Utilize Themes Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET2
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Cascading Style Sheets -.CSS Automatic vs. Applied Auto h2 { font-size: large;} //.css large //.aspx Applied.heading2 { font-size: small;}// begins with a dot ‘.’ small // HTML File // ASPX File Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET3
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Using a Style Sheet Use.css in a page Place before the tag at top of page <link href=“~/styles.css” rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css"/> Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET4
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Themes – Folders & Contents All themes must live here: ~\Themes\ … Skins and CSS live in their theme folder ~\Themes\ \styles.css ~\Themes\ \Default.skin ~\Themes\ \Large.skin ~\Themes\ \Small.skin Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET5
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Themes - Skins Automatic vs. Applied Auto //.skin file Applied to all “asp:Label” controls Applied.skin file .aspx // skip runat=“server” Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET6
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Using a Theme.webconfig In Code Protected void Page_PreInit(…) {Page.Theme = “Theme Name 1”; }.aspx Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET7
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Themes vs. CSS = Complement ThemesCSS CompatibilityASP.NET OnlyStandard Effected ElementsControls OnlyHTML only When AppliedAt ServerAt Browser Where ReferencedASPX, IIS, *.webconfigRendered Page OverridingDefault = no override. StyleSheetTheme = css way. Element overrides, can’t change override Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET8
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Themes – Override Behavior Default (controls can’t override the theme) The.css way (controls override theme) Can use both… Use separate.skin files Disable Theming on a per control basis // Default=true NOTE: All or nothing here… Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET9
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Master Pages Purpose: Uniform Page Layout over entire website Previous Techniques Pagelets: User controls defining layout Can’t ensure controls placed in same local on every page HTML Frames: Browser contains multi-pages Pages can’t cross talk easily Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET10
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Master Page – The File *.master Master Directive (in *.master file) Special contents “default placeholder text” Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET11
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Master Page – In a web Page.webconfig .master”/> Page.master” %> Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET12
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Master Page – Div vs. Table Table Tabular Data, not meant for layout Slow loading & complex nesting (Rat’s Nest) Quick & simple for simple cases Div Intended for layout Faster load & Less nesting required. Great at dynamically moving around (No Cell merge) Little more complex for simple case, much easier for complex cases. Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET13
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Lab Create a new Site Add a Master page Layout (Table vs. Div) ContentPlaceHolder Apply (web.config vs. PAGE) Add Content Page Add Themes (Black & White) Add Skins (Formal.skin & Playful.skin ?) Add CSS (move MasterPage layout to CSS) Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET14
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Homework Readings Chapter 17 – Website Navigation Video: Resources http://www.asp.net/learn/videos/video-40.aspx Project Master Page good for multipage sites At least 1 Theme nice as a.css repository Designing & Developing Web-Based Solutions in ASP.NET15
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