Chapter 8. A Common Look and Feel

After completing this chapter, you will be able to

  • Use Master Pages to develop a common look and feel for your entire site

  • Use Themes to apply a style to a page en masse

  • Use Skins to stylize custom controls

This chapter covers one of ASP.NET 2.0’s most useful features as far as developing an identity for your site: Master Pages. A distinguishing characteristic of most well-designed modern Web sites is the consistent look and feel of each page within the site.

For example, many sites incorporate a specific color scheme and fonts. In addition, the way a well-designed site frames information and provides navigation ...

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