Chapter 6. Rich Page Composition

A large number of Web sites these days contain similar-looking, rich pages that share the same graphics, appearance, user interface (UI) widgets, and perhaps some navigational menus or search forms. These pages are rich in content and functionality, are visually appealing, and, more important, have an overall look and feel that abides by the golden rule of Web usability: be consistent. What’s the recommended approach for building such pages and Web sites?

One possibility is wrapping these UI elements in user controls and referencing them in each page. Although such a model is extremely powerful and produces modular code, ...

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