ASP.Net C# Master Site

Question

I have a question about the ****.Master Site a in ASP.NET with C# (WebForms). I've created a Site.Masters File with a lot of differente Placeholders inside. So the question is - is it possible to fill the Placeholders from different .aspx Files?

.Master Page:

    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainHeader" runat="server">

    </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainContent" runat="server">

    </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainFooter" runat="server">

    </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</div>

Now i would do something like this:

1. Adding some Content to the Main Header - the Content is represented in a file called mainHeader.aspx
2. Adding some Content to the Main Content - the Content is represented in a file calle mainContent.apsx

Is this possible or is there a solution for my plan? I would like to create a modular and flat structure of my .NET Project.

Thanks for your help - best regards

Answer 1

No, that's not how Master Pages work.

When the user/client requests an individual content Page, that Page is merged with the Master Page. The Master Page can not be called by the user/client.

I believe User Controls are what you are looking for.

Answer 2

You can do what you want by using jquery.load(), here is the documentation http://api.jquery.com/load/ , however i think what you are doing is not the way to procede, in order to do what you want i suggest yo to do this:

Create User Controls, one for each master ContentPlaceHolder, then in your master, add each one of this and initiate them.