In Chapter 18, you learned base features of ASP.NET, how server side controls can be used to render HTML code to the client, input validation, and state management. You've also seen how security can be added, and reading and writing data from the database. Now you will step into user interface elements and customizing Web pages with profiles and Web parts. Master pages are used to define a frame for multiple pages. You can use site navigation to define the structure of your Website for making menus to access all the pages. To reuse controls within multiple pages on the same Web, you can create user controls. The last section of the chapter shows Web parts. Web parts can be used to create a portal Website.
In this chapter, you will learn about:
Master pages
Creating and using user controls
Navigation within Websites
Profiles
Using Web parts