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It is common for a web site to have a consistent look and behaviuor across all the pages in the web application.
To have a common layout across all our pages, without the use of master pages. There are 2 options
Option 1: Copy and paste the required HTML across all pages in the application
The following are the problems with this approach
1. We have lot of duplicated HTML on every page
2. If we have to change something in the common layout, we will have to make the change in all the pages, which is time consuming and error prone.
Option 2: Implement the layout using the following user controls.
1. Header user control
2. Menu user control
3. Footer user control
The following are the problems with using user controls
1. We will end up with complicated HTML and CSS if we have to design the layout similar to the one in the above image
2. All the user controls have to be manually added on each and every page of the site
So, the best approach to have a consistent look and feel across all pages in a web application is to use master pages. We will discuss master pages in our next video.
