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ASP.NET Web Pages - Files and Folders

Learn ASP.NET Web Pages by building a web site from scratch.

Part II: Creating standard folders and a consistent style.

What We Will Do

In this chapter we will:

  • Create a new empty web site
  • Create the necessary folders
  • Create a standard style sheet for the site
  • Create a standard layout for the site
  • Create a home page for the site

1. Start With an Empty Web Site

If you have followed this tutorial, you already have a web site called Demo.

If not you can create an empty web site with WebMatrix:

  • Start WebMatrix
  • Click on "Create Site From Template"
  • Choose "Empty Site"
  • Name the site "Demo"

2. Create Folders

In the folder named "Demo" (your website), create 5 folders:

  • Account - for storing login and membership files
  • App_Data - for storing databases and data files
  • Images - for storing images
  • Scripts - for storing browser scripts
  • Shared - for storing shared style and layout files
Folders

3. Create a Style Sheet

In the "Shared" folder, create a new style sheet (CSS file) named "Site.css".

Put the following code inside the CSS file:

Site.css

h1
{
border-bottom: 3px solid #cc9900;
font: Georgia, serif;
color: #996600;
}
body
{
font: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, sans-serif;
background-color: #5c87b2;
color: #696969;
}
#main
{
padding: 30px;
background-color: #ffffff;
border-radius: 0 4px 4px 4px;
}

The CSS file above defines the styles to be used used for

  • The HTML heading element <h1>
  • The HTML body element <body>
  • The HTML element with id="main"

4. Create a Layout Page

In the "Shared" folder, create a new file named "Layout.cshtml".

Put the following code inside the layout file:

Layout.cshtml

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/Shared/Site.css" />
</head>
<body>

<div id="main">
@RenderBody()
<p>&copy; 2012 W3Schools. All rights reserved.</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

The layout file above defines the layout of your web pages. It has a link to your style sheet file (Shared/Site.css), and a call to the @RenderBody() function, where page content should be displayed.

5. Create a Home Page

In your empty "Demo" folder, create a new file, named "Default.cshtml".

If you created a file with this name earlier, you can edit the existing file, or create a new file with a new name (like Default2.cshtml).

Put the following code inside the file:

Default.cshtml

@{Layout="/Shared/Layout.cshtml";}

<h1>Welcome to W3Schools</h1>

<h2>Web Site Main Ingredients</h2>

<p>A Home Page (Default.cshtml)</p>
<p>A Layout File (Layout.cshtml)</p>
<p>A Style Sheet (Site.css)</p>

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The file starts with a reference to the layout file, otherwise it contains normal HTML markup.

Congratulations

You have created your first web site, with a main page (the Default page), a common template for all your pages (the Layout page), and a common style sheet (the CSS file).

In the next chapters of this tutorial, we will add navigation to the web site. Then we will add a database, and finally we will add login and security.


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