Hi Bob,
Thank you for using MSDN Newsgroup! My name is Steven, and I'll be
assisting you on this issue.
From your description, you're looking for some guide on designing web page
layout and the user interface using VS.NET?
If there is anything I misunderstood, please feel free to let me know.
As for this problem, here is some of my suggestions:
Generally, the web page UI design is ought to be separated with the web
application's code logic. So as to the techniques or skills on how to
generate good looking web pages are common features not only concerned with
VS.NET but also many other web page design tools are capable of providing
such functionalites. For exmaple, the Frontpage as you mentioned, and also
the "DreamWeaver", Adobe's Golive .... All of these tools provides
different kinds of good features on web page's UI design. And the VS.NET
IDE tool is mainly a web application development tool which provide the
strong ability of design high performance web applciation with complex code
logic. Also, it also provide the UI designing functions and I always think
VS.NET is a very good page design tool since you can generate a simple page
and edit the html elements in it conveniently by its IDE's intelligent
sense. And it provides strong support for the clientside script such as
"javascript" 's edit support.
In addition, as for some particular design features such as generating a
navigation bar or menus. In ASP.NET we can encapsulate such web elements
into web controls, such as web server controls or web UserControl. For
detailed infos on ASP.NET web server controls or UserControls , you may
view the following web links in MSDN:
#Web Forms User Controls
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconwebformsusercontro
ls.asp?frame=true
#Learn how to create Web user controls that handle login checking for your
..NET Web pages.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnvsm01/html/vs0112gs.asp?frame=true
#Web Server Controls
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconaspsyntaxforwebco
ntrols.asp?frame=true
Also, there're also many third-party ASP.NET webcontrols , which may
provide some nice features you like. And I think
www.asp.net is a good site
for learning many tech skills on developing ASP.NET web application. Here
is the navigation controls in its control gallery, you may found many good
navigation controls such as menu or toolbar ,treeviews there:
# Control Gallery > Navigation Controls
http://www.asp.net/ControlGallery/default.aspx?Category=12&tabindex=2
Further more, as for the common web page designing, I've also searched some
good web references which maybe helpful to you:
#Web page design references
http://www.wpdfd.com/
http://www.makoa.org/web-design.htm
#Web page design generic resource
http://www.pageresource.com/
Please check out the preceding suggestions. If you need any further
assistance, please feel free to post here.
Regards,
Steven Cheng
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