Question : General question about MasterPages and ContentPlaceHolders

Hey guys,

there is something about master pages and ContentPlaceHolders that I don't understand.

1. I created a new master page.
2. I added some extra ContentPlaceholders, in order to have a header, a content area and a footer in all my content pages.
3. I added some simple server controls to one of the ContentPlaceHolders.
4. I added a link to a stylesheet in the default ContentPlaceHolder.
5. I saved the master page.
6. I created a new Web Content Form and picked the master page I had just saved before as Master Page.
7. Visual Studio 2008 produces the markup code shown below.

The markup code of the content page contains all PlaceHolder controls I would expect.

But they are all empty at design time AND also at run time. So:

- NO stylesheet link
- NO panel or label control

Am I expecting too much or am I missing something?

Thanks for any help!

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Masterpage --------------------------------------------------- <%@ Master Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="pv.master.cs" Inherits="pv.Web.Candidate.MasterPages.pv" %> Contentpage --------------------------------------------------- <%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPages/pv.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="pv.Web.Candidate.Pages.WebForm1" Title="Untitled Page" %>

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Answer : General question about MasterPages and ContentPlaceHolders

well now i got it once you have the contentplaceholder defined in content page it inherits the masters content (label, etc...), just remove the code below resolves.
Just now i read the article and tested too.. this works

(cphHeader)

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<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="cphHeader" runat="server"> </asp:Content>

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