I created an ASP.Net Web Application in VS 2010. That in turn creates an example Site.Master, Default.aspx, and several other example files.
I then opened Default.aspx in Expression Web 4 and get the error message
The Master Page file 'Site.Master'
cannot be loaded.
Default.aspx can still be displayed fine in VS 2010.
Source.Master:
<%@ Master Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Site.master.cs" Inherits="SampleWebApp.SiteMaster" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
<link href="~/Styles/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="HeadContent" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
<style type="text/css">
.style1
{
font-family: Tunga;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form runat="server">
<div class="page">
<div class="header">
<div class="title">
<h1 class="style1">
My Application
Master Page</h1>
</div>
<div class="loginDisplay">
<asp:LoginView ID="HeadLoginView" runat="server" EnableViewState="false">
<AnonymousTemplate>
[ <a href="~/Account/Login.aspx" ID="HeadLoginStatus" runat="server">Log In</a> ]
</AnonymousTemplate>
<LoggedInTemplate>
Welcome <span class="bold"><asp:LoginName ID="HeadLoginName" runat="server" /></span>!
[ <asp:LoginStatus ID="HeadLoginStatus" runat="server" LogoutAction="Redirect" LogoutText="Log Out" LogoutPageUrl="~/"/> ]
</LoggedInTemplate>
</asp:LoginView>
</div>
<div class="clear hideSkiplink">
<asp:Menu ID="NavigationMenu" runat="server" CssClass="menu" EnableViewState="false" IncludeStyleBlock="false" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Items>
<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Default.aspx" Text="Home">
<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Home/NewItem.aspx" Text="New Item"
Value="New Item"></asp:MenuItem>
<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/Home/AnotherItem.aspx" Text="Another Item"
Value="Another Item"></asp:MenuItem>
</asp:MenuItem>
<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/About.aspx" Text="About"/>
<asp:MenuItem NavigateUrl="~/ContactUs.aspx" Text="ContactUs" Value="ContactUs">
</asp:MenuItem>
</Items>
</asp:Menu>
</div>
</div>
<div class="main">
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainContent" runat="server"/>
</div>
<div class="clear">
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Default.aspx:
<%@ Page Title="Home Page" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="true"
CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="SampleWebApp._Default" %>
<asp:Content ID="HeaderContent" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="HeadContent">
<style type="text/css">
.style2
{
color: #669900;
}
.style3
{
background-color: #FFFFCC;
}
</style>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="BodyContent" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent">
<h2>
Welcome to MY page!
</h2>
<p>
To learn more <span class="style2"><strong><em><span class="style3">about</span></em></strong></span> ASP.NET visit <a href="http://www.asp.net" title="ASP.NET Website">www.asp.net</a>.
</p>
<p>
You can also find <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=152368&clcid=0x409"
title="MSDN ASP.NET Docs">documentation on ASP.NET at MSDN</a>.
</p>
</asp:Content>
Any idea how to get the master page to work properly in Expression Web 4?
