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Site Navigation - Introduction

Introducing website navigation

So far, we have learned how to create a master page for our site and then add content pages. In this chapter, we will learn how to develop a site navigation system. The site navigation system provides the user with a convenient way to browse the different pages of our site.

In the early days of web development, various pages of a web site were linked using the HTML tag for hyperlink. With the introduction of new technologies, new methods for site navigation has evolved. Some of them were very complicated and they involved using databases.

ASP.NET 2.0 simplifies the development of the site navigation system by providing some controls that are specifically used for this purpose. For example, we can create a menu for our web site in a few simple steps. Without further delay, let us start developing a navigation system for our site.