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Asked: 2026-05-16T16:01:08+00:00

I am a beginner to web development and ASP.NET. I am creating a web

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I am a beginner to web development and ASP.NET. I am creating a web application (not public, so SEO, bookmarking etc. is of no concern) with the typical layout of header on top, Navigation on the left, content on the right. I want the content to update without the whole page reloading when selecting something on the navigation bar. What is the typical way to implement this? MasterPage with ContentPages and using an UpdatePanel (tried this, but does not seem to work, I guess because the URL is different for each content page)? Using Frames? Using an iFrame for the content part? UserControls for the content part?

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Timo

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  1. Editorial Team

    JQuery is good stuff, however I think there’s a case to be made for UpdatePanels in some situations. If you’re building a private site that you don’t expect to have to grow to support a crazy amount of users, you’ll probably have a easier time getting started using UpdatePanels. UpdatePanels are made more for rapid development and prototyping and can take you a long way. You can always swap them out one-by-one in the future if you find the need to.

    If you decide to go this route, use a MasterPage for the basic Layouts and then create a Web Form (aspx using MasterPage) for each main page that you want to keep separate from one another. From there, the content of each page can include UpdatePanels within the sections that you want to update with AJAX. Generally, I break up the page behind the scenes using User Controls to encapsulate specific sections.

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