Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from Dino Esposito's upcoming book, Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 [Microsoft Press, ISBN: 0735620245]. It has been edited for length and format to fit the ...

Most Web sites use a similar graphical layout for all their pages. This grows out of accepted guidelines for design and usability. Consistent layout characterizes all cutting-edge Web sites, no matter ...