In order to make the necessary change, assuming that all you wish to change is the image you can do this in the Master file, just alter the HTML as necessary and save it and all will be well.
You should not need to make any changes other than to the HTML as long as the current image / object is just based in the HTML. Thanks Sean On Jan 21, 6:13 pm, OccasionalFlyer <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently took over the web site of an academic organization I > belong to. It's a volunteer effort. I've made a few changes just by > editing the HTML, and those went fine. I have two questions that I > have not found an answer for in either of the ASP.NET 3.5 books I'm > reading. > 1. I need to change the .master page. The top of the page as it > appears in a browser has a .jpg that serves as a "banner" with the > name of the organization. I have been asked to add the organization's > logo to the web site. In looking at the master page, I see a simple > HTML table with a <tr> and <td> for the current .jpg. It looks to me > like I can simply modify the HTML to add a new <td> with the tags for > an image right into the page. I'm using Visual Studio 2008 Standard > Edition with Web Expressions 2 (though I don't know what that second > thing does). When I go to the design view, since I don't have the > "banner" jpg on my local machine, Visual Studio just shows a black > area where it should be. So I don't know that I can use some "web > control" to add the logo jpg that way. > > So, is it okay to update the HTML the old-fashioned way or do I need > to do something extra so that the source code file is also updated? > If so, I don't get how you are supposed to make that happen. Maybe I > have not read enough hours of _Teach Yourself ASP.NET 3.5 in 24 Hours_ > yet to learn this but I need to do it right away. What do I need to > do to add this image? Just HTML or something more complex? > > 2. For a more generalized version of question #1, how do I know when > I need to have present the source code file that goes with a web page > that I am modifying? (I'll probably never be creating a new page, > though that's possible). Obviously, if I add a web control, I assume > I have to have the source code page present, though I don't know how > Visual Studio will know I have it. > > Thanks.
