I'm really new to ASP.NET. I was just checking out a default ASP.NET web application. It comes by default with a few pages (Default.aspx, About.aspx etc).
I noticed that the Site.master file is the file where i create the main layout for my pages.
But i also noticed that the head
tag has a runat="server"
attribute.
I know this tag is used in <asp:XXX>
tags, but why in a <head>
tag???
Also, when i remove that attribute, then all of the styles are gone from the webpage. So appearently it's doing something. I just don't understand what its exactly doing...
So why is it there, on an HTML tag...??? I don't see any code in there that should be run on the server...
<head runat="server">
<title>Hallo</title>
<link href="~/Styles/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<!-- This part is run on the server. So why does the head tag
also need a runat=server ?? -->
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="HeadContent" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</head>
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