>>>>>Hi,
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>>>>>I am starting to re-write my web site that I created back several years ago using VS 2005. Now I am using VS 2012 ASP.NET web site feature. My question is, is creating a Master Page for the site a still best practice? If so I will update my Master Page and use new HTML5 elements. But if you (collective) think that Master Page is yesterday's approach, please let me know.
>>>>>TIA.
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>>>>Just curious - did you consider moving it to MVC ?
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>>>I understand that MVC may have advantages when creating a database application (I personally don't know enough about it to say if it is so). But I am discussing in the thread a static web site (product information) that - most likely - will not deal with database. Do you think that MVC would have advantage in this case?
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>>I would not describe MVC as data centric, other than in the sense that just about all computer applications are data centric. Managing and presenting data is what they do. I would describe MVC as one implementation of a three tiered design pattern. Data, called the Model in MVC, is one of the three tiers.
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>And since my static web site has no Data and no Model, what would be the purpose of using MVC? Control what? :)

A static web site generally displays data (read only). What does your web site display or do?