<!DOCTYPE html> ><html lang="en"> > <head> > <meta charset="utf-8" /> > <title>@ViewBag.Title - My ASP.NET MVC Application</title> > <link href="~/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" /> > <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> > @Styles.Render("~/Content/css") > @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/modernizr") > </head> > <body> > <header> > <div class="content-wrapper"> > <div class="float-left"> > <p class="site-title">@Html.ActionLink("your logo here", "Index", "Home")</p> > </div> > <div class="float-right"> > <section id="login"> > @Html.Partial("_LoginPartial") > </section> > <nav> > <ul id="menu"> > <li>@Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home")</li> > <li>@Html.ActionLink("About", "About", "Home")</li> > <li>@Html.ActionLink("Contact", "Contact", "Home")</li> > </ul> > </nav> > </div> > </div> > </header> > <div id="body"> > @RenderSection("featured", required: false) > <section class="content-wrapper main-content clear-fix"> > @RenderBody() > </section> > </div> > <footer> > <div class="content-wrapper"> > <div class="float-left"> > <p>© @DateTime.Now.Year - My ASP.NET MVC Application</p> > </div> > </div> > </footer> > > @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery") > @RenderSection("scripts", required: false) > </body> ></html>Any views you create will, by default be slotted into the area defined by @RenderBody(). You'll also see things like the '@RenderSection("featured", required: false)' above. This says that there doesn't HAVE to be a 'featured' section in your view but, if there is, that's where it will go.