Hi, i have the root.master page working it display, the first ContentPlaceHolder1 gets overridden.. by the contents from default.aspx. The second placeholder doesnt get over-ridden by the second master page.. not having much luck with these. here is from 'root.master'
<%@ Master Language="VB" CodeFile="root.master.vb" Inherits="MasterPage" AutoEventWireup="true" %>
..
<td colspan="5" valign="top" width="532" align="center"> <!--532-->
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
....
...
..
<TD WIDTH='267'>
<!-- OFFERS -->
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="rhs1" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</TD>
this is rhs.master
<%@ Master Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/root.mas
ter" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="rhs.master.vb" Inherits="MasterPage2" %>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="rhs1
" runat="server">
76768
</asp:Content>
contents if it matters form default.aspx would be :
<%-- Page Title="" Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPa
ge.master"
AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default2.aspx.vb
" Inherits="Default2" --%>
<%@ Page MasterPageFile="~/root.mas
ter" src="cb_default.aspx.vb" Inherits="WebForm1" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="Cont
entPlaceHo
lder1" Runat="Server">
<form id="Form1" runat="server">
<asp:formview runat="server" id="f1">
<ItemTemplate>
<table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!--Beginning of flash object-->
<tr>
<td colspan="5" bgcolor="#000" style="color:#FC3; text-align:center; font-size:36px; ">
<blink>Think Blink</blink>
</td>
</tr>
<td width="50%" style="color:white; text-align:center; font-size:16px; ">ccdsfds
<asp:HyperLink ID="link1" text=<%# Container.DataItem("produc
tName") & ":: £" & Container.DataItem("price"
) %> NavigateUrl=<%# "
http://www.bath-depot.co.uk/productDetails.asp?prodID=" & Container.DataItem("itemID
") %> runat=server >
</asp:HyperLink >
</td>
<td width="50%" style="color:#FC3; text-align:center; font-size:16px;">
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" text=<%# Container.DataItem("availa
ble") & " Available!" %> NavigateUrl=<%# "
http://www.bath-depot.co.uk/productDetails.asp?prodID=" & Container.DataItem("itemID
") %> runat=server >
</asp:HyperLink >
</td>
</tr>
<td colspan='2'>
<asp:Image ID="image1" AlternateText="image1" ImageUrl=<%# "
http://www.bath-depot.co.uk/" & Container.DataItem("image"
) %> width="432" height="378" runat=server />
</td>
<tr>
<td colspan='2' style="color:#FC3; background:#000; font-size:20px; text-align:center;">
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
TargetDate = "<%# "17/02/2011 " & Container.DataItem("target
Time") %>";
BackColor = "#000";
ForeColor = "#FC3";
CountActive = true;
CountStepper = -1;
LeadingZero = true;
DisplayFormat = "<font color='white'> %%H%% </font>Hours,<font color='white'> %%M%% </font>Minutes, <font color='white'>%%S%% </font>Seconds left!";
FinishMessage = "Offer Ended! Await next offer at 10am";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="../countdown.js"></sc
ript>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:formview>
</form>
<tr><td colspan='5' width='100%'><img width='100' height='15' src='images/spacer.gif' /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" align="center">
<img src="images/Bland.jpg" width="506px">
</td>
<!--/td>
</tr-->
<tr><td colspan='5' width='100%'><img width='100' height='15' src='images/spacer.gif' /></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='5' width='100%'><img width='100' height='15' src='images/spacer.gif' /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" width="100%" align="center">
<!--div style="position:relative;t
op:-55px"-
->
<img src="images/shoptag.jpg">
<!--/div-->
</td>
</tr>
</asp:Content>