Hi Peter,
thanks for your reply.
> If you use a framework to do this such as Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX or
> Anthem.Net, you can have your cake and eat it too.
I am not sure whether ASP.NET AJAX would help me in this situation.
After all, the navigation links are really links and therefore cause
another page to be loaded. If the link is inside say an updatepanel, it
causes the updatepanel including the menu to refresh. If the link is
outside the updatepanel, it causes the whole "new" page to be reloaded.
I am successfully using AJAX for the contentpages. It's just the
navigation that I'm struggling with, and I haven't seen a demo out so
far that has a feature of what I would like to achieve; even the toolkit
site http://asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/samples/ reloads every time
you click on the navigation links on the left.
Am I missing something there?
Thanks,
Roland