How to hide content on certain pages and not others via a Master Page?

Question

Read this thread but didn\'t really answer my question and there were quite a few suggestions so not sure if they are on the right track: Master Page content filtering with res

Answer 1

Expose a property on the MasterPage to allow content pages to override default behavior if needed.

In the MasterPage:

private bool showFooter = true;

public bool ShowFooter { get {return showFooter;} set {showFooter = value;} }

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    footerControl.Visible = showFooter;
}

Make sure content pages that need to access the property have the following line in the aspx:

<%@ MasterType TypeName="XXX" %>

and in the content pages code-behind:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Master.ShowFooter = false;
}