I think that would work as long as you create a template with the master template set to the template containing the contentplaceholder.

Something like this, where the markup from your question lies in the submaster and the templates below only reflects changes in the questions contentplaceholder:

- Master template
    - template
    - submaster
        - template
    -template

Hi Ernst

My structure now looks like this:

Master
   - Homepage
       -Questions
   - Textpage

In my master i have a contentplaceholder for the content field:

<asp:contentplaceholder id="content" runat="server"></asp:contentplaceholder>

The on the Homepage master i have the following:

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="content" runat="server">
    <div class="contentFrontpage">
        <div class="left">
            <asp:contentplaceholder id="questions" runat="server"></asp:contentplaceholder>             
        </div>
        <div class="right">
            <umbraco:item runat="server" field="bodyText"></umbraco:item>
        </div>
        <div class="clear"></div>
    </div>
</asp:content>

In my "Questions template i then have this:

<%@ Master Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/masterpages/Homepage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" %>

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="questions" runat="server">

<div class="questions"></div>

</asp:content>

Which does not output the questions div. Did i misinterpret your example? 

The div is defined with width, height, etc. and does show up if i insert it seperate from the contentholder.

I suppose i could just make this through a macro, but i'm actually quite keen on whether this is doable or not?

* edit * and wether it is a good idea to do it through templates and contentplaceholders instead of doing it by macros?

I think i would prefer that the contentplaceholder within a contentplaceholder method is achieveable since i need to include a Pliable form in the section i need repeated throughout most of the site.

It would be great if i could just add the reference to the template containing this form in the templates where it's needed. That way i only need to maintain and configure the form and its container div element from one place.

I think it should work the way you set it up above. I have a testsite with the same structure that works just fine. Any template gurus got some tips on this?

Hi Ernst

Could i persuade you to post the code from your testsite from the different templates, so i can compare if i made any typos or something similar?

I found that if i type some text in the Questions contentplaceholder id it does output it - but i can't get the content from my Questions template to ouput the content from det contentplaceholderid in there.

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="content" runat="server">
    <div class="contentFrontpage">
      <div class="left">            
          <asp:contentplaceholder id="questions" runat="server"> adaasas </asp:contentplaceholder>
      </div>
      <div class="right">
         <umbraco:item runat="server" field="bodyText"></umbraco:item>
     </div>
      <div class="clear"></div>
 </div>
</asp:content>

the above outputs "adaasas" but not the following content from the Questions template:

<%@ Master Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/masterpages/Homepage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" %>

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="questions" runat="server">
  <div class="questions">
    <umbraco:Macro formNode="1143" jQuery="1" Alias="PliableForm" runat="server"></umbraco:Macro>
  </div>
</asp:Content>

Since this is an element i want to repeat on most of my site i haven't associated the Questions template (the one above) for any node, so i guess what i'm lacking is the link between the template and the homepage node? Can templates function as "stand alone" with no nodes associated?

Here's my structure:

Master
   - Homepage (frontpage node uses this template)
      - Questions (no node associated with this template and no properties defined - only contains above div and macro)
   - Textpage

I want this to work like the oldschool include file="" for ASP, where i can define an element, which i can insert whereever i want to, but only need to maintain one place.

Hi Ernst

I'm just happy to get a reply :-)

Didn't know the RenderTemplate function, nice. I'll give it a go.

Many thanks for your kind assistance!

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