We're working on a new ASP.Net site. The last major site we did was in classic ASP--the procedure we used there was to have the HTML completed first, then "bring it to life" with the ASP code.

In the ASP.Net world, how does this work? I.e. how do the designers do their work if much of the mark-up is actually being generated by the server controls?

We are also looking at ASP.Net MVC as a potential lightweight alternative.

Would be very interested to know what was worked best for people in both scenarios in terms of working with the designers and integrating their work with the code.